Consolidated "Martini" thread
 

Where have you had the best Martini?

For me it was the Hemmingway Bar at The Ritz Paris, made especially by Colin.
That was 4yrs ago. I must return soon!:)

Harry's Bar in Venice made by Claudio.:)

Liquid Kitty on Pico in West LA serves a solid dirty Grey Goose. :D

I guess equally important as a piece of information would be, what do you consider to be the best martini?

My own personal taste is for a Belvedere martini dirty... and here's a heresy, on rare occasion I'll enjoy it with blue cheese stuffed olives.

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GIBSONS CHICAGO!!! THE BEST! PERIOD

Any high grade potato vodka. Straight up. I usually order a couple of lemon wedges on the side and squeeze these into the martini at different intervals.

As for "best" martini, not so sure. If it's made the way I like it, then the mix is pretty much the same everywhere I go. However, for posh locations with ambience I have always enjoyed http://www.thebombayclub.com/ where I happen to be the first part of this week.

M8

That's not a new one. It is quite good ^

M8

I make the best martinis :p

The trick is to stick the gin or vodka in the freezer. Then the booze doesn't get diluted much by the ice. Quite potent.

In my cupboard right now: Ciroc, Pravda, Chopin, Belvedere, Citadelle, Magellan, Miller, Q, Bombay.

Gin tastes better the colder it gets, and there is a chemical reason for this: oxygen content increases as it gets colder, and this in turn releases flavour from the botanicals used in gin (particularly the juniper berries). My freezer is set cold enough that vodka will ice up if I put it in the wrong (colder) part of the freezer. Haven't used ice with martinis in years (it makes a difference).

A terrific lavender martini (tastes better than it sounds) is made at Trini's in the Atlantic hotel in FLL. Culinary lavender works really well but is not used much in the US.

The bar at Per Se, NYC.

$10k Martini
 

May not be the best (I've certainly never had one!) - but could be the most expensive!!!

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A martini does not contain vodka!!!!!

A traditionalist, uh? ;) I used to drink gin ones only but now I do enjoy a vodka "cocktail" (or whatever you want to call it) once a while too. Less of a hangover the next morning.

The place that serves the best martinis in town, according to a poll in the local paper, has only a couple with gin, and most don't contain Vermouth either (heresy!).

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A martini does not contain gin!!!!!