official trader vics chicago thread - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 5:15 PM On 2009-01-19 16:41, Tipsy McStagger wrote: ....there tends to be a air of elitism surrounding the tiki scene in more aspects than just how to mix a proper cocktail that i find increasingly difficult to stomach and when it rears it's head i tend to get cranky!!..... :) I sat with James at the OLD Beverly Hills Trader Vic's and sampled several of their concoctions, and the verdict was thumbs up on all of them. The books me and Jeff Berry wrote inspired a revival of the art and taste of the Tiki lounge BECAUSE they set high standards. These standards are not a dogma, but an ideal. But if we give up standing up for that ideal, where does it end? And where the hell are we supposed to do that but here, our little esoteric haven called Tiki Central. I find it "increasingly difficult to stomach" that, when I and others stand up for "true" Tiki taste here (which is demonstrated in these books, and is the cause for much of its revival), it is characterized as "elitism". It's not, it's just what we were into all along.

On 2009-01-19 16:41, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
....there tends to be a air of elitism surrounding the tiki scene in more aspects than just how to mix a proper cocktail that i find increasingly difficult to stomach and when it rears it's head i tend to get cranky!!..... :)

I sat with James at the OLD Beverly Hills Trader Vic's and sampled several of their concoctions, and the verdict was thumbs up on all of them. The books me and Jeff Berry wrote inspired a revival of the art and taste of the Tiki lounge BECAUSE they set high standards. These standards are not a dogma, but an ideal. But if we give up standing up for that ideal, where does it end? And where the hell are we supposed to do that but here, our little esoteric haven called Tiki Central.

I find it "increasingly difficult to stomach" that, when I and others stand up for "true" Tiki taste here (which is demonstrated in these books, and is the cause for much of its revival), it is characterized as "elitism". It's not, it's just what we were into all along.

Post #429552 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 5:15 PM