2011 Kona Hawaii Don the Beachcomber THIRD Annual Mai Tai Festival August 13th - Other Events

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 10:40 PM Wow! How fabulous! Who would have ever thought.... Truly, the Bum rules! And a Bacardi based Mai Tai won!? But it had to be blowtorched to get that aged rum taste: "I took Don's traditional drink and evolved it by adding house-made Falerno, an almond-based syrup with clove, ginger, citrus notes, Tahitian limes and Bacardi rum," said Matsubara, who went on the explain how he used a culinary tool called the smoking gun on the concoction to give it an aged rum taste and characteristic flavor. "Then I used a blowtorch on the packed brown sugar around the rim like a brulee." What we have here is a Witco-Mai Tai, folks! :D

Wow! How fabulous! Who would have ever thought.... Truly, the Bum rules!

And a Bacardi based Mai Tai won!? But it had to be blowtorched to get that aged rum taste:

"I took Don's traditional drink and evolved it by adding house-made Falerno, an almond-based syrup with clove, ginger, citrus notes, Tahitian limes and Bacardi rum," said Matsubara, who went on the explain how he used a culinary tool called the smoking gun on the concoction to give it an aged rum taste and characteristic flavor. "Then I used a blowtorch on the packed brown sugar around the rim like a brulee."

What we have here is a Witco-Mai Tai, folks! :D

Post #479884 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 10:40 PM