Tiki Archaeology: Moon Islander, South Titusville, Florida - General Tiki

T TikiTomD Grand Member (6 years) Flagler Beach, FL Joined: Sep 20, 2009 Posts: 700	T TikiTomD Posted posted on Mon, Oct 19, 2009 1:52 PM Very eloquent recap, bigbrotiki! I offer several postscripts. Carol, the former Moon Islander bar tender, excavated more items from her closet, the last of her Moon Islander booty, she believes: tiki drink mugs with "Orchids of Hawaii Japan" imprinted on their base. The brown mugs were additionally imprinted with "R-74" and the green one with "R-5." These don't match up with any of those shown in pa'akiki's menu photos, but, as noted before, the prices suggest that the menu came from an earlier time than Carol's tenure, though it's also probable that there was an array of different mugs stocked at the bar, with continual turnover from breakage and souvenirs. Many thanks for the additional menu scans, pa'akiki. Looking at those photos, long dead ingredients on age and drink stained recipe cards seem to reawaken to their past splendor as enchanting cocktails (or possibly I've sampled a wee dram too much). And that atmospheric aloha message at the front of the menu evokes flashbacks to some 42 years ago when my prom date and I had our initial rendezvous with the Moon Islander, now a distant memory fading like myself into tiki archaeology. The Moon Islander drink recipe for the "Banana Frozen Daiquiri" ($2.95) aka "Hawaiian Frozen Daiquiri" and the "Singapore Sling" ($2.25): And some less exotic drink recipes of what was evidently a full service bar: "Irish Coffee" ($4.00), "Spanish Coffee" ($4.00) & "Bloody Mary" ($1.65):

Very eloquent recap, bigbrotiki! I offer several postscripts.

Carol, the former Moon Islander bar tender, excavated more items from her closet, the last of her Moon Islander booty, she believes: tiki drink mugs with "Orchids of Hawaii Japan" imprinted on their base. The brown mugs were additionally imprinted with "R-74" and the green one with "R-5." These don't match up with any of those shown in pa'akiki's menu photos, but, as noted before, the prices suggest that the menu came from an earlier time than Carol's tenure, though it's also probable that there was an array of different mugs stocked at the bar, with continual turnover from breakage and souvenirs.

Many thanks for the additional menu scans, pa'akiki. Looking at those photos, long dead ingredients on age and drink stained recipe cards seem to reawaken to their past splendor as enchanting cocktails (or possibly I've sampled a wee dram too much). And that atmospheric aloha message at the front of the menu evokes flashbacks to some 42 years ago when my prom date and I had our initial rendezvous with the Moon Islander, now a distant memory fading like myself into tiki archaeology.

The Moon Islander drink recipe for the "Banana Frozen Daiquiri" ($2.95) aka "Hawaiian Frozen Daiquiri" and the "Singapore Sling" ($2.25):

And some less exotic drink recipes of what was evidently a full service bar: "Irish Coffee" ($4.00), "Spanish Coffee" ($4.00) & "Bloody Mary" ($1.65):

Post #489023 by TikiTomD on Mon, Oct 19, 2009 1:52 PM