Jade Island Tiki Bar on No Reservations - General Tiki

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 8:11 AM On last night's New York Outer Boroughs episode Bourdain described Jade Island as being "...Untouched by time, unsullied by irony." He also said if he'd been exposed to a Tiki bar like Jade Island when growing up "I'd be a better man and a better human being if I had this in my neighborhood." This was at least Bourdain's second visit to a Tiki bar on his show. On an episode in Hawaii he stopped in at La Mariana. Both times Bourdain has seemed to genuinely enjoy the Tiki experience and has never had the usual media wink-wink "Isn't this hilariously tacky?" approach we usually see in print and TV stories on Tiki joints. (Also of interest: The No Reservations New York Outer Boroughs epsiode led to at least one person discovering Tiki Central.)

On last night's New York Outer Boroughs episode Bourdain described Jade Island as being "...Untouched by time, unsullied by irony." He also said if he'd been exposed to a Tiki bar like Jade Island when growing up "I'd be a better man and a better human being if I had this in my neighborhood."

This was at least Bourdain's second visit to a Tiki bar on his show. On an episode in Hawaii he stopped in at La Mariana.

Both times Bourdain has seemed to genuinely enjoy the Tiki experience and has never had the usual media wink-wink "Isn't this hilariously tacky?" approach we usually see in print and TV stories on Tiki joints.

(Also of interest: The No Reservations New York Outer Boroughs epsiode led to at least one person discovering Tiki Central.)

Post #482055 by woofmutt on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 8:11 AM