Metz has lost the martini

Advantages: clean tasting, thirst quenching, cheap
Disadvantages: Availabilty limited, not quite the drink it was

...Once upon a time when alcopops were still in their infancy and Ice was a twinkle in Smirnoff?s eyes there was a drink called Martini Metz. It was a refreshing dry drink slightly different from the sickly sweet Hooches, Two Dogs and all the cheap imitations that were around at the time circa 1996. It also came in a funky frosted bottle and a creepy ad campaign. Who remembers the Judderman? They tried a couple of variants such as a still one that flipped, as they were not that nice and also a stronger shooter version. I really liked it but it seemed to disappear once Smirnoff ice and co became popular. So why am I writing this review if this drink is obsolete? It is not. Lo and behold it is alive and kicking. It has changed its moniker slightly by dropping the Martini probably because martini has a rather frumpy image. Martini is...

duskmaiden 25.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Martini Metz

Cold Cold Cafe Martini

Advantages: It's central location
Disadvantages: The food, the service.

...Cafe Martini may have been decent before it changed hand some years ago, and although some people clearly enjoy this restaurant I have very little to say about it that's actually good. I went there for my sister's birthday with my family. Obviously what was supposed to be a great evening. Unfortunately we could not enjoy Cafe Martini. Mostly because the service was indifferent and cold and the food came the same way - two meals were actually frozen on the inside. Lovely. The menu, at least when I was there last included some interesting pasta and risotto dishes, which are slightly more imaginative than the typical hightstreet Italian. Fairly uninspiring pizza choices and an ordinary range of desserts. The prices are mostly between £9-10 for a pasta/pizza/risotto based main course. I'd rate this as too expensive for what it is...

Ottavia 13.08.2008 (14.08.2008) · Read review
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Review of Martini Restaurant, Bath, England

Go get Drunk On Pink Martini

Advantages: A wide variety of music CD contains lyric booklet
Disadvantages: Not easy to find in strores

...I just love this album and listening to it is somewhat inebriating?I could stop there but you want and need to know more! Pink Martini's debut album, Sympathique, was released in 1997 on the band's own label, Heinz Records (so named after the dog of the founder of the group, Thomas Lauderdale, Heinz) and has sold over 650,000 copies worldwide. An amazing feat for a band that no-one here seems to have heard of - I tracked down my copy via the internet and my local Virgin megastore where they had somehow kept a copy in the stock room! My quest was actually spurred on by hearing the song Sympathique at a village festival in Switzerland and I just had to buy it! And I discovered a new world of music which had previously been dominated in my collection by Pink Floyd, Beatles, Genesis, and a cluster of pop artistes imposed upon me by my...

averycrossman 27.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Sympathique - Pink Martini

Put a bit of sparkle in your life !!

Advantages: A GOOD REALISTICALLY PRICED DRINK FOR CELBRATIONS
Disadvantages: MAY BE TOO SWEET FOR SOME

... Martini Rossi Asti Spumante I have to admit that love this stuff. There really isn't any other way to say it! I have been a fan of Martini Rossi Asti Spumante for years, and while I know there one cannot compare this to a vintage Champagne, I just love letting those little bubbles tickle my nose, and to watch them just dance up the sides of a champagne flute. This is often the drink served to the guests at weddings when the top table have Champagne!! Now don't get me wrong, I adore Champagne, as I do usually prefer a very dry wine, but there are times when this slightly sweeter wine just hits the spot. Produced in the Piedmont region of Italy, Martini Rossi Asti Spumante is one of the more affordable Italian sparkling wines . It is popular with people who do not normally drink wine, and makes a great...

oldchem 12.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Martini Rossi Asti Spumante

A LIMERICK FOR MARTINI ! ! ! !

Advantages: n/a
Disadvantages: n/a

...I once had a friend named Martini Who wore on his head a pink beany On his feet were his shoes And in many bright hues Were the laces he ran in betweeny Our Martini was blessed with a chin That was square, finely chiselled and thin ly layered with hair As if a wombat lived there But all we ever saw, was a grin Now Martini has talented toes Because they twinkle wherever he goes And when music's around They fair twitch at the sound and then stiffen in a bewitching pose Although famous for unsettling grace Our Martini also had a nice face On which sat cute young girls 18+, pigtails, curls Just as long as there was enough space And for work our Martini was blessed With the skill to harrass, bitch and test He would point, he would yell He would scream, cast a spell Till the evil ones died or confessed So...

dragonman1777 27.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Limmericks

Camping for beginners

Advantages: Good plot twists
Disadvantages: Slow start you have to stick with it.

