Post #710566 by Michelle66 on Sat, Mar 8, 2014 6:21 AM

As you can see from an earlier post, Larry Murakami (Trader Vic's Tokyo GM for more than 20 years) left the company at the end of October.

While I have missed Larry, the food and atmosphere at TVT is still top-notch.

This past Thursday night I dropped by for the first time is about a month, and met their brand new general manager!

His name is Karim Belgnaoui, and he's been working at Trader Vic's locations around the world for the past 18 years.

We chatted for a little bit and he's very friendly and warm. I think TVT is in good hands.

TVT has also started a new promotion that is an AMAZING deal - Tiki Hour!

Tiki Hour is TVT's new happy hour promotion and runs from 4:00pm to 7:00pm Monday through Saturday (until at least July 31).

For 2,400 yen, you get a cocktail (any one from the menu!), plus a Cosmo Tidbits for one (pork strip, pork rib, fried shrimp, crab rangoon).

Some of the cocktails go for upwards of 2,000 yen each, so the promotion is a great way to save some money in light of the new increase to Japan's consumption tax.

Karim also told me that their is an upcoming Senior Pico's lunch special that will begin in May, so I'm looking forward to that as well.

BTW, the Sakura Mai Tai is now available again! This delicious concoction is only made in March and April, so I suppose the next two months are going to see me eat lots of Cosmo Tidbits as I enjoy Trader Vic's springtime cocktails.