The Meals of 007: A Comprehensive Guide

Gardner has him eating tuna sandwiches and chicken pie and developing a fondness for Indian take-out. Heart not in it, much?

Bond refers to something Auric Goldfinger is eating as a "curried mess," so I daresay Indian takeout would never be on 007's menu. What Bond doesn't want, I will gladly take off his hands.

Ed Tom Kowalsky wrote:

Bond refers to something Auric Goldfinger is eating as a "curried mess," so I daresay Indian takeout would never be on 007's menu. What Bond doesn't want, I will gladly take off his hands.

How big were curries in the fifties when GF was written? They most certainly did not enjoy the popularity it has these days. So perhaps IF was a bit snobbish here.

saint mark wrote:

Ed Tom Kowalsky wrote:

Bond refers to something Auric Goldfinger is eating as a "curried mess," so I daresay Indian takeout would never be on 007's menu. What Bond doesn't want, I will gladly take off his hands.

How big were curries in the fifties when GF was written? They most certainly did not enjoy the popularity it has these days. So perhaps IF was a bit snobbish here.

I doubt a man of Fleming's Bond's social class would order takeaways, no matter the era. Maybe once or twice as a novelty, but nothing more.

Fleming's work has been characterized--not inaccurately, I might add--as sex, sadism and snobbery.

Casino Royale

Breakfast at Hotel Splendide: half a pint of iced orange juice, three scrambled eggs and bacon, a double portion of coffee without sugar.

At the Splendide after the failed assassination attempt on Bond: pate de fois gras, cold langouste, thick, hot toast.

Dinner at the Splendide with Vesper: caviar, small underdone tournedos with Bernaise sauce, artichoke hearts, an avocado pear with French dressing for dessert and Taittinger Brut Blanc de Blanc '43.

Veuve Clicquot, scrambled eggs and bacon in Le Roi Galant after defeating Le Chiffre at the tables.

At L'Auberge du Fruit Defendu Bond and Vesper have pate', French bread with yellow butter in ice chips, broiled lobster, champagne, coffee and brandy.


Live and Let Die

Lunch in a plush room on the 20th story of an office building in Manhattan as described by Leiter: "Soft shelled crabs with tartare sauce, flat beef hamburgers, medium rare, from the charcoal grill, French fried potatoes, broccoli, mixed salad with Thousand Island dressing, ice cream with melted butterscotch, and as good a liebfraumilch as you can get in America. Okay?"

Breakfast at the St. Regis hotel in New York: a large orange juice, three eggs slightly scrambled, with bacon, a double portion of cafe espresso with cream, toast and marmalade.

Dinner with Felix at Ma' Frazier's in Harlem: little neck clams, fried chicken Maryland with bacon and sweet corn.

Breakfast at the St. Regis before boarding the Silver Phantom for Florida with Solitaire: large pineapple juice, Cornflakes and cream, shirred eggs with bacon, double portion of caffe espresso, toast and marmalade.

Lunch with Solitaire on the Silver Phantom: Old Fashioneds made with Old Graddad, chicken sandwiches, decaffeinated Sanka.

After rejecting a couple of fancifully-described items on the Silver Phantom menu as "eyewash," Bond orders for himself and Solitaire a simple meal of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, a salad, and domestic Camembert which Bond regards as "one of the most pleasant surprises on American menus."

At a sleazy dive in Jacksonville with Solitaire: "orange juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, twice."

Bond and Leiter dining at the Everglades "oldster" resort in St. Petersburg after the kidnapping of Solitaire: "What it came down to was tomato juice, boiled fish with a white sauce, a strip of frozen turkey with a dab of cranberry, and a wedge of lemon curd surmounted by a whorl of stiff cream substitute."

It seems the further south they go, the worse the food gets.

Sharky wrote:

saint mark wrote:

Ed Tom Kowalsky wrote:

Bond refers to something Auric Goldfinger is eating as a "curried mess," so I daresay Indian takeout would never be on 007's menu. What Bond doesn't want, I will gladly take off his hands.

How big were curries in the fifties when GF was written? They most certainly did not enjoy the popularity it has these days. So perhaps IF was a bit snobbish here.

I doubt a man of Fleming's Bond's social class would order takeaways, no matter the era. Maybe once or twice as a novelty, but nothing more.

