Are these from the Trader Vic's warehouse sale? - General Tiki

G GatorRob Member Orlando Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 1784	G GatorRob Posted posted on Sat, Apr 5, 2008 7:01 AM Whatever Asian carver Trader Vic's gets these from these days, these look to come from the same supplier that they used for the tikis at the Destin Vic's. I suppose they fill the need for inexpensive carvings to populate the restaurants and give them a pseudo-Polynesian feel for a non-discriminating public, but they just don't work for me. Kind of like when an artist tries to sketch a familiar person and you can recognize who they were trying to draw, but it misses the mark and ends up looking like that person morphed with someone else.

Whatever Asian carver Trader Vic's gets these from these days, these look to come from the same supplier that they used for the tikis at the Destin Vic's. I suppose they fill the need for inexpensive carvings to populate the restaurants and give them a pseudo-Polynesian feel for a non-discriminating public, but they just don't work for me. Kind of like when an artist tries to sketch a familiar person and you can recognize who they were trying to draw, but it misses the mark and ends up looking like that person morphed with someone else.

Post #371776 by GatorRob on Sat, Apr 5, 2008 7:01 AM