VLVL2 (9.5)" "Yakuza Frapp�"
Dave Monroe
monrobotics at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 1 16:38:20 CST 2003
"He looked around frantically for the nearest drug,
which turned out to be a recently mixed frozen mai
tai, left unattended on a nearby table. 'Wait a
minute!' he grabbed his arm in midlurch. 'Nobody
drinks 'at shit fer breakfast, that could be a yakuza
frappé right there.'" (VL, Ch. 9, p. 175)
"mai tai"
THE ORIGINAL FORMULA
2 ounces 17-year-old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican rum
1/2 ounce French Garnier Orgeat
1/2 ounce Holland DeKuyper Orange Curacao
1/4 ounce Rock Candy Syrup
juice from one fresh lime
Hand shake and garnish with half of the lime shell
inside the drink and float a sprig of fresh mint at
the edge of the glass.
[...]
PRESENT DAY FORMULA
OF THE MAI TAI
2 ounces fine dark rum
4 ounces Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
juice of one large lime
[...]
Carrie took one sip and said, "Mai Tai - Roa Ae". In
Tahitian this means "Out of This World - The Best".
Well, that was that. I named the drink "Mai Tai".
http://www.tradervics.com/mai-tai-1.html
http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/vicshistory.html
And see as well, e.g., ...
http://kevdo.com/maitai/
http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/recipes/MaiTai.html
"Yakuza frappé"
Ya-ku-za
The word yakuza means 8-9-3. Ya means 8, ku 9, za 3.
it comes from Japans counterpart to Black Jack, Oicho-
Kabu
http://w1.313.telia.com/~u31302275/yakuza.htm
And see as well, e.g., ...
http://morpho.dar.net/~northrup/yakuza.html
Main Entry: frap·pé
Pronunciation: fra-'pA
Variant(s): or frappe /'frap, fra-'pA/
Function: noun
Date: 1903
1 a : a partly frozen drink (as of fruit juice) b : a
liqueur served over shaved ice
2 : a thick milk shake
http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
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