{"id":268,"date":"2007-06-17T23:19:59","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T03:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/06\/17\/mai-kai-okole-maluna-club-menu\/"},"modified":"2014-07-07T15:09:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T22:09:34","slug":"mai-kai-okole-maluna-club-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/06\/17\/mai-kai-okole-maluna-club-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mai Kai Okole Maluna Club Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Front\"<\/p>\n

I got this little menu on Ebay a while ago. I thought it was maybe just a mini ordering menu, perhaps for a luau or small event. This weekend at Hukilau<\/a>, I found out what it was.<\/p>\n

\"Back\"<\/p>\n

The “Big Bamboo” is of interest to this story.<\/p>\n

\"Inside\"<\/p>\n

Having the “Cobra’s Kiss” and “Deep Sea Diver” marked out I thought meant it was just not available at the time the menu was passed out. Not so.<\/p>\n

The real answer came during Beachbum Berry’s <\/a>talk. He had introduced Mai-Kai original mixologist, Mariano Licudine’s <\/a>son to the crowd and had him come up to answer questions. He had been around the Mai-Kai since it was being built when he was a lad of twelve. His Dad had supervised every minute detail of the building of the bar.<\/p>\n

He told about one of the recipes on the menu today which was a weakened version of the “Big Bamboo” recipe. The “Big Bamboo” was a drink you only got after you had worked your way through the “Okole Maluna Club”. This little menu was for that club. You got a drink marked off as you tried it and when you had tried all the drinks, you got a big bamboo mug of your own and got the “Big Bamboo” drink as a member of that club. That is why there is a “Cobra’s Kiss” marked off on this menu! That is what it is for and the drink is right there on the back! The only way to get the “Big Bamboo” was to try all these drinks.<\/p>\n

So many great things come from Hukilau. I want to know more and more! He also said the origianl doors to the Mai-Kai looked like this and the original drink menu with the tikis on one door and “Mai Kai ” on the other, carved in Mohogany. Where are those doors now Kern?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got this little menu on Ebay a while ago. I thought it was maybe just a mini ordering menu, perhaps for a luau or small event. 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