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04-21-2007, 02:10 AM
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Sword Martinis
Jambu’s Bar in the Raffles Resort
Canouan Island, Grenadines
$300
You could buy a souvenir T-shirt. Or you could bring home a 14-karat gold handmade sword the size of a swizzle stick. The resort offers four different “theme” martinis, each armed with its corresponding sword, from samurai to Excalibur. Real collectors’ items, or as one customer put it: “very expensive toothpicks.”
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The Ritz Sidecar
Bar Hemingway
Hotel Ritz, Paris
$515
This is the actual birthplace of the sidecar, a drink that was created to take the chill off for a regular customer who arrived by motorcycle with sidecar. Former keeper of the Guinness World Record for the most expensive cocktail, it starts with extremely rare 1865 Ritz Reserve cognac, made from grapes that were on the vine before the devastating phylloxera infestation of the 1860s. Only a few bottles remain.
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Bentley Sidecar
The London NYC
New York
$550
This drink isn’t on the menu at this swank midtown bar, but it’s available upon request. Beverage manager Duncan Halden calls his “a luxe English twist” on the classic drink from the Paris Ritz. It features Hennessy Ellipse super premium cognac--poured from a decanter, which is specially designed by Tomas Bastide, a designer at Baccarat--and Grand Marnier 150.
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High Roller Martini
The Capital Grille, Las Vegas
$1,000
This pinstripe restaurant chain boasts a $1000 martini for each of its 27 locales, each paired with a different piece of Lagos jewelry. The Gotham Martini comes with a strand of pearls; The High Roller, named for the Vegas Strip, includes a diamond pave ring. For each cocktail sold, about $500 goes to Share our Strength, a charity that battles hunger around the globe.
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Mai Tai
The Merchant Hotel
Belfast
$1,400
In beverage manager Sean Muldoon's possession? A bottle of Wray & Nephew 17-year-old rum that was a key ingredient for “Trader Vic” Bergeron’s original Mai Tai. Six bottles are in circulation but only this one is available for public consumption. Hurry up--there’s enough rum in the bottle to prepare 18 cocktails and three have been served to date.
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"Martini-on-the-Rock"
The Blue Bar
Algonquin Hotel, New York
$10,000
Vodka or gin? Olive or twist? Emerald-cut or Marquise? This is one martini you must order 72 hours in advance so that you may pre-select your diamond and setting. Only two have been ordered since the drink’s launch in 2004. One for a segment on NPR and the other for a marriage proposal (the answer was a resounding “yes” ).
-rockon I drink stuff like this everyday cuz im baller -cool2
Sword Martinis
Jambu’s Bar in the Raffles Resort
Canouan Island, Grenadines
$300
You could buy a souvenir T-shirt. Or you could bring home a 14-karat gold handmade sword the size of a swizzle stick. The resort offers four different “theme” martinis, each armed with its corresponding sword, from samurai to Excalibur. Real collectors’ items, or as one customer put it: “very expensive toothpicks.”
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/fearless_fx/10_0409wine.jpg
The Ritz Sidecar
Bar Hemingway
Hotel Ritz, Paris
$515
This is the actual birthplace of the sidecar, a drink that was created to take the chill off for a regular customer who arrived by motorcycle with sidecar. Former keeper of the Guinness World Record for the most expensive cocktail, it starts with extremely rare 1865 Ritz Reserve cognac, made from grapes that were on the vine before the devastating phylloxera infestation of the 1860s. Only a few bottles remain.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/fearless_fx/3_0409wine.jpg
Bentley Sidecar
The London NYC
New York
$550
This drink isn’t on the menu at this swank midtown bar, but it’s available upon request. Beverage manager Duncan Halden calls his “a luxe English twist” on the classic drink from the Paris Ritz. It features Hennessy Ellipse super premium cognac--poured from a decanter, which is specially designed by Tomas Bastide, a designer at Baccarat--and Grand Marnier 150.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/fearless_fx/6_0409wine.jpg
High Roller Martini
The Capital Grille, Las Vegas
$1,000
This pinstripe restaurant chain boasts a $1000 martini for each of its 27 locales, each paired with a different piece of Lagos jewelry. The Gotham Martini comes with a strand of pearls; The High Roller, named for the Vegas Strip, includes a diamond pave ring. For each cocktail sold, about $500 goes to Share our Strength, a charity that battles hunger around the globe.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/fearless_fx/1_0409wine.jpg
Mai Tai
The Merchant Hotel
Belfast
$1,400
In beverage manager Sean Muldoon's possession? A bottle of Wray & Nephew 17-year-old rum that was a key ingredient for “Trader Vic” Bergeron’s original Mai Tai. Six bottles are in circulation but only this one is available for public consumption. Hurry up--there’s enough rum in the bottle to prepare 18 cocktails and three have been served to date.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/fearless_fx/7_0409wine.jpg
"Martini-on-the-Rock"
The Blue Bar
Algonquin Hotel, New York
$10,000
Vodka or gin? Olive or twist? Emerald-cut or Marquise? This is one martini you must order 72 hours in advance so that you may pre-select your diamond and setting. Only two have been ordered since the drink’s launch in 2004. One for a segment on NPR and the other for a marriage proposal (the answer was a resounding “yes” ).
-rockon I drink stuff like this everyday cuz im baller -cool2
