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Post #12006 by stentiki on Sat, Oct 26, 2002 8:25 PM
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Aloha Friends, Back from New England with photos to share. Just want to thank all of you for your marvelous tiki knowledge. I was able to get to a few key places and the rest I will leave for another time. Here is a quick overview of the places I went: Kowloon What can I say but that I love this place! Great drink selection and excellent food. Try the pupu platter if you go. Giant egg rolls, pork, ribs, and wontons. Comes to you with a volcano flame in the middle! They serve drinks in coconut and pineapple mugs that say Kowloon on them and they'll sell them to you for $5 bucks if you ask! The pineapple mugs even have the gold foil OMC label on the bottom. http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/stentiki/lst?.dir=/Kowloon+Mugs&.view=t Tiki King Made the trek to Tiki King from Boston but unfortunately they did not open until 5:00 PM and I was pressed for time. To make matters worse, it was pissing down rain so the photos I took aren't great. However, it looked like a great place -- I peered longlingly through the window and they had some cool tikis and a great bamboo tiki bar inside. I plan to return in May. Bali Hai I found this place by accident off the 95 Fwy. The sign says chinese and polynesian cuisine. Took a picture of the outside. Inside was not very impressive. Stopped in for a Mai Tai but it looked like a geriatric convention in the bar. Bailed out shortly after that. Didn't even stay for a mai tai. Timexpo Museum An amazing 40 foot moai greets you from the highway! The museum is actually a Timex Museum is dedicated to the history of Timex watches and clocks. The skinny on this is that the owners were long time friends of Thor Heyerdahl and they dedicated a whole floor to the Kon-Tiki expedition. Very cool replicas of artifacts discovered on Easter Island and Peru. They also trace the route of the Kon-Tiki and Thor's other voyages. There are clips of the Kon-Tiki documentary that show the crew capturing fish and cooking them up on the raft! Very cool! Definitely one of the highlights of the trip. (Thanks for the tip, tikigreg). I even bought a Timex watch with image of the Moai on the face -- Tiki watch! I also scored a cool moai find in Cos Cob, CT at a local thrift store. I paid 5 bucks for two moai tikis! I got lucky there last year too when I found 3 Aloha Hut mugs for .50 cents a piece! http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/stentiki/lst?.dir=/New+England+Tiki/Moai+Find&.view=t Huke Lau This my last stop coming back from Vermont. As you can tell, I was driving all over freakin' New England! Stopped in for one mai tai. Some cool newer tikis in the bar and restaurant. The mai tai was way too sweet and they had a polynesian show going with black lights and day glow bikini tops. I felt pretty uncomfortable and so I bailed out quickly. The only thing I really liked were the tikis and I could see flaming pupu platters in the darkness. Anyhoo, that was my New England Tiki adventure. I always try to mix a little tiki in with business and I think I got more than my share this time. Thanks for sticking with this post. Mahalo again to all for your suggestions! Click below for pics. http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/stentiki/lst?.dir=/New+England+Tiki&.src=ph&.view= Aloha, Uncle Arty "I do not shun adventure if it comes my way."
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