He should be gone for half an hour so Bond should help himself to the drink tray.īond pours himself a strong gin and tonic. Immediately after greeting Bond, Goldfinger tells him he must go out to deal with a staff issue. Prior to leaving Bond has a large vodka and tonic with slice of lemon. While freshening up he receives a message from Goldfinger inviting him to dinner that night at his house in Reculver.

He then heads for Royal St Mark’s golf course where he – accidentally on purpose – runs into Goldfinger again.Īfter outcheating Goldfinger during a round of golf, Bond returns to his room. He orders a vodka and tonic in the bar, along with two excellent ham sandwiches with plenty of mustard. Bond drives down to Kent, where Goldfinger owns a house, and takes a room on the top floor of Channel Packet inn. KentĪfter finally returning to London, M gives Bond a new assignment, coincidentally an investigation into Goldfinger’s gold smuggling operation. He also tells him to order a bottle of vintage champagne on ice and plenty of caviar sandwiches. After humiliating Goldfinger, Bond orders him over the mic to book him a compartment on that night’s Silver Meteor to New York. Of course Bond ensures the cheating millionaire loses big time. She looks directly at Du Pont’s hand and passes on what she sees to Goldfinger. Jill Masterton has her eyes glued to a pair of binoculars and a microphone. He joins Du Pont for a lunch of shrimp cocktail, native snapper with tartare sauce and roast prime ribs of beef au jus followed by pineapple surprise. Bond says he suspects how Goldfinger is cheating.Īfter lunch he goes to Goldfinger’s room, where his suspicions are confirmed. Floridiana Hotelīond spends the following morning at the Floridiana hotel watching Du Pont play Canasta with Goldfinger.

All the same he agrees to take the job offered by Du Pont – to find out how Goldfinger is cheating him at cards. The puritan in him is rather disgusted by the high life. Pol Roger even produced special pint bottles for him.Ĭhurchill claimed pint bottles of Champagne provided enough for “two at lunch and one at dinner”.īut while enjoying the meal Bond wonders if the soft life he thought he craved is really is for him. Some London Clubs apparently still serve Champagne in silver tankards, and Winston Churchill would drink Pol Roger from a tankard.

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