Tiki Central / Tiki Drinks and Food / sams seafood drinkd and menu items
Post #282492 by TikiSan on Thu, Feb 1, 2007 4:58 PM
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Alan, It might be a good idea to change all the food and drinks from the old Sam's. I think some people liked the crab special they had at Sam's and the rest of the food can be improved. Forget any drinks from the old Sam's. Get Jeff Berry's books and drink at Tiki-Ti for drink references. Tiki-Ti is the gold standard. In a recent issue of Tiki Magazine Jeff Berry did an article about Bob Esmino, now a drink consultant whose office is in Seal Beach. http://roskinincorporated.com You are doing the right thing by having Tiki Farm mugs and Bamboo Ben work on the interior. Coruba and Cruzan rums are excellent, use them as much as possible. Don't use Bacardi silver, use Cruzan instead. Serve Trader Vic's style Mai Tais. Copy the best: Drinks: Tiki-Ti, Forbidden Island, Mai Kai, Trader Vic's, Jeff Berry, and kick_the_reverb (Ran) Food: Trader Vics, Los Alamitos Fish Company, see the O.C. Weekly food reviews for more ideas. Sam's Web site: get Humuhumu to design it Here are some more ideas from TC: Humuhumu Mai Tai The Mai Tai has a long and storied history, and has been subject to much debate. I sit solidly in the camp that believes only in the One True Mai Tai, the Trader Vic's Mai Tai. A Mai Tai does not have pineapple juice or grenadine. When properly made, a Mai Tai has a nice brown color -- a pink Mai Tai is an abhorrence before the Tiki Gods. The original Mai Tai recipe was created using a particular rum that is not available today -- 17-year-old J. Wray & Nephew rum. Thus, a bit of monkeying around has been necessary over the years. Even Trader Vic's restaurants make their Mai Tai from a mix these days (unless you order it "San Francisco style"). Here's the recipe I know, it has served me well: 1 oz. Martinique rum (I use Saint James) Shake and strain over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with the one half of your spent lime, and a sprig of mint. Beach Bum Berry's $100 Mai Tai Using the finest ingredients we could find, we came up with a palate-pleasing variation on Vic's original recipe. There's just one catch: It will cost you $100. Oh, all right, not really. A fifth of rum contains 25.5 ounces, which amortizes out to 25 drinks. So divide that C-note by 25 and you're actually paying a mere $4 per Mai Tai — about half of what you'd pay if you went to the mall and ordered one at P.J. McGillicuddy's Food 'N' Funnery. So here's your shopping list (prices will vary store by store): One fifth Saint James 15-year Hors D'Age Rum $41.95
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