11 JUNE 1988, Page 43

Taki

AS some of you may suspect, I drink in order to get drunk, and not because I enjoy the taste. Scotch whisky does the trick faster than, say, champagne, but if I had to name a drink I actually look forward to drinking, it would be the Tom Collins they serve in the Café Florian on the Piazza San Marco in Venice. It is served in a silver shaker, it is not too sweet, and it reminds me of my youth, because the very first time it happened, it was after a Tom Collins.