Recipe

"A dry martini," [Bond] said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet."

"Oui, monsieur."

"Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?"

"Certainly, monsieur." The barman seemed pleased with the idea.

"Gosh, that's certainly a drink," said Leiter.

Bond laughed. "When I'm...er...concentrating," he explained, "I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad. This drink's my own invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name."

—Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 7, 'Rouge et Noir'

I think we can all tell from the quote above that James Bond is a dick. Interestingly, it seems that in the books he's a pretentious bore as well as an arrogant womaniser – I can't imagine who would want to hear someone drone on and on about cocktail recipes all day. I especially love how both the bartender and Leiter seem to compliment Bond on his choice, as if his ordering a drink somehow brightened up their day.

The drink isn't for me. The zest is overpowering, and the addition of vodka to a dry martini really just adds alcohol and removes flavour (see previous). But maybe it just wasn't "very well-made".

Note that I used Caorunn instead of Gordon's (it's what I had in), and Martini extra dry instead of Kina Lillet (which they stopped making in 1986). I very nearly stirred it just to be contrary.