...Steve Martini is one of those authors who I have read, found his books reasonably enjoyable, but have then never really go hooked with a desire to read more of his work. It is not that his books are bad just that for me they rarely rise to the level which makes me want to read them again or to go out and buy more of his work. His books are crime thrillers usually with a legal angle to them and Prime Witness is no different in that respect. This book was essentially a book of two halves, I struggled in the early stages, I did not really warm to the main character in the book and I found the pace of the book a little slow, however in the second half of the book I got totally immersed in the story and found the book very hard to put down, in fact I spent most of a day curled up on the sun lounge reading it to completion. Given the summer...

atticusuk 25.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Prime Witness - Steve Martini

Shaken, not stirred.

Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: This was used as a method to use up bad wine. That says enough, really.

... MARTINI EXTRA DRY We have all seen the films. The sophistictated James bond, swaggers over to the barman, and ask's for a vodka martini, shaken not stirred (unless it was Sean Connery, for whom it is shhhaken, not shtirred.). But what is martini? What is it? Martini is a type of Italian vermouth, made by the Martini & RossiDistilleria Nazionale. The particular type of Martini that I am reviewing today, extra dry was first made in the year 1900 (released on new years day to be exact. So, with such a history in making the drink, you would like to think that they are the best in the business. Vermouth, is a type of fortified wine. Typically, the main ingredients are wine, herbs, sugar and alcohol to strengthen. Extra dry Martini does not have sugar added, which gives it a very bitter taste. Historically, this has been...

giksy21 25.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Martini Extra Dry Vermouth, Italy

Luxurious delight to my taste buds

Advantages: Excellent menu and wines
Disadvantages: I am still trying to think of some a week later, except possible wheelchair access issue.

...MARTINI RESTAURANT Location 8 ? 9 George Street, Bath, BA1 2EH Telephone Tel: 01225 460818 Website: .martinirestaurantbath.co.uk Opening Times Mon -Fri Open for lunch from 12pm to 2.30pm and for dinner from 6.00pm till 10.30pm. Saturday Open all day from 12pm to till 10.30pm. Sunday Open for lunch from 12pm to 2.30pm and for dinner from 6.00pm till 10.00pm. The Martini Restaurant is located on George Street, between Queens Square and the Circus, Bath. Parking can be an issue in Bath however there is car parking available just off Queens Square and also in the Royal Victoria Park. On street parking is also available in Milsom Street which is approximately 5 mins walk away. It has been a long time since I had eaten at Martini Restaurant and to be honest I remembered I liked the food I had eaten, and wondered if...

Yocal 03.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Martini Restaurant, Bath, England

How Dry is My Martini

Advantages: Your drink is served with a snack
Disadvantages: Your legs loose their ability to function properly

...There is something about a Martini Ere the dining and the dancing begin And to tell you the truth, It is not the vermouth - I think that perhaps it's the gin. -Ogden Nash There is something about ordering a Martini. Growing up I had watched all the classic Hollywood black and white movies. The drink of choice of the sophisticates was the Martini. Often, I would watch Dean Martin, David Niven or Cary Grant sip a Martini while they courted some raven-haired beauty. It was elegant, it was classy and it was amazingly seductive. It seems silly but the drink itself seemed to ooze sophistication and glamour. I had my first Martini at twenty-one. I was attending a Christmas dinner with a date that I wanted to impress. Thinking that I looked rather dapper in my rented tuxedo, the Martini seemed to be the logical choice...

Scott_Howitt 12.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Bombay Gin

Child Friendly and Great Food Too

Advantages: Good, family atmosphere, tasty food
Disadvantages: Not the cheapest eatery in town

...With friends visiting us from London for a day in Bath I needed to book somewhere pretty good for lunch. 7 peoples' tastes needed to be accommodated and with 3 of those people being age 5 or under it was no mean feat. We didn't want to have too far to walk from train station to lunch. Yet we needed to take in some of the sights en route, if we were going to pack everything into one short day's visit. Martini sprang to mind as a relaxed, family oriented restaurant, serving the quality of food we were looking for. We had eaten there twice before. The first time my husband and I had something of a "last supper" there. We ate our last meal out as a childless couple at Martini, the day before I went into labour with our daughter. We don't think it was the garlic and chilli king prawns which brought things on, but the midwives promised to...

delilahb 28.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Martini Restaurant, Bath, England