Post #258808 by The Ragin' Rarotongan on Tue, Oct 3, 2006 8:29 PM

I recently tried the Zula #1 on the bottom of the strong side of the drink menu,and it was fantastic! I used to live in South Florida and frequented the Mai Kai quite a bit and had always been curious about this drink.I was just down to visit my Mom over the Labor Day Weekend last month,and The Mai Kai was a must on my list of to do's while I was there. I reversed engineered it at my home bar from the ingredients given to my by the kind bar maid, and it turned out very very close, almost a perfect match. Here is my recipe that will give you the same results.

Zula #1 from the Mai Kai

1oz fresh squeezed lime juie
3 oz fresh squeezed OJ
3 oz pinapple juice
1 and 1 half oz of white rum(I use Cruzan)
1 and 1 half oz of dark rum (I used Myers)
1tsp of Pernod(You have to adjust to taste, as the Mai Kai's version was licoricey tasting but not too much)
1 0z passion fruit syrup(I use Trader Vic's)

This drink is served in a tall frosted collins glass at the Mai Kai, I use a clear larger collins as the Mai Kai's was a rather small serving and I am a big guy, so I adjusted the recipe to make a larger, healthier serving. I always at least double the recipes in the Grog Log, Intoxica, etc..because the servings are always too small for my liking.