happy hour special: the $10000 martini

[WMliberal]

De la vodka, du vermouth, quelques glaçons et une olive, une recette classique pour un cocktail dont le prix l'est moins: 10.000 dollars, service non compris.C'est ce que propose l'hôtel Algonquin de New York pour ce cocktail pas aussi classique qu'il n'y paraît: un diamant est caché au milieu des glaçons.

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/dh/0,14-0@14-0@2-3226,39-24052961,0.html

haha, you have to read French to understand. or just google yourself a rough translation.

How do you tip a $10000 martini?

[partisan to truth]

1. oh mon dieu! incroyable....

[htuttle]

2. There's a diamond in it

Or so says Google's translator.

[WMliberal]

3. sounds like you found a decent translation

it must be one hell of a diamond for 10 grand. And that shit better be grey goose or ketel one. Could you imagine paying 10 grand for a 10 grand martini and getting aristocart?!

[partisan to truth]

4. un diamant, la bijoux, whatever... for those searching for translation,

use www.altavista.com - click translate under the search bar. :)

[partisan to truth]

5. lol and i had noooo idea that google had a translator-

until i just checked... i've used altavista to crudely communicate with german friends and never thought to look elsewhere. wonder which, if any, works better?

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Original NY Daily News piece here

You have to love the headline:

Carat juice for 10G

At $10,000, this cocktail is bound to leave you feeling more shaken than stirred.
...
The Algonquin once drew literary notables such as Dorothy Parker, whose witticisms included: "I love a martini - but two at the most. Three, I'm under the table; four, I'm under the host."

"The martini is our trademark," Melchiorri said.

The only catch for big spenders is that the drink order - and diamond purchase - need to be lined up three days in advance with Bader & Garrin, the hotel's jeweler.
...
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/257901p-220801c.html