But then again in Leslie Charteris Saint and the people smugglers the hero goes to a curry house where his adventure starts. And Simon Templar was most certainly a class apart. 8) It would be nothing wrong if James Bond had visited a Indian restaurant in those days simply because they were much rarer than today. And Fleming could have written about the Indian cuisine. Being that India had been part of greater Britian for a long time.

saint mark wrote:

Sharky wrote:

saint mark wrote:

Ed Tom Kowalsky wrote:

Bond refers to something Auric Goldfinger is eating as a "curried mess," so I daresay Indian takeout would never be on 007's menu. What Bond doesn't want, I will gladly take off his hands.

How big were curries in the fifties when GF was written? They most certainly did not enjoy the popularity it has these days. So perhaps IF was a bit snobbish here.

I doubt a man of Fleming's Bond's social class would order takeaways, no matter the era. Maybe once or twice as a novelty, but nothing more.

But then again in Leslie Charteris Saint and the people smugglers the hero goes to a curry house where his adventure starts. And Simon Templar was most certainly a class apart. 8) It would be nothing wrong if James Bond had visited a Indian restaurant in those days simply because they were much rarer than today. And Fleming could have written about the Indian cuisine. Being that India had been part of greater Britian for a long time.

Well, an Indian restaurant's a bit different from a takeaway.

But Bond would not be against takeaways for ideological reasons or whatever class he feels he's belonging to. It's about the style and quality of the food. In Goldfinger he sends the girl to get sausage, baguette and wine and improvises a picnic. I couldn't imagine him getting a Big Mac for himself.

Casino Royale

Breakfast at Hotel Splendide: half a pint of iced orange juice, three scrambled eggs and bacon, a double portion of coffee without sugar.

At the Splendide after the failed assassination attempt on Bond: pate de fois gras, cold langouste, thick, hot toast.

Dinner at the Splendide with Vesper: caviar, small underdone tournedos with Bernaise sauce, artichoke hearts, an avocado pear with French dressing for dessert and Taittinger Brut Blanc de Blanc '43.

Veuve Clicquot, scrambled eggs and bacon in Le Roi Galant after defeating Le Chiffre at the tables.

At L'Auberge du Fruit Defendu Bond and Vesper have pate', French bread with yellow butter in ice chips, broiled lobster, champagne, coffee and brandy.


Live and Let Die

Lunch in a plush room on the 20th story of an office building in Manhattan as described by Leiter: "Soft shelled crabs with tartare sauce, flat beef hamburgers, medium rare, from the charcoal grill, French fried potatoes, broccoli, mixed salad with Thousand Island dressing, ice cream with melted butterscotch, and as good a liebfraumilch as you can get in America. Okay?"

Breakfast at the St. Regis hotel in New York: a large orange juice, three eggs slightly scrambled, with bacon, a double portion of cafe espresso with cream, toast and marmalade.

Dinner with Felix at Ma' Frazier's in Harlem: little neck clams, fried chicken Maryland with bacon and sweet corn.

Breakfast at the St. Regis before boarding the Silver Phantom for Florida with Solitaire: large pineapple juice, Cornflakes and cream, shirred eggs with bacon, double portion of caffe espresso, toast and marmalade.

Lunch with Solitaire on the Silver Phantom: Old Fashioneds made with Old Graddad, chicken sandwiches, decaffeinated Sanka.

After rejecting a couple of fancifully-described items on the Silver Phantom menu as "eyewash," Bond orders for himself and Solitaire a simple meal of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, a salad, and domestic Camembert which Bond regards as "one of the most pleasant surprises on American menus."

At a sleazy dive in Jacksonville with Solitaire: "orange juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, twice."

Bond and Leiter dining at the Everglades "oldster" resort in St. Petersburg after the kidnapping of Solitaire: "What it came down to was tomato juice, boiled fish with a white sauce, a strip of frozen turkey with a dab of cranberry, and a wedge of lemon curd surmounted by a whorl of stiff cream substitute."

Prior to his battle with the Robber, Bond has the "largest steak he's ever seen" (rare), with fries, a quarter pint of Old Grand-dad, and draughts of very strong coffee at a "dark and friendly" place called Pete's.

