"Bond flew from Milan to Rome to meet Prenderghast. It was Bond's pleasure to him, especially after all the rumors he had heard of him... They walked around Rome, and Bond enjoyed the city. After taking Americano in Tre Scalinini they were hanging out at Pincio hill and ate dinner at Casa Valadier - in other words, ate very well. They drank Sambuca and Bond wanted to talk about Croxson and his report."
The Restaurant Savotta takes its guests directly from Senate Square to a nostalgic view of Finland from past decades. Both the authentic interior and the dishes, served in original style, have been inspired by the Finnish forests and thousands of lakes, with a dash of Finnish “sisu” and logging traditions. The restaurant pays homage to the thousands of lumberjacks and log floaters, the matrons and foremen at the logging sites, as well as the mill owners. "Bond enjoyed his first afternoon in Helsinki."
"In the evening Birkin wanted to take Bond out for a dinner."
"They went to Smourazi, traditionally to the best Finnish restaurant in the city. It was opposite the Helsinki Cathedral, which is a massive building and its dome looks like a symmetric bold head. The restaurant was full, but the customers were mostly Swedish and somehow unwieldy ceremonious. Bond drank quite a few shots and stated that the crowd started to look more cheerful. Birkin wanted to order traditional Finnish food – savoury pie, Karelian casserole and reindeer tongue."
"The good side of the Finnish food is that gives you guts. (Finnish “sisu”) It is needed in the place like this. It´s a shame that you won´t be staying longer."
"After dining at a small Italian restaurant - the Campana in Marylebone High Street - the couple had gone back to Q´ute´s apartment where they made love with a disturbing wildness, as though time was running out for both of them."
"If they stayed for the evening in Monaco, they ate dinner in the hotel, but when they get excited of Cannes casino, they appeared in La Napoule L'Oasis tasting there the chef Louis Outhier's the last temptation. Sometimes they ate at little more conventional Negresco, Nice, or even La Reserve a Beaulieu, or - when suitable opportunity occurred - a modest, Le Galion, which was located in Menton, Garavan harbour city."John Gardner: "Role of Honour"
"I'm not going to sleep with you, said Tiffany Case in a matter-of-fact voice, - “so don’t waste your money getting me tight. But I'll have another and probably another one after that. I just don’t want to drink your Vodka Martinis under false pretences.” Bond laughed. He gave the order and turned back to her. “ We haven’t ordered dinner yet”, he said. “I was going to suggest shellfish and hock. That might have changed your mind. The combination’s supposed to have quite an effect."
"During a few days in New York, he did not see the squirrels, but got to know oyster stew at Oyster Bar in Central Station's suburban floor. He thought it was the finest food since bouillabaisse, which he had eaten before the war with Marthe de Brandt in Marseille."John Pearson: "James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007"
"Bond ordered a Martini by giving exact instructions of making it. The waiter made a bow and said it sounded like a symphony, but it was unnecessary politeness because of 007"
"If they stayed for the evening in Monaco, they ate dinner in the hotel, but when they get excited of Cannes casino, they appeared in La Napoule L'Oasis tasting there the chef Louis Outhier's the last temptation. Sometimes they ate at little more conventional Negresco, Nice, or even La Reserve a Beaulieu, or - when suitable opportunity occurred - a modest, Le Galion, which was located in Menton, Garavan harbour city."
The Ritz Restaurant is a magnificent bastion of the culture of classical service and a dining room of unadulterated opulence created in reverence to haute cuisine. Established by Auguste Escoffier, one of history's most influential chefs, The Ritz Restaurant is considered by many to be the most beautiful hotel dining room in the world and features towering marble columns, soaring floor to ceiling windows, vast kaleidoscopic ceiling frescoes, gilded neoclassical statues and a spectacular garland chandelier that envelops diners within a halo of light.”It had been several years since he had seen her. James Bond was surprised and happy to hear that she was in London. They agreed to meet at the bar in the Ritz Hotel, where she was staying…”
”The following three nights in Chicago had been intense. Even now, years later, he was still reflecting on the warmth in her blue eyes as he arrived at the Ritz Hotel for the rendezvous.
After parking the car, Bond bounded into the lobby and entered the bar. He looked around for his date and found her sitting alone in the corner, nursing a glass of wine.
”Is this seat taken?” Bond asked her, indicating the empty chair beside her.
”Hello, my darling,” Janet Davies said dreamily. ”It’s been a long time.”
