What's wrong with Jimmy Buffett? - Beyond Tiki

T tikipedia Member San Diego Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 491	T tikipedia Posted posted on Tue, Jun 14, 2005 8:47 PM If we want to get high-brow about the Buffett vs. Tiki issue, I would say Jimmy Buffett is a more plebian experience as opposed to a patrician Tiki experience. Anybody can 'whip up' a pitcher of margaritas, but it takes care and expertise to make a decent mai tai. But Buffett is also more of a Caribbean/Mexico experience, and Tiki is Polynesia/Southeast Asia one. The tropical similarities are strictly superficial. BTW, we went to Jimmy Buffett's restaurant at Montego Bay airport in Jamaica. It had to be the slowest service in the world. Thank God the plane was leaving in only two hours! On the flip side, we loaded up on Appleton Rum at the Duty Free shop for only $6.00 USD per bottle. Yum!

If we want to get high-brow about the Buffett vs. Tiki issue, I would say Jimmy Buffett is a more plebian experience as opposed to a patrician Tiki experience. Anybody can 'whip up' a pitcher of margaritas, but it takes care and expertise to make a decent mai tai.

But Buffett is also more of a Caribbean/Mexico experience, and Tiki is Polynesia/Southeast Asia one. The tropical similarities are strictly superficial.

BTW, we went to Jimmy Buffett's restaurant at Montego Bay airport in Jamaica. It had to be the slowest service in the world. Thank God the plane was leaving in only two hours!

On the flip side, we loaded up on Appleton Rum at the Duty Free shop for only $6.00 USD per bottle. Yum!

Post #165770 by tikipedia on Tue, Jun 14, 2005 8:47 PM