Post #593906 by TikiTomD on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 7:15 AM

Chris (WestADad), glad you’re enjoying the photos.

Hukilau 2011 at the Mai-Kai Part 3 of 4

Sunday brought the promise of Mai-Kai treasures to be revealed from the archives. When we arrived at the Mai-Kai around 1:30 pm, Caltiki Brent was already there on the bench outside surrounded by his travel bags. He intended to stay as long as he could before departing for a late afternoon flight back to California. His pleasant company made the time pass quickly. Soon, the doors to our tiki palace opened, admitting us to either the Molokai Bar, or to Mai-Kai scrap books, photos and displays set up on tables in front of the stage. We immediately vectored left into the Molokai Bar, having had precious little time to enjoy its tiki-nautical setting, conveying a sense that one might be inside a wooden sailing vessel of yore...

This looks like one of the recast tikis from AlohaStation’s thread (http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26630&forum=1&vpost=488324)...

A later photo after the torches were lit...

The Mai-Kai treated us royally, opening up the bar early for cocktails and appetizers. The service staff was really tired, many having stayed as late as 4 am Sunday morning from the Hukilau main event of Saturday night, but they remained cordial and attentive as ever.

I noticed that a bevy of lovely Molokai Maidens tended to cluster at my end of the bar, to my delighted surprise. Being an engineer, it came as no blow to my ego when my wife later told me that there was a heater located below the bar at my station. Without many bodies yet in the bar, it was quite cool and the ladies in their scant attire were merely trying to stay warm. It wasn’t at all obvious, but one of the ladies had confided this to my wife while I was on break. I have committed the location to memory for future use. Here are those beautiful young Molokai Maidens...

For cocktail starters, my wife again ordered a Zombie (strong), her favorite Mai-Kai drink. It’s certainly one of mine, as well. I tried the Mai-Kai’s Mai-Tai (strong), a lovely presentation with a nice flavor...

For an appetizer, we shared the Javanesian Beef. It was delicious, one I’d highly recommend. Some of our Hukilau friends and acquaintances were by now also enjoying the ambrosia of the Molokai, among them...

Caltiki Brent (congawa)

Christina (metikigal) and Bill

Mike Jones

To be continued...

-Tom

[ Edited by: TikiTomD 2011-06-16 12:48 ]