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Post #765040 by Hurricane Hayward on Wed, Jun 15, 2016 1:58 AM
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Cocktail highlights at The Mai-Kai during The Hukilau:
On Friday, Tim "Swanky" Glazner's symposium, "The Mai-Kai: History, Mystery and Adventure," focused on the Mystery Drink and famous Mystery Girls. There were many special guests in attendance in the Pier 66 ballroom, and one lucky guests received the iconic drink and dance from Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid ...
Swanky also briefly discussed the legendary mixologist Mariano Licudine ...
At The Mai-Kai on Saturday, it was good to see the Deep Sea Diver still featuring the vintage glassware (see image above), resurrected by Beachbum Berry and Cocktail Kingdom ...
We asked Jeff if they had any issues with breakage or theft at Latitude 29. The glasses seem to be very sturdy, he said. And the gooey residue from the honey-butter mix keeps most potential thieves from pocketing them. Bars with valuable glasses should take note: Just fill them with a drink so messy nobody would want to take them. It doesn't get much better than cocktails with Shag, followed by dinner and Polynesian Islander Review ...
Christie "Tiki Kiliki" White presented The Mai-Kai's Dave Levy (left), Kern Mattei and Pia Dahlquist with a special gift of 40,000 swizzle sticks after organizing a Kickstarter campaign to raise the money ...
The new swizzles are based on the classic design, and also feature one of the famed cannibal Tikis at the end of the longer one ...
They were quickly put to use on Sunday during The Hukilau's Finale, where they were featured in the three "lost cocktails" from the 1956 menu, served at a large event for the first time in decades ...
Later, we tried Kern's special drink created using sponsor Rhum Barbancourt, the Spicy Hula Girl. It also included an inventive garnish created by new chef Mark Rivera ...
See our story on the chef and his tasty new appetizer menu: We also have full coverage (and 40+ photos) of the new 10-foot King Kai (carved by Will Anders) installed in the gardens. Plus the new trio of Tikis carved by Anders, Tom Fowner and Jeff Chouinard: Last by not least, our booty of merchandise from The Hukilau included two great new mugs based on historic Tikis at The Mai-Kai: The official event mug by Eekum Bookum based on this guy ...
On the left is a special new Mai-Kai decanter (based on the original design but much larger), created by Eeekum Bookum for Tiki Kiliki to present to her staff and special guests. Sponsor Don Q Rum had a hand in making this happen, just as they did with the original: Between the mugs you'll see The Hukilau official pendant, which pays tribute to the iconic Barney West moai: I chose the painted finish, but I might grab the others: No word yet on the availability of The Hukilau mugs for the general public, but the Tiki Diablo mugs are for sale here here: Also, look for a new Tiki Diablo mug honoring The Mai-Kai at Swanky's upcoming book release party on Sept. 16-17 The Week in Tiki * Mai-Kai Cocktail Guide [ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2016-06-15 02:03 ] |
