"Mai Tai in a blender" (and other tiki nightmares) - General Tiki

F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Fri, Jun 16, 2006 8:55 AM On 2006-06-15 11:28, pdrake wrote: heh, i drive by that place every day. i always wondered if cili was at all tiki in any way. it's a wolfgang puck place. i heard the food was good, all of his places are, but i doubted the tikiness of it. good to know, i'll keep on driving by every day. The food was very good (Kobe Beef "Sliders" with carmelized onions & bleu cheese. Homemade garlic, herb & oil marinaded olives. Prime Rib sandwiches. Red Curry beef & Chicken in Peanut Sauce Sates). Unfortunately the decoration was generic Indonesian: Balinese carvings, lots of elephants, some nice wood and rich cloth, beaded lamps & inlaid tabletop mosaics, a reef tank, and a trickling waterfall/wall-fountain. There's exactly 3 tikis in the entire place: 6" tall identical brass/bronze Ku heads that are part of the hall furniture installed along the right hand wall just inside the entrance. the most interesting thing about the decoration were the Porte Cochere chandeliers that looked like glowing lava rocks bound in metal.

On 2006-06-15 11:28, pdrake wrote:
heh, i drive by that place every day. i always wondered if cili was at all tiki in any way. it's a wolfgang puck place. i heard the food was good, all of his places are, but i doubted the tikiness of it. good to know, i'll keep on driving by every day.

The food was very good (Kobe Beef "Sliders" with carmelized onions & bleu cheese. Homemade garlic, herb & oil marinaded olives. Prime Rib sandwiches. Red Curry beef & Chicken in Peanut Sauce Sates). Unfortunately the decoration was generic Indonesian: Balinese carvings, lots of elephants, some nice wood and rich cloth, beaded lamps & inlaid tabletop mosaics, a reef tank, and a trickling waterfall/wall-fountain. There's exactly 3 tikis in the entire place: 6" tall identical brass/bronze Ku heads that are part of the hall furniture installed along the right hand wall just inside the entrance. the most interesting thing about the decoration were the Porte Cochere chandeliers that looked like glowing lava rocks bound in metal.

Post #238148 by freddiefreelance on Fri, Jun 16, 2006 8:55 AM