NEW YORK — At $10,000, this cocktail is bound to leave you feeling more shaken than stirred.

The Martini on the Rock is the newest addition to the menu at the Algonquin Hotel. It comes with a single piece of ice — a diamond from the in-house jeweler
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in 20min they said it was the 'poshest way to propose'... i don't see anything posh about 1) choking on a diamond as it shoots down your throat 2) having to root through your poo for the next week to fish it out and then 3) walkign around with a ring stinking of poo.

would make a nice story for the grandkids though...