Make the reservation under Bond. James Bond.
The secret agent is well known for his drink order, but the character's love of food was just as sophisticated -- and well documented in the series of books.
Ian Fleming's favorite food was eggs, and he gave his titular character a healthy taste for them. Eggs are far from a luxury today, but in post-war Britain the ration -- of one egg per adult per week -- had only recently been lifted.
In the first Bond book, 1953's "Casino Royale," the spy has breakfast with a view of the harbor in Dieppe, France.
"He looked out at the beautiful day and consumed half a pint of iced orange juice, three scrambled eggs and bacon and a double portion of coffee without sugar," Fleming wrote, in what would be the first of many mentions of food.
The author even shared a recipe for scrambled eggs in a short story, "007 in New York." The recipe ends with the instructions: "Serve on hot buttered toast in individual copper dishes (for appearance only) with pink champagne (Taittinger) and low music."
But if dining out is more your style -- and it certainly was Bond's -- there are 72 restaurants still around today that were mentioned in the film and books.
Matt Sherman, author of "James Bond’s Cuisine: 007’s Every Last Meal", chronicled all of the eateries in the series, and European journey-planning platform GoEuro's distilled the information into an infographic (below).
Among the highlights: Rome's Tre Scalini, London's Reform Club, and the Ritz in Paris.
The Ritz is currently closed, after beginning a massive renovation in 2012, but expected to open in 2015. Bond was never a patron at the restaurants that will debut with the opening this year, of course, but a spy would certainly approve of what the highly-anticipated hotel has in store.
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