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TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Thu, Oct 14, 2010 3:27 PM My first experience in a Tiki restaurant was the Tahitian Terrace at Disneyland…that combined with the old school Chinese restaurants we used to have around here in SoCal. I like authentic food, but I also like highly un-authentic food….and that’s what I personally think Tiki Food should be. Something shiny, fake and watered down….loaded with MSG and food coloring, garnished with pineapples! Jim Tikiyaki once described it best! (Can’t find his thread any more) but it is the fake Cantonese food that I think is so awesome! The last time I came across anything similar was at the Kon-Tiki in Arizona…they had some sweet and sour Hula Chicken (or something like that) that was exactly as I remembered fake Polynesian food as being! http://www.yesterland.com/tahitianmenu.html

My first experience in a Tiki restaurant was the Tahitian Terrace at Disneyland…that combined with the old school Chinese restaurants we used to have around here in SoCal.

I like authentic food, but I also like highly un-authentic food….and that’s what I personally think Tiki Food should be. Something shiny, fake and watered down….loaded with MSG and food coloring, garnished with pineapples!

Jim Tikiyaki once described it best! (Can’t find his thread any more) but it is the fake Cantonese food that I think is so awesome!

The last time I came across anything similar was at the Kon-Tiki in Arizona…they had some sweet and sour Hula Chicken (or something like that) that was exactly as I remembered fake Polynesian food as being!

http://www.yesterland.com/tahitianmenu.html

Post #559866 by tiki mick on Thu, Oct 14, 2010 3:27 PM