Current quality of Trader Vic's products? - Tiki Drinks and Food

A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1638	A arriano Posted posted on 10/14/2011 On 2011-10-13 18:17, TropicDrinkBoy wrote: At the Trader Vic's Emeryville (corporate H.Q.) and at the Palo Alto location they serve the standard Mai Tai, the 1944 Mai Tai (made from scratch) and the "Old Way" Mai Tai which is the standard Mai Tai with a float of Demerara 151 rum. I don't know why the "Old Way" is not made from scratch but the bartender at Emeryville verified that this is how they make it. Both the standard and 1944 Mai Tai's are on the menu but the "Old Way" is not. You have to "special request" it. I've never once seen a Trader Vic recipe for a mai tai that called for Demerara 151. So calling this the "old way" puzzles me.

On 2011-10-13 18:17, TropicDrinkBoy wrote:
At the Trader Vic's Emeryville (corporate H.Q.) and at the Palo Alto location they serve the standard Mai Tai, the 1944 Mai Tai (made from scratch) and the "Old Way" Mai Tai which is the standard Mai Tai with a float of Demerara 151 rum. I don't know why the "Old Way" is not made from scratch but the bartender at Emeryville verified that this is how they make it. Both the standard and 1944 Mai Tai's are on the menu but the "Old Way" is not. You have to "special request" it.

I've never once seen a Trader Vic recipe for a mai tai that called for Demerara 151. So calling this the "old way" puzzles me.

Post #610187 by arriano on 10/14/2011