TIKI CULTURE

Huge 55th Anniversary Party at the Mai Kai Wednesday Night!

The Mai-Kai in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Wednesday, December 28: Swing on down to Fort Lauderdale’s historic Mai Kai Polynesian Restaurant and Tiki Bar for their

CUSTOMER CELEBRATION PARTY IN RECOGNITION OF
MAI-KAI’S 55TH ANNIVERSARY, 5pm-9pm

With platters spun by Mr. Jet Setter himself, D.J. MIKE JONES this promises to be a really fun party. There will be an extended Happy Hour and Complimentary buffet in the Molokai Bar from 5 - 9 pm. And the Mai Kai will bring out old scrap books for those that are interested in old Mai-Kai memorabilia! (I’ve seen these books, they are a rare treasure from the past)

If all goes well yours truly will be there, probably around 7 or 8. I’ll tweet when I’m there so if you make it to the shindig we can get together for a cocktail!

Hmmm…at the Mai Kai I’ve had the Mai Tai, Jet Pilot, Zombie, Barrel ‘o Rum and Pina Passion. What should I try next…

-Tiki Chris, reporting from US 1 & Oakland Park Blvd in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Hurricane Irene Brushes Past South Florida

Hurricane Irene, just east of Florida, August 25, 2011. Notice how this storm is bigger than the state of Texas.

Here in Fort Lauderdale, we’re getting the first licks from Hurricane Irene’s outer bands. The sky over the Atlantic is nothing but bands of slate and dark gray, almost black, obliterating the sun from sunny South Florida.

Sheets of dense rain have been coming in waves, and streets prone to flooding are already under several inches of water. Thankfully this bitch is 200+ miles away. If it had hit us as a Cat 3, as previously forecasted, I wouldn’t be writing this…I’d be heading for shelter.

Let’s hope this whirling insanity doesn’t do much damage as it heads up the coast.

-Tiki Chris, reporting from the observation tower at Tiki Lounge Talk.
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Exotic Cocktail for the Weekend: The Blue Devil

I thought I’d follow up the Blue Hawaiian with something I found on PerfectCocktail.net,

The Blue Devil

It’s sort of like a blue version of a Singapore Sling, sort of, at least you’ll agree with me after your third. Interesting that the ingredients are in milliliters on this site. For you kats who run screaming at the very sight of anything metric, 35ml is about 2 oz, 10ml is about 1/3oz.

35ml Gin
10ml Blue Curaso
25ml fresh lime juice
10ml Creme de Cacao
10ml Cherry Brandy

Pour everything into a shaker with ice, the Shake it up baby, twist and shout, strain into a cocktail glass, and slide it across the Tiki Bar to the hot blond in the coconut bikini.

Hell, I was sold on the picture they had posted:

Not sure how they got it to light up like that, but I’m sure diggin’ it.

Side Note: It’s my Birthday this weekend so with any luck I’ll be waste-deep in Mai Tais and hula girls. So if you don’t hear from me for a few days, you’ll know why, kids!

Aloha from Tiki Chris, reporting from his favorite bar stoll at Pirate’s Cove Tiki Bar in South Florida.

Your Weekend Tiki Cocktail: The Blue Hawaiian

As I was driving the convertible into work this morning, Bing’s version of Blue Hawaii came on the XM-band radio. It was like, kismet, man. So here it is, for you laid-back swingers who want to bask in the hot tropical sun,

The Blue Hawaiian

An easy drink to make, this Tiki Cocktail looks kool, tastes great and is very refreshing on hot sandy beach.

1 oz silver rum
 (or kick it up with an ounce of Sailor Jerry or Bacardi 151)
1 oz blue curacao
2 oz pineapple juice
1 oz cream of coconut (Coco Loco)
Cherry
Fresh Pineapple
Orchid

Shake the rum, curacao, pineapple juice and cream of coconut well in shaker with ice and strain into a clear hurricane glass filled with ice cubes. Garnish it up with a sword full of cherries and pineapple, and top it off with the orchid. If you don’t have an orchid, don’t sweat it. Just put one of those little plastic mermaids on the side of the glass.

You can also go a step further and do the more popular frozen variety by adding a cup of crushed ice and blending. Vodka is often substituted for rum in the Frozen Blue Hawaiian, thanks to the efforts of Smirnoff’s marketing department. But who ever heard of Hawaiians drinking blue vodka? Wait…I don’t think Hawaiians originally had rum either. C’est la vie, baby.

-Tiki Chris reporting from behind the bar at Tiki Lounge Talk, the swingin’ tiki blog for tikiphiles and retro-lovin’ hep kats.

Tiki Drink for the Weekend: The Sweet Caroline

Ok, I know I’m a little slow on the draw this week for your Tiki Drink Recipe. Sometimes part of living the Tiki Lifestyle means sleeping until 2pm for no reason.

I made this one up, but I’m sure I’m not the first to mix these ingredients together. I call it a Sweet Caroline. It’s got a nice sweet taste, with citrus kick. Kind of like this girl named Caroline I used to know.

1 oz Midori
1 oz Amaretto
1 oz Sour Mix
Fill with Orange Juice

Pour over ice in a large glass and stir. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry. Pretty simple, very tasty! The sugars seem to make the booze hit your head faster than you’d think, so be careful with this one, kids.

-Tiki Chris reporting from under the table at Tiki Lounge Talk