Any Other Business – 05/02
APPARENTLY the world’s most expensive cocktail has been served and, we’d like to hope, enjoyed, in Russia’s Reka restaurant. The drink was created to celebrate the opening of Moscow’s first ever “ice terrace” (is that actually a novelty in Russia?) and went for $50,000 to entrepreneur Andrey Melnikov.
But what if you want to splash the cash on cocktails without jetting to Moscow? London’s priciest work of mixology can be found at The Playboy Club’s bar, Salvatore’s. King of London’s luxurious cocktails, Salvatore Calabrese, created it for his eponymous bar – you can order a Salvatore’s Legacy (pictured with the man himself) for £5,500. The drink contains “some of the world’s rarest spirits and liqueurs” – 788 Clos de Griffier Vieux Cognac, Dubb Orange Curaçao from late 1860s, 1770 Kummel Liqueur and 1915 Angostura Bitter. Yum. But if you have an altogether different cocktail in mind, you could head to Taylor St Baristas in Bank for a camel latte this morning. Yep, the coffee house will be offering a limited number of camel milk coffees from today – perfect if the Tube strike has given you the hump…