Advice on Mai-Kai for first timer - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 8:43 AM It's the "Thinking out loud man" again! :) We have been thru all of that, and I have fully acknowledged that many times, David. I woke up in a bad mood this morning, and the last question by this Mai Kai seeker just was going a LITTLE too far into the "Gourmet Magazine" genre (for MY taste). Everybody here knows my attitude: It is the ART that makes Tiki Temples different from the rest of the restaurant world. After that, it's the cocktails. And then if the food is good, great. Remember my foreword to Tiki Road Trip?: "The criteria for the search of a Tiki establishment are quite different than those for any other restaurant. Humility in the face of the rarity of the few remaining Tiki temples is a good attitude. Do not expect epicurean sensations, and if you want friendly family service, go to IHOP. This is urban archeology, and if the carpet is stained and the blowfish lamps are mummified from forty years of nicotine, appreciate the place as if it was King Tut’s tomb, it is not supposed to be Starbucks." Like I said, I fully realize and appreciate the reality that, to survive, any Polynesian palace has to have good food, and ...yada yada yada. Now I am done ranting, just leave me to my moody morning musings, and proceed in your petty bourgeois interests, please. :)

It's the "Thinking out loud man" again! :) We have been thru all of that, and I have fully acknowledged that many times, David.

I woke up in a bad mood this morning, and the last question by this Mai Kai seeker just was going a LITTLE too far into the "Gourmet Magazine" genre (for MY taste). Everybody here knows my attitude: It is the ART that makes Tiki Temples different from the rest of the restaurant world. After that, it's the cocktails. And then if the food is good, great.

Remember my foreword to Tiki Road Trip?:

"The criteria for the search of a Tiki establishment are quite different than those for any other restaurant.
Humility in the face of the rarity of the few remaining Tiki temples is a good attitude. Do not expect epicurean sensations, and if you want friendly family service, go to IHOP. This is urban archeology, and if the carpet is stained and the blowfish lamps are mummified from forty years of nicotine, appreciate the place as if it was King Tut’s tomb, it is not supposed to be Starbucks."

Like I said, I fully realize and appreciate the reality that, to survive, any Polynesian palace has to have good food, and ...yada yada yada.
Now I am done ranting, just leave me to my moody morning musings, and proceed in your petty bourgeois interests, please. :)

Post #497245 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 8:43 AM