Trader Vic's Tokyo - General Tiki

A aquarj Tiki Socialite SF bay area, CA Joined: Apr 02, 2002 Posts: 1125	A aquarj Posted posted on Tue, May 20, 2014 9:29 AM We didn't see the Gun-Ship Restaurant at the New Otani, but it's amazing how many restaurants, cafes, lounges and bars they have! Check out the list on the right on this page (which has a link for the Gun-Ship with a pic), and also that snapshot of part of the directory. They've got rooftop panoramic dining, fancy french, two kinds of nautical, etc. Last time we were there, we visited the garden too, which is also nice (and 400 years old, according to the website). We did walk by the Garden Lounge on the way to Vics. Nice mural, and probably a great view of the garden during the day. :down: Maybe Michelle66 will have more to add, being a more regular customer! Speaking of which, there's some great stuff earlier in this thread. F'rinstance... On 2012-02-11 03:00, Michelle66 wrote: Here's the chicken mole station - with chicken covered in chocolate mole sauce, toppings, and steamed flour tortillas: I can't tell for sure if that mask server object is the same thing, but it looks similar to the one on the old Vics cookbook (pic borrowed from a search). Maybe a lot of branches use those and I just never noticed, but anyway, looks cool (and the mole sauce sounds great). :down: On 2012-03-05 17:29, fez monkey posted some great pics, plus this one: It's strawberry season in Japan and many establishments have strawberry-themed specials. Trader Vic's has this great strawberry mojito in an ice cone right now. The wife really enjoyed it. That's another preparation you don't see so often in person. Maybe it's a pain to make. Over on the crypto mugs thread some of us had been trying to figure out a menu image from Delmonico's, that ended up resembling this too (plus a pineapple top). That was cleared up when DC posted a similar image of the Iceberg from the Shangri-La in Chicago. Just another example of how the lineage of these drink preparations spread over the whole world. And also an indicator of just how old-school the Tokyo Vics is about going the extra mile for a nice presentation! -Randy

We didn't see the Gun-Ship Restaurant at the New Otani, but it's amazing how many restaurants, cafes, lounges and bars they have! Check out the list on the right on this page (which has a link for the Gun-Ship with a pic), and also that snapshot of part of the directory.

They've got rooftop panoramic dining, fancy french, two kinds of nautical, etc. Last time we were there, we visited the garden too, which is also nice (and 400 years old, according to the website).

We did walk by the Garden Lounge on the way to Vics. Nice mural, and probably a great view of the garden during the day. :down:

Maybe Michelle66 will have more to add, being a more regular customer!

Speaking of which, there's some great stuff earlier in this thread. F'rinstance...

On 2012-02-11 03:00, Michelle66 wrote:

Here's the chicken mole station - with chicken covered in chocolate mole sauce, toppings, and steamed flour tortillas:

I can't tell for sure if that mask server object is the same thing, but it looks similar to the one on the old Vics cookbook (pic borrowed from a search). Maybe a lot of branches use those and I just never noticed, but anyway, looks cool (and the mole sauce sounds great). :down:

On 2012-03-05 17:29, fez monkey posted some great pics, plus this one:

It's strawberry season in Japan and many establishments have strawberry-themed specials. Trader Vic's has this great strawberry mojito in an ice cone right now. The wife really enjoyed it.

That's another preparation you don't see so often in person. Maybe it's a pain to make. Over on the crypto mugs thread some of us had been trying to figure out a menu image from Delmonico's, that ended up resembling this too (plus a pineapple top). That was cleared up when DC posted a similar image of the Iceberg from the Shangri-La in Chicago. Just another example of how the lineage of these drink preparations spread over the whole world. And also an indicator of just how old-school the Tokyo Vics is about going the extra mile for a nice presentation!

-Randy

Post #717576 by aquarj on Tue, May 20, 2014 9:29 AM