Post #238200 by lanikai on Fri, Jun 16, 2006 1:48 PM

On 2006-06-16 11:19, quickiki wrote:
I saw this magazine article the other day and had to laugh at their suggestions for throwing a perfect Luau.
aaah c'mon. give em a break. it's just another in a long string of dogmatic "we are the only ones who know this exclusive info with our own skewed take on "Hawaii fake" kinda articles.

the napa Winery Waikiki in Wine country luau had "contemporary Hawaiian dishes incl. the very popular and traditional roasted pig" and I never in all my decades here in Hawaii have heard it referred to as 'roasted pig". and whatever pig they are pushin' ain't contemporary. Luau pig is not modern.
they said it's a "Hawaiian luau in the Napa Valley." and of course, that is an impossibility on all levels.
The Makai Gents are referred to as a "Hawaiian band." and of course nobody need tell ya that's wrong. What? they play hapa haole songs? k den. Say that. but they are not a "Hawaiian band".
so maybe that article wasn't illustrated by SHAG. and maybe one o da tc'ers didn't write it.
Look at it this way. It is like any other of the many articles of its ilk, it may stir up interest in this kinda stuff and consequently, maybe the number of TC'ers will grow. or maybe it's a closed club, not open to other perspectives?