Vintage Don Q Puerto Rican 151 Rum – A Tasting
I knew Don Q Rums mainly as the rum inside my vintage Mai-Kai decanter. It was in ads that touted the Mai-Kai‘s Derby Daiquiri. Ms. Swanky got me this sealed Read More …
If it’s Swank…
The book about the penultimate Tiki establishment
I knew Don Q Rums mainly as the rum inside my vintage Mai-Kai decanter. It was in ads that touted the Mai-Kai‘s Derby Daiquiri. Ms. Swanky got me this sealed Read More …
After an unexpected need to move to a new server, I have been slowly getting all my sites and their parts back working. This blog is still not done. A Read More …
Just when you think you know what’s out there, something else comes along. Until about a month ago, I had never seen this menu. It is the “missing link” in Read More …
More Mai Kai goodness pre-Hukilau
Da Bum. Great Story. great to have this exposure!
Many years ago at the World’s Longest Yardsale, an empty bottle of Leilani Hawaiian Rum turned up. Sven Kirsten said he has a display that held the bottle and was Read More …
Miss March is Mireille, better known these days as Mrs. Thornton, owner of the Mai Kai. I love this image. Very fun, and I love to see the cannibal tiki Read More …
So you have a bottle of simple syrup, also called sugar syrup, and it has a bottom covered in crystalized sugar. It happens. But must it happen? Or at least, Read More …
Ah the Mystery Girl, Dondi. Dig that bowl! Miss February 1963 Mai Kai, Fort Lauderdale, FL Sponsored by Tiki Daze – The only damn calendar that matters!
I meant to share these in chronological order, but somehow I messed up. So, now we start the 1963 Mai Kai calendar. Donna is Miss January 1963. That Old Black Read More …
I have always believed that the Mystery Drink was created at the Mai Kai and copied by the Kahiki. I had wondered why my early Mai Kai drink menu copyrighted Read More …
I have not gotten Basement Kahuna to post here yet, but he has agreed to let me be the first to publish his cocktail recipes. Besides his great carving skills, Read More …
It’s just a couple of weeks away. Last year was a crazy weekend. I hardly slept! It was the first year I have actually gotten to enjoy the weekend and Read More …
Just your typical scene of Hawai in 1964. Men in suits and skinny ties and ladies in dresses. Waiting for dinner outside the Hilton Hawaiian Village Luau. Maybe Alfred Apaka Read More …
Basement Kahuna arrives here today and we depart for Tiki Eyeball in the morning. I am in my office today, listening to my Exotica and islands music playlist and I am Read More …