After taking a look at some of the weirdest foods several countries have to offer, it’s time to find some drinks that might go with what’s on the menu. Since most of us are sick of too much Cosmopolitans or Apple Martinis, we have gathered some of the most intriguing, creative or downright odd cocktails around the world. And if you haven’t heard it yet, bartenders that do cocktails are now called mixologists. Be that as it may, here are 10 must-try cocktails on your vacation:

1. First we’re going to head off to Bogart’s American Grill in Raleigh, N.C., where, among the Marilyn Monroe posters and steak aroma, you’ll find the new and unique Bubblicious cocktail – a drink that consists of a shot of vodka soaked for several days with bubble gum. The manager and creator of this odd cocktail, Mary Shipley, also created two other drinks, one with Jolly Rancher green-apple and another on with watermelon candies.

2. In an effort to keep revenues up with pricey drinks, Ken Stewart’s Grille in Akron, Ohio, offers a cocktail with a special treat. The bar serves a $10 martini with a baby octopus on top. So if you’re a fan of seafood but have yet to find a drink that caters to your taste, this is probably the closest you can get.

3. Enough of North America; turning to the crowded Beijing where you can enjoy a glass of Cransoma, a cocktail with lychee liqueur as its key ingredient. Apart from the juice from these exotic fruits, it also contains cranberry vodka, strawberry liquor, apple juice and tonic water.

4. Lithuania also has some interesting choices in the menu when it comes to alcoholic drinks. The central ingredient in many Lithuanian cocktails is Krupnik, sweet vodka made from 40%-50% alcohol, honey and up to 50 herbs. Krupnik is usually mixed with vodka, champagne or other liquors and can be found in bars all over the country.

5. Along with absinthe, crème de violette is the ingredient that started peppering liquor stores decades ago. The essential ingredient for the Aviation Cocktail has been recently made available to the mixologists in the United States, being harder to get that its counterpart, absinthe. Made from gin, crème de violette, lemon juice and Maraschino, the cocktail is one fine and elegant drink, with an unbeatable balance of flavors.

6. If you want to have a sip of luxury, you can try the world’s most expensive cocktail launched last year at Movida, a fancy night club in London. Ingredients include Louis XII cognac, Cristal Rose champagne, flakes of 24-carat edible gold leaf and an 11-carat white diamond ring at the bottom of the glass. The cocktail comes with added security – the mixing process as well as drinking the cocktail is supervised by security guards. So if you have £35,000 to spend and want to do something irresponsible and over-the-top, this cocktail is definitely a good choice.

7. Since we’re in London, we might as well take a look at another less expensive cocktail, but nonetheless flashy and pricey. The Umbaba club offers its guests Magie Noir, a £333 cocktail created by head barman Giles Andreis when Goldman Sachs bankers wanted to celebrate their seven-figure bonuses. The drink contains a shot of Richard Hennessy aged cognac, Dom Perignon vintage champagne and a touch of Crème de Mure, plus extract of yohimbe bark, an ancient African aphrodisiac.

8. If you want to give that special someone a unique gift, the Mezz at Foxwoods Resort Casino offers a $3,000 cocktail that will surely impress her. The Sapphire Martini contains Curacao, Sapphire gin, and dry vermouth. What makes it so expensive is the fact that it’s served in a glass rimmed with blue sugar, and instead of the usual olive, you get a blue sapphire and diamond earrings.

9. Cocktails can’t get more exotic than the Platinum Passion, a drink served at the Duvet Lounge in New York. The $1,500 cocktail contains L’ésprit de Courvoisier, Ruinart champagne with a touch of an exotic syrup made from forest berries, wildflower honey and passion fruit. To top it all off, the drink is garnished with a wild orchid.

10. If you’re a fan of classic drinks, rather than new mixtures, the Hemingway Bar in Hotel Ritz, Paris, caters to your needs with the Ritz Side Car cocktail. The $500 vintage drink is a blend of Cointreau, lemon and some the oldest cognac in the world, made just before the phylloxera infestation of the 1860s. Only a few bottles of the cognac remained, the hotel selling around 60 drinks in the past 3 years.

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