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| 一万美元一杯的martini酒 |
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[ 2006-12-27 17:57:00 | By: 滔滔妈妈 ] |
纽约有名的古老旅馆 Algonquin Hotel
最近推出一种价值一万美元一杯的martini酒，酒底下带有一颗钻石。目前还未有人
购买，不过旅馆经理说已经有很多人表示对它有兴趣。旅馆期望哪天有某浪漫的人
会首先买下这种酒。
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Drinkers might want to keep a clear head when
ordering a martini at New York's historic Algonquin Hotel or they
might pay $10,000 for that cold sip.
The landmark hotel, where famed wit Dorothy Parker and fellow
literary lights at the Round Table imbibed, offers a $10,000
martini, complete with a loose diamond at the bottom.
No one has ordered one yet, in the martini's first week on the menu,
but the hotel hopes some romantic soul will buy one any day now.
"We haven't had any buyers yet, but a lot of people are talking
about it," said Anthony Melchiorri, the hotel's general manager, on
Wednesday.
The drink is designed to fit with tradition at the Algonquin, where
Round Table members including Parker, writer Robert Benchley,
playwright George S. Kaufman and "The New Yorker" magazine founder
Harold Ross gathered regularly.
Today, Parker's ode to the martini adorns hotel napkins: "I love a
martini -- but two at the most. Three I'm under the table; Four, I'm
under the host."
Parker's response to the $10,000 martini might be mixed, the manager
conceded.
"I think she would like the idea so long as she'd get to drink it,"
he said. "I don't think she'd care about the diamond, but she'd care
about the martini."
Fear not, the manager added, no one can really order the martini by
mistake.
The tipple requires 72 hours' notice, and buyers meet with a jeweler
to select a gem and with hotel staff to ensure the cocktail is
delivered to the right table. |
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