Jesus, Bond eats a lot in LALD.

"You won't get away with this, Mr. Big! Just let me finish lunch first."

Fleming apparently received positive reviews of the dining scenes in CR.

Casino Royale

Breakfast at Hotel Splendide: half a pint of iced orange juice, three scrambled eggs and bacon, a double portion of coffee without sugar.

At the Splendide after the failed assassination attempt on Bond: pate de fois gras, cold langouste, thick, hot toast.

Dinner at the Splendide with Vesper: caviar, small underdone tournedos with Bernaise sauce, artichoke hearts, an avocado pear with French dressing for dessert and Taittinger Brut Blanc de Blanc '43.

Veuve Clicquot, scrambled eggs and bacon in Le Roi Galant after defeating Le Chiffre at the tables.

At L'Auberge du Fruit Defendu Bond and Vesper have pate', French bread with yellow butter in ice chips, broiled lobster, champagne, coffee and brandy.


Live and Let Die

Lunch in a plush room on the 20th story of an office building in Manhattan as described by Leiter: "Soft shelled crabs with tartare sauce, flat beef hamburgers, medium rare, from the charcoal grill, French fried potatoes, broccoli, mixed salad with Thousand Island dressing, ice cream with melted butterscotch, and as good a liebfraumilch as you can get in America. Okay?"

Breakfast at the St. Regis hotel in New York: a large orange juice, three eggs slightly scrambled, with bacon, a double portion of cafe espresso with cream, toast and marmalade.

Dinner with Felix at Ma' Frazier's in Harlem: little neck clams, fried chicken Maryland with bacon and sweet corn.

Breakfast at the St. Regis before boarding the Silver Phantom for Florida with Solitaire: large pineapple juice, Cornflakes and cream, shirred eggs with bacon, double portion of caffe espresso, toast and marmalade.

Lunch with Solitaire on the Silver Phantom: Old Fashioneds made with Old Graddad, chicken sandwiches, decaffeinated Sanka.

After rejecting a couple of fancifully-described items on the Silver Phantom menu as "eyewash," Bond orders for himself and Solitaire a simple meal of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, a salad, and domestic Camembert which Bond regards as "one of the most pleasant surprises on American menus."

At a sleazy dive in Jacksonville with Solitaire: "orange juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, twice."

Bond and Leiter dining at the Everglades "oldster" resort in St. Petersburg after the kidnapping of Solitaire: "What it came down to was tomato juice, boiled fish with a white sauce, a strip of frozen turkey with a dab of cranberry, and a wedge of lemon curd surmounted by a whorl of stiff cream substitute."

Prior to his battle with the Robber, Bond has the "largest steak he's ever seen" (rare), with fries, a quarter pint of Old Grand-dad, and draughts of very strong coffee at a "dark and friendly" place called Pete's.

In the motel cafeteria near the Tampa airport Bond has a "delicious three decker Western sandwich and coffee."

Bond's first breakfast in Jamaica consisted of "paw paw [papaya] with a slice of green lime, a dish piled with red bananas, purple star apples, and tangerines, scrambled eggs and bacon, Blue Mountain coffee...Jamaican marmalade...and guava jelly."

Casino Royale

Breakfast at Hotel Splendide: half a pint of iced orange juice, three scrambled eggs and bacon, a double portion of coffee without sugar.

At the Splendide after the failed assassination attempt on Bond: pate de fois gras, cold langouste, thick, hot toast.

Dinner at the Splendide with Vesper: caviar, small underdone tournedos with Bernaise sauce, artichoke hearts, an avocado pear with French dressing for dessert and Taittinger Brut Blanc de Blanc '43.

Veuve Clicquot, scrambled eggs and bacon in Le Roi Galant after defeating Le Chiffre at the tables.

At L'Auberge du Fruit Defendu Bond and Vesper have pate', French bread with yellow butter in ice chips, broiled lobster, champagne, coffee and brandy.


Live and Let Die

Lunch in a plush room on the 20th story of an office building in Manhattan as described by Leiter: "Soft shelled crabs with tartare sauce, flat beef hamburgers, medium rare, from the charcoal grill, French fried potatoes, broccoli, mixed salad with Thousand Island dressing, ice cream with melted butterscotch, and as good a liebfraumilch as you can get in America. Okay?"

