Bad Noir, But Local

On Friday night, after a meal lacking in "Chinese Fortune Cakes" with no "bits of literature" contained therein, my friend Sean and I headed to Tosca's where we believe the classic film noir no-one has heard of, The Raging Tide, had a memorable and perplexing scene. In the film, among the other confusing food items (Chinese Fortune Cakes in the Japanese Tea Garden was one) was a drink called a "Cappuccino." The way it was described in the scene was something like this:

"Have you ever had this? It's a Cappuccino."

"No, what is it?"

"It's a cup of hot chocolate with a little bit of brandy and a little cream on top."

Weird, right? Well we just assumed the filmmakers got it wrong and kept quoting it because it sounded so bizarre.

Ah, but just recently Tosca's was discovered to have this drink, prepared just this way as their specialty! Apparently it's a prohibition drink that they would serve as the secretive "House Cappuccino." So we went over to Little Italy in the city, had this strange "House Cappuccino" and quoted lines from The Raging Tide.

"By the by, the fish eat their breakfast!"