Post #191664 by christiki295 on Mon, Oct 10, 2005 6:54 PM

At the risk of being too much of a purist, is it too much to ask that a tiki bar serve cocktails, with pineapple, in tiki mugs?

I liken it to being served a martini, but-in a room-temperature glass, or being served champagne, but in a highball, as opposed to stemware.

In a recent survey, I have noted the following:

Tiki-Ti: Many tiki mugs behind the bar, but none served. (Tiki-Ti does, however, allow special customers to keep their own special tiki mugs there).

Purple Orchid: Tiki mugs, but no pineapple (apparently they used to, but the practice has been discontinued).

Lava Lounge: Freshly cut pineapple (with outer skin), but no tiki mugs.

Lucky Tiki: Pineapple, but no tiki mugs. (However, they have had "off the shelf" tiki mugs for sale previously - unfortunately the very same type that Purple Orchid previously selected).

Point Moorea: No tiki mugs.

I have learned to roll with with my own tiki mugs, now I may have arrive strapped with my own cans of pineapple (Ralphs'- 100% Hawaiian, not Dole which is from Thailand)!