Here's Where the Kahiki Rebuild Money Went - General Tiki

K Kahtiki Member Columbus, OH Joined: Aug 12, 2008 Posts: 17	K Kahtiki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 27, 2017 2:42 PM The processed frozen food that the company cranks out is truly unremarkable at its very best. The chicken fried rice (never served in the restaurant to my memory...or from the two menus I own)contains 73% of your daily sodium intake I believe. The Kahiki processed frozen food doesn't sell well at my local Giant Eagle according to one of the managers. Kahiki Processed Frozen Food is Kahiki in name only. The only real Kahiki food that is out there is made from the recipes (authentic or recreated from memories) of the Kahiki prepared by home cooks in their own kitchens. The company should take the name Kahiki off of their processed products and let Kahiki live on in the kitchens and home tiki bars of those who loved it (in my case mildly obsessed with it). However, they must be making big money on it but I can't imagine many people who loved the restaurant love the processed food. Aside from home kitchens, tiki bars, and tikiphiles, there is one final link to Kahiki in Columbus. The Top Steakhouse. It is the only survivor of the three Bill Sapp and Henry Lee restaurants that remain. It is a cathedral of midcentury splendor and is going stronger than ever. As of this writing, Columbus' First Lady of Piano, Sonia Modes who played at the Kahiki in the 80s and 90s is still at the piano twice a week.

The processed frozen food that the company cranks out is truly unremarkable at its very best. The chicken fried rice (never served in the restaurant to my memory...or from the two menus I own)contains 73% of your daily sodium intake I believe. The Kahiki processed frozen food doesn't sell well at my local Giant Eagle according to one of the managers.

Kahiki Processed Frozen Food is Kahiki in name only. The only real Kahiki food that is out there is made from the recipes (authentic or recreated from memories) of the Kahiki prepared by home cooks in their own kitchens. The company should take the name Kahiki off of their processed products and let Kahiki live on in the kitchens and home tiki bars of those who loved it (in my case mildly obsessed with it). However, they must be making big money on it but I can't imagine many people who loved the restaurant love the processed food.

Aside from home kitchens, tiki bars, and tikiphiles, there is one final link to Kahiki in Columbus. The Top Steakhouse. It is the only survivor of the three Bill Sapp and Henry Lee restaurants that remain. It is a cathedral of midcentury splendor and is going stronger than ever. As of this writing, Columbus' First Lady of Piano, Sonia Modes who played at the Kahiki in the 80s and 90s is still at the piano twice a week.

Post #778249 by Kahtiki on Thu, Jul 27, 2017 2:42 PM