The "Just Because It's From Hawaii, Doesn't Mean It's Tiki" Thread - Bilge

TT Trader Tom Tiki Socialite West Hills, CA Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 976	TT Trader Tom Posted posted on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 2:28 PM On 2011-09-22 12:15, JOHN-O wrote: No I don't believe poi can be considered Tiki, it's way too authentically Hawaiian. It's an acquired taste, I doubt very much that it was served at Hawaiian tourist luaus, let alone mainland Tiki restaurants back in the day. If someone can identify poi on a vintage menu then I will stand corrected. A quick search on TC for "serving poi" turned up that poi was available at at least two different Trader Vic's locations back in the day (San Francisco and St Petersburg): http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=12689&forum=2&vpost=453035&hilite=serve%20poi "If someone wants poi, we'll have that, too," says Wong. "In fact, we'll even have the true taro root from which poi is made - after it is shipped from the San Francisco Trader Vic's."

On 2011-09-22 12:15, JOHN-O wrote:
No I don't believe poi can be considered Tiki, it's way too authentically Hawaiian. It's an acquired taste, I doubt very much that it was served at Hawaiian tourist luaus, let alone mainland Tiki restaurants back in the day. If someone can identify poi on a vintage menu then I will stand corrected.

A quick search on TC for "serving poi" turned up that poi was available at at least two different Trader Vic's locations back in the day (San Francisco and St Petersburg):

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=12689&forum=2&vpost=453035&hilite=serve%20poi

"If someone wants poi, we'll have that, too," says Wong. "In fact, we'll even have the true taro root from which poi is made - after it is shipped from the San Francisco Trader Vic's."

Post #607711 by Trader Tom on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 2:28 PM