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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