Trader Vic's original cocktails - Tiki Drinks and Food

T TropicDrinkBoy Member Joined: Feb 27, 2011 Posts: 277	T TropicDrinkBoy Posted posted on Thu, Jun 27, 2013 12:11 PM The "Old School" Trader Vic's drink menus have roughly 45 "Strong" drinks in addition to fifteen to twenty smaller cocktail and after dinner drinks. Here is the strong drink section of my dear departed Palo Alto Trader Vic's drink menu. Beverly Hills has a similar menu with a few differences. I've made my rounds of all the strong drinks numerous times and kept a list of my favorites. The recipes for nearly all of them are in Trader Vic's 1972 Bartender's Guide which you can still purchase used on Amazon. I highly recommend it if you are serious about hosting a Trader Vic's theme night. Among my favorites (in no particular order) are Mai Tai/Honi Honi, Trader Vic's Grog, Queens Park Swizzle, Raffles Bar Gin Sling, Tortuga, Siboney, Port Light, Eastern Sour, Maui Fizz, Moku Nani, (Flaming) Coffee Grog, Tiki Puka Puka and the Navy Grog. The rest are good to very good except I don't recommend the Honolulu or the Molokai Mike, two slushy drinks. I've also made the Molokai Mike at home to give it a second chance but it just doesn't work for me, maybe because I don't like slushy drinks in general. The (Flaming) Coffee Grog is served in the Headhunter's Mug with a float of flaming Grand Marnier spooned on top at the table side. The Tiki Puka Puka and Navy Grog are difficult to duplicate without the restaurant Grog Concentrate which is nearly impossible to get. Check out the Grog Concentrate thread in this forum for more information. If you're going to make a communal drink I recommend the Tiki Bowl instead of the Scorpion Bowl. The Scorpion Bowl is famous but the Tiki Bowl is much better. By the way, as far as I know Trader Vic invented the concept of serving exotic/tiki cocktails in communal drinking vessels. Does anyone have contradictory evidence? [ Edited by: TropicDrinkBoy 2013-06-27 12:11 ]

The "Old School" Trader Vic's drink menus have roughly 45 "Strong" drinks in addition to fifteen to twenty smaller cocktail and after dinner drinks. Here is the strong drink section of my dear departed Palo Alto Trader Vic's drink menu. Beverly Hills has a similar menu with a few differences.

I've made my rounds of all the strong drinks numerous times and kept a list of my favorites. The recipes for nearly all of them are in Trader Vic's 1972 Bartender's Guide which you can still purchase used on Amazon. I highly recommend it if you are serious about hosting a Trader Vic's theme night.

Among my favorites (in no particular order) are Mai Tai/Honi Honi, Trader Vic's Grog, Queens Park Swizzle, Raffles Bar Gin Sling, Tortuga, Siboney, Port Light, Eastern Sour, Maui Fizz, Moku Nani, (Flaming) Coffee Grog, Tiki Puka Puka and the Navy Grog. The rest are good to very good except I don't recommend the Honolulu or the Molokai Mike, two slushy drinks. I've also made the Molokai Mike at home to give it a second chance but it just doesn't work for me, maybe because I don't like slushy drinks in general.

The (Flaming) Coffee Grog is served in the Headhunter's Mug with a float of flaming Grand Marnier spooned on top at the table side. The Tiki Puka Puka and Navy Grog are difficult to duplicate without the restaurant Grog Concentrate which is nearly impossible to get. Check out the Grog Concentrate thread in this forum for more information.

If you're going to make a communal drink I recommend the Tiki Bowl instead of the Scorpion Bowl. The Scorpion Bowl is famous but the Tiki Bowl is much better. By the way, as far as I know Trader Vic invented the concept of serving exotic/tiki cocktails in communal drinking vessels. Does anyone have contradictory evidence?

[ Edited by: TropicDrinkBoy 2013-06-27 12:11 ]

Post #683738 by TropicDrinkBoy on Thu, Jun 27, 2013 12:11 PM