Vesper follows the caviar with veal kidneys and souffléed potatoes then wild strawberries with cream. When Bond asks for a bottle of Taittinger ’45 to accompany the same meal, the sommelier instead suggests the 1943 Taittinger Brut Blanc de Blanc. They share a carafe of vodka and order caviar as a starter. Bond asks the barman to shake the drink until ice-cold then serve it in a deep Champagne goblet with a large slice of lemon peel.īefore facing Le Chiffre, Bond and Vesper dine together in the restaurant of Hotel Splendide. It is here that Bond invents the cocktail he later names the Vesper.īest known after appearing in the 2006 film, the Vesper is made from three measures of Gordon’s gin, a measure of vodka and half a measure of Kina Lillet. Then, after narrowly escaping a pair of Bulgarian assassins, Bond unwinds in his room with a whisky on the rocks to accompany his lunch of foie gras and cold rock lobster.Īfter a session at the roulette tables, Felix Leiter introduces himself to Bond and offers to buy him a drink in the bar of the casino. He orders this at the bar of the Hermitage Hotel, where Mathis introduces him to Vesper Lynd. James Bond’s first ever drink in the books is an Americano, an Italian cocktail made with Campari, Cinzano and soda water.