Breakfast at the St. Regis hotel in New York: a large orange juice, three eggs slightly scrambled, with bacon, a double portion of cafe espresso with cream, toast and marmalade.

Dinner with Felix at Ma' Frazier's in Harlem: little neck clams, fried chicken Maryland with bacon and sweet corn.

Breakfast at the St. Regis before boarding the Silver Phantom for Florida with Solitaire: large pineapple juice, Cornflakes and cream, shirred eggs with bacon, double portion of caffe espresso, toast and marmalade.

Lunch with Solitaire on the Silver Phantom: Old Fashioneds made with Old Graddad, chicken sandwiches, decaffeinated Sanka.

After rejecting a couple of fancifully-described items on the Silver Phantom menu as "eyewash," Bond orders for himself and Solitaire a simple meal of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, a salad, and domestic Camembert which Bond regards as "one of the most pleasant surprises on American menus."

At a sleazy dive in Jacksonville with Solitaire: "orange juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, twice."

Bond and Leiter dining at the Everglades "oldster" resort in St. Petersburg after the kidnapping of Solitaire: "What it came down to was tomato juice, boiled fish with a white sauce, a strip of frozen turkey with a dab of cranberry, and a wedge of lemon curd surmounted by a whorl of stiff cream substitute."

Prior to his battle with the Robber, Bond has the "largest steak he's ever seen" (rare), with fries, a quarter pint of Old Grand-dad, and draughts of very strong coffee at a "dark and friendly" place called Pete's.

In the motel cafeteria near the Tampa airport Bond has a "delicious three decker Western sandwich and coffee."

Bond's first breakfast in Jamaica consisted of "paw paw [papaya] with a slice of green lime, a dish piled with red bananas, purple star apples, and tangerines, scrambled eggs and bacon, Blue Mountain coffee...Jamaican marmalade...and guava jelly."

The meal to be prepared for Bond and Solitaire on their first night of "passionate leave" by Jamaica's finest chef working under Quarrel's gimlet eye: black crabs, roast suckling pig, avocado pear salad, guavas and coconut cream, and Commander Strangway's private stash of the "best Champagne in Jamaica."

I'm beginning to think Fleming should've switched Mr. Bond and Mr. Big's names. Surely this is a recipe for spontaneous human combustion?

Going after psychopaths of global reach is hungry work, Shark.

Casino Royale

Breakfast at Hotel Splendide: half a pint of iced orange juice, three scrambled eggs and bacon, a double portion of coffee without sugar.

At the Splendide after the failed assassination attempt on Bond: pate de fois gras, cold langouste, thick, hot toast.

Dinner at the Splendide with Vesper: caviar, small underdone tournedos with Bernaise sauce, artichoke hearts, an avocado pear with French dressing for dessert and Taittinger Brut Blanc de Blanc '43.

Veuve Clicquot, scrambled eggs and bacon in Le Roi Galant after defeating Le Chiffre at the tables.

At L'Auberge du Fruit Defendu Bond and Vesper have pate', French bread with yellow butter in ice chips, broiled lobster, champagne, coffee and brandy.


Live and Let Die

Lunch in a plush room on the 20th story of an office building in Manhattan as described by Leiter: "Soft shelled crabs with tartare sauce, flat beef hamburgers, medium rare, from the charcoal grill, French fried potatoes, broccoli, mixed salad with Thousand Island dressing, ice cream with melted butterscotch, and as good a liebfraumilch as you can get in America. Okay?"

Breakfast at the St. Regis hotel in New York: a large orange juice, three eggs slightly scrambled, with bacon, a double portion of cafe espresso with cream, toast and marmalade.

Dinner with Felix at Ma' Frazier's in Harlem: little neck clams, fried chicken Maryland with bacon and sweet corn.

Breakfast at the St. Regis before boarding the Silver Phantom for Florida with Solitaire: large pineapple juice, Cornflakes and cream, shirred eggs with bacon, double portion of caffe espresso, toast and marmalade.

Lunch with Solitaire on the Silver Phantom: Old Fashioneds made with Old Graddad, chicken sandwiches, decaffeinated Sanka.

