March 12 Tiki Drinks in Bethesda, MD - Other Events

DC Dr. Coruba Tiki Socialite Joined: Jun 02, 2008 Posts: 333	DC Dr. Coruba Posted posted on Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:49 AM (Pardon the double post) A little after action report: Last night was a really good time. Great company, great drinks and great food. At the peak of the evening there were 11 tiki/rummies/foodies who had responded to the barely a day's notice of the gathering. With Navy Grogs only $5, everyone joined the Navy for a few hours and took liberal advantage of the deal. Btw, the Navy Grogs at House of Foong Lin (HoFL) are excellent, and imo even a notch better than the Trader Vic's original. The Chef-owner, Mr. Fu, brews his own Navy Grog syrup from a combination of dark sugars, fresh ginger, clove and cinnamon stick. Adding 3 shots of rum (dark/gold/white) makes this potent potable a real sailor's delight. (Navy Grog Tip: Miss Ling, the bartender, will sub one of the rums for Sailor Jerry if you ask real nice) Our evening started at 7 and the last of us rolled out around midnight. Sadly, the Washington area has lost all of the "real" Tiki it once had, but there's a small torch still lit here. What makes HoFL a special treat is that they still do their drink menu old school and they even have a few Polynesian food classics on the menu. And thanks to some mixology help by some of the local rummies/tikiphiles, they now have several added drinks to their menu - including 2 additional Mai Tais and the only decent Black Magic within 1,039 miles of the Mai-Kai :wink: Since we had such a good time, we're working on making this a much more regular thing. Starting next week, several of us (and a few who could not make it last night) are getting a "Tiki Thursday" (possibly called "Tiki Thirstday") rolling. Chef Fu will be running drink specials again (Next week looks like Black Magics and Foong Lin Daiquiris) and he's going to try to up the ante by making it possible that we can have Tiki music playing in the lounge. Time will tell if there is enough local interest in keeping this Tiki ball rolling, so if any of you live nearby, or are visiting the Washington, DC area, come on down. At least on Thursdays, we'll have the torches lit, the music playing and the drinks ice cold. Aloha! Dr. Coruba

(Pardon the double post)

A little after action report:

Last night was a really good time. Great company, great drinks and great food. At the peak of the evening there were 11 tiki/rummies/foodies who had responded to the barely a day's notice of the gathering. With Navy Grogs only $5, everyone joined the Navy for a few hours and took liberal advantage of the deal. Btw, the Navy Grogs at House of Foong Lin (HoFL) are excellent, and imo even a notch better than the Trader Vic's original. The Chef-owner, Mr. Fu, brews his own Navy Grog syrup from a combination of dark sugars, fresh ginger, clove and cinnamon stick. Adding 3 shots of rum (dark/gold/white) makes this potent potable a real sailor's delight. (Navy Grog Tip: Miss Ling, the bartender, will sub one of the rums for Sailor Jerry if you ask real nice) Our evening started at 7 and the last of us rolled out around midnight.

Sadly, the Washington area has lost all of the "real" Tiki it once had, but there's a small torch still lit here. What makes HoFL a special treat is that they still do their drink menu old school and they even have a few Polynesian food classics on the menu. And thanks to some mixology help by some of the local rummies/tikiphiles, they now have several added drinks to their menu - including 2 additional Mai Tais and the only decent Black Magic within 1,039 miles of the Mai-Kai :wink:

Since we had such a good time, we're working on making this a much more regular thing. Starting next week, several of us (and a few who could not make it last night) are getting a "Tiki Thursday" (possibly called "Tiki Thirstday") rolling. Chef Fu will be running drink specials again (Next week looks like Black Magics and Foong Lin Daiquiris) and he's going to try to up the ante by making it possible that we can have Tiki music playing in the lounge.

Time will tell if there is enough local interest in keeping this Tiki ball rolling, so if any of you live nearby, or are visiting the Washington, DC area, come on down. At least on Thursdays, we'll have the torches lit, the music playing and the drinks ice cold.

Aloha!
Dr. Coruba

Post #711035 by Dr. Coruba on Thu, Mar 13, 2014 10:49 AM