World Cocktail

[lsanderson]

1/4 ounce plain vodka
Edible 23-karat gold-leaf sheet (available at baker's supply stores)
1 ounce Remy Martin XO Cognac
1 ounce Pineau des Charentes aperitif wine
1 ounce white grape juice
1 ounce simple syrup (3 parts water to 1 part sugar)
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice, strained
Dash of Angostura bitters
Veuve Clicquot Champagne, chilled.


1. Pour vodka in a shallow bowl. Tear off small pieces of the gold leaf with tweezers, avoiding squeezing or folding it (thick pieces will sink). Float the pieces on the vodka.

2. Combine the rest of the ingredients (except gold leaf, vodka and Champagne) in an iced metal shaker. Shake vigorously and pour into a trumpet flute, filling 3/4 of the way. Top with Champagne.

3. Pour in the vodka, letting the gold slide onto the surface.

Yield: 1 drink with extra

Ripped off from Today's NY Times Magazine...

Comments

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I'm not terribly impressed by this drink. It is trying a bit too hard to be "super expensive" and missing good taste. In that way it is rather like Donald Trump. He tries so very hard to show off his wealth and manages to come off as tacky rather than actually rich. He's like a hillbilly given an unlimited budget. His place in New York City is this atrociously designed baroque hell with gold everything all over. I saw it in The Devil's Advocate where it was prefect as the vulgar abode of this rich building magnate.

Quite right

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

It's designed to be outrageous.

Re: Quite right

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

It's not even doing very well on that score. I wonder what the modern equivelent of crushing a perfect pearl into vinegar and drinking it would be... Anyway it isn't outragous, it is just plain stupid. Want to spend huge amounts of money on a fab drink? Dat's cool. But get a good drink for it.