After rejecting a couple of fancifully-described items on the Silver Phantom menu as "eyewash," Bond orders for himself and Solitaire a simple meal of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, a salad, and domestic Camembert which Bond regards as "one of the most pleasant surprises on American menus."

At a sleazy dive in Jacksonville with Solitaire: "orange juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, twice."

Bond and Leiter dining at the Everglades "oldster" resort in St. Petersburg after the kidnapping of Solitaire: "What it came down to was tomato juice, boiled fish with a white sauce, a strip of frozen turkey with a dab of cranberry, and a wedge of lemon curd surmounted by a whorl of stiff cream substitute."

Prior to his battle with the Robber, Bond has the "largest steak he's ever seen" (rare), with fries, a quarter pint of Old Grand-dad, and draughts of very strong coffee at a "dark and friendly" place called Pete's.

In the motel cafeteria near the Tampa airport Bond has a "delicious three decker Western sandwich and coffee."

Bond's first breakfast in Jamaica consisted of "paw paw [papaya] with a slice of green lime, a dish piled with red bananas, purple star apples, and tangerines, scrambled eggs and bacon, Blue Mountain coffee...Jamaican marmalade...and guava jelly."

The meal to be prepared for Bond and Solitaire on their first night of "passionate leave" by Jamaica's finest chef working under Quarrel's gimlet eye: black crabs, roast suckling pig, avocado pear salad, guavas and coconut cream, and Commander Strangway's private stash of the "best Champagne in Jamaica."

Moonraker

At the Secret Service canteen: grilled sole, a large mixed salad with Bond's own mustard-laced dressing, brie and toast, a half carafe of white Bordeaux, two cups of black coffee.

At Blades with M: smoked salmon, lamb cutlets, peas and new potatoes, asparagus with Hollandaise, a slice of pineapple, pre-war Wolfschmidt vodka from Riga, and a '46 Dom Perignon.

Fleming's Bond is practically every single vice rolled into one. He eats, drinks, smokes, and bones ladies at an absurd rate. Yet somehow he remains the fit and lethal secret agent.

If anyone could figure out how to get away with all that in real life, they could win a Nobel Prize.

The idiots at EON don't realise that's precisely why we love Fleming's James Bond. I have nothing but contempt for the current cinematic incarnation: Oxfam social activist Bond.

What's even more disheartening is the number of young acolytes to NuBond, who believe this is Fleming's Bond on screen. They couldn't be more wrong.

That's why I sometimes walk into MI6ville, Roddy Piper-style, and kick ass.

I think that's the only thing missing from this forum. Live food.

When Roddy puts his shades on, all the advertising in CR changes to "Femnazi's Rule", "Hillary for President", "Praise this Movie", and "The other Bonds blow".

Avarice wrote:

The idiots at EON don't realise that's precisely why we love Fleming's James Bond. I have nothing but contempt for the current cinematic incarnation: Oxfam social activist Bond.

You're in a particularly foul mood today, Avs. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Avarice wrote:

The idiots at EON don't realise that's precisely why we love Fleming's James Bond. I have nothing but contempt for the current cinematic incarnation: Oxfam social activist Bond.

You're in a particularly foul mood today, Avs. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

I'm not very good at adjusting to different timezones. Still on EST!

Sharky wrote:

What's even more disheartening is the number of young acolytes to NuBond, who believe this is Fleming's Bond on screen. They couldn't be more wrong.

That's why I sometimes walk into MI6ville, Roddy Piper-style, and kick ass.

I think that's the only thing missing from this forum. Live food.

Gotta love the pip-squeaks who think a bit of blood and moping is what it takes to translate Fleming to the big screen. Wouldn't mind having a couple over here for some blood sport. Hail Caesar!

CJB wrote:

Sharky wrote:

What's even more disheartening is the number of young acolytes to NuBond, who believe this is Fleming's Bond on screen. They couldn't be more wrong.

That's why I sometimes walk into MI6ville, Roddy Piper-style, and kick ass.

I think that's the only thing missing from this forum. Live food.

Gotta love the pip-squeaks who think a bit of blood and moping is what it takes to translate Fleming to the big screen. Wouldn't mind having a couple over here for some blood sport. Hail Caesar!

We could organize little strike forays into certain threads. Quick strikes - then out.:twisted: