{"id":135,"date":"2006-07-22T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2006-07-22T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/22\/aku-aku-las-vegas-drink-menu\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T12:34:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:34:52","slug":"aku-aku-las-vegas-drink-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/22\/aku-aku-las-vegas-drink-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Aku Aku Las Vegas Drink Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Aku Aku in Las Vegas has always been a sort of high point to me. Vegas and tiki. And knowing Bamboo Ben’s<\/a> grandfather Eli Hedley put it all together makes it even better.\u00c2\u00a0Aku Aku ephemera\u00c2\u00a0is one of the few tiki things I collect.<\/p>\n

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I just got this Drink Menu to go with my dinner menu. The image on the cover is the same as the dinner menu<\/p>\n

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The first page has some of the branded glassware and there is\u00c2\u00a0a tiki bowl. I am a fan of the ice shell drinks. To make an ice shell (Kern Matie, GM of the Mai Kai taught me this) you first need a pretty round glass, like a wine glass. You put crushed ice in the glass and using a spoon, press it around the glass so that it makes a shell around the interior maybe 1\/8 to 1\/4 inch thick. Put the glass in the freezer and let it set up. Then take the glass out and gently push the ice down on one side so that it comes up to make the shell and then press more crushed ice in the glass to line it again and refreeze.<\/p>\n

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Here are a few more drinks. Makes me thirsty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Aku Aku in Las Vegas has always been a sort of high point to me. Vegas and tiki. 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