Post #152945 by johntiki on Thu, Apr 14, 2005 4:46 PM

I think you need to pick the movie first then build the menu around it... Tikiwahine mentioned "Dinner and a Movie" which should give you some good ideas. I also want to recommend a show on the Food Network called "Party Starters" - I watch it on a regular basis and I've seen them plan 2 tropical themed parties; one was Hawaiian and was almost verging on tiki the other had a Caribbean/Latin feel.

Here's the link to the episode the Hawaiian episode...

http://www.foodtv.com/food/show_pt/episode/0,1976,FOOD_17977_34954,00.html

Only problem was the menu was a variation of a traditional Christmas dinner... might not work for summertime entertaining... or if you wanted to watch "A Christmas Story" in July it might very well be perfect.

This is the tropical/Latin themed episode...

http://www.foodtv.com/food/show_pt/episode/0,1976,FOOD_17977_33536,00.html

I totally dug the menu - the grilled shrimp on taro chips would be tiki-friendly.

Browsing the Food Network's website reminded me of the other tiki themed party I had seen on the network...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_fo/episode/0,,FOOD_9964_32551,00.html

...the guy throwing the party had a gigantic rum collection and was big into rum mixology. He didn't have a tiki bar but the 100 bottle plus collection of exotic rums made up for any lack of Polynesian pop. I remember the part of the show where the guy mixed up the Mai Tais had me salivating.

Hope these ideas help...

JohnTiki

Aloha from the enchanted Pi Yi Grotto in exotic Bel Air Maryland!

[ Edited by: johntiki on 2005-04-14 16:48 ]