New York hotel offers 10,000-dollar martini

[Champ]

NEW YORK (AFP) - New York's Algonquin Hotel, once the haunt of 1920s literarti like Dorothy Parker, is making a fresh bid for notoriety by offering a 10,000-dollar martini cocktail.


The vodka, vermouth and olives are much the same as in any martini, but the twist lies in the "ice" -- in this case a diamond from the hotel's in-house jeweler, the Daily News reported Wednesday.


So far, no guest has had the stomach or the chequebook required to order a "Martini on the Rock," but hotel general manager Anthony Melchiorri told the newspaper that he was hoping to catch some wealthy suitors looking for a unique marriage proposal.


The cocktail, with the diamond nestling in the bottom of the glass, must be ordered three days in advance and the final price can vary according to the size and quality of the diamond.

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[iamjoy]

1. Is It Shaken Or Stirred?

And can we get Matilda to deliver it?

[Squatch]

2. A little late, you are...

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[sniffa]

3. i Love martinis

but not that much.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. How to make the Algonquin Martini:

Good Gin(your choice)

Good White Vermouth(your Choice)

Good Ice(We used spring water, from the area, for the martini ice)

Pastis.

Make the Martini in whatever manner you find suitable. Pour 1/4 inch of Pastis into a shot glass. Using a bar pipette or drink stirring straw, draw up 1/4 inch of Pastis by sticking implement into pastis and putting finger over hole on the end. Place implement into the glass holding Martini and remove finger. Stir.

The Pastis acts as something of a "flavor bridge" for the aromatics in the gin and the vermouth. I also have found that Ouzo also works quite well, indeed, for this duty.

When I bartended, I had a group of older and committed martini fans who were return customers and good tippers, thanks to this recipe.

[underpants]

5. You don't say

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