Post #27241 by Tiki_Bong on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 8:47 AM

On 2003-03-19 08:03, Thor wrote:
What I want to know is why American Chinese restaurants frequently have these silly drinks in enormous, oft collectible glasses, with umbrellas, dry ice, and other accoutrements? Is it related to Tiki? Do the two dining establishment genres overlap? I figured that most people here know more than me about this, you might have something to say.

Seriously.

Thor,

(first off though, for some reason your TC name - Thor - implied some sort of greek god male; guess I's wrong!)

Many chinese restaurants dabbled in going polynesian in the 50's and 60's. There's a restaurant called 'Li's' by my house that was polynesian in the 60's, and they still serve drinks in bowls. Just ask Crazy Al, I think he swiped one on our last OC Tiki Crawl.

Seriously!