Recipe for 'Sneaky Tiki' - Tiki Drinks and Food

T telescopes Tiki Socialite Palm Springs Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 618	T telescopes Posted posted on Mon, Mar 21, 2011 12:02 PM On 2011-03-20 20:37, Hakalugi wrote: On 2011-03-20 19:59, telescopes wrote: I just downed a Sneaky Tiki. This drink tastes like a "classic tiki" drink. By classic, I mean any drink you might get at an Asian or quasi-tiki joint that sells "exotic" drinks. ... That would be a second or third rate Tiki drink. A "classic tiki" drink is going to be first rate. Unfortunately in this case, classic and prolific are two different things. Isn't a properly made Trader Vic's Mai Tai a classic Tiki drink? You're right. That is the reason for the quotes around the word classic. I think I will try it again only using the falernum as in the recipe above. I used the word classic to mean in the sense that most of the public thinks when they hear the word classic tiki drink. [ Edited by: telescopes 2011-03-21 12:03 ]

On 2011-03-20 20:37, Hakalugi wrote:

On 2011-03-20 19:59, telescopes wrote:
I just downed a Sneaky Tiki. This drink tastes like a "classic tiki" drink. By classic, I mean any drink you might get at an Asian or quasi-tiki joint that sells "exotic" drinks. ...

That would be a second or third rate Tiki drink. A "classic tiki" drink is going to be first rate. Unfortunately in this case, classic and prolific are two different things.

Isn't a properly made Trader Vic's Mai Tai a classic Tiki drink?

You're right. That is the reason for the quotes around the word classic. I think I will try it again only using the falernum as in the recipe above. I used the word classic to mean in the sense that most of the public thinks when they hear the word classic tiki drink.

[ Edited by: telescopes 2011-03-21 12:03 ]

Post #581132 by telescopes on Mon, Mar 21, 2011 12:02 PM