TRADER VIC'S

Based on white rum, curaçao and lime, the clever cocktail invented in 1944 near San Francisco by Victor Bergeron is pronounced "meille-teille", meaning "everything's fine" in Tahitian. Far from Gauguinian horizons, a shot of exotic languor to be enjoyed at the counter of Trader Vic's bar. Floral shirt to match. A second glass will put the paternity dispute over this famous mix into perspective, since Don the Beachcomber claimed to have perfected it as early as 1933 in his Polynesian Hollywood eatery.