Post #451400 by bigbrotiki on Sun, May 3, 2009 10:38 AM

I was wondering which of the many, many offerings at this new mixology haven are favored by Tiki Centralites, and why.

At the Beverly Hills Trader's I liked the Tortuga very much, but I have not tried it downtown yet.

So far, my vote goes to the TIKI PUKA PUKA. With its 151 in it, it is a man's drink, very rich, and rummy, a real sailor's grog.

Of course the name has nothing to do with puking, though I would not recommend more than three of these in one sitting.
It is derived from this lovely South Seas atoll...
http://www.cookislands.org.uk/pukapuka.html

...which was immortalized by Robert Dean Frisbie, the quintessential South Pacific drop out, in his 1929 book entitled (would you believe it ?) "The Book of Puka Puka" :)

Largely forgotten today, Frisbie's writings were required reading for any Polynesiac of the 1930s and 40s, and they were undoubtedly known by Trader Vic.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-05-04 12:30 ]