Post #800156 by Hurricane Hayward on Sun, Jan 19, 2020 2:34 PM

Mahalo to bar manager Luigui Hernandez for including one of our cocktails, the Mai-Kai Moai, on the new menu at Waikiki Tiki Room in Mexico City!

Matt "Cocktail Wonk" Pietrek shard this photo during a recent visit ...

I'm honored to be among such illustrious company. If you're ever in Mexico City, be sure to check it out. But don't be alarmed ... 200 Mexican pesos equates to 10.27 United States dollars.

The Mai-Kai Moai is a tribute to The Mai-Kai and the "Big Barney" moai carving (RIP). It's also a nod to the Fraternal Order of Moai. The drink was conceived during a FOM seminar during the 2015 Miami Rum Festival.

Here's the recipe, as posted on the blog in 2016 ...
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2016/04/16/miami-rum-festival-boldly-explores-the-next-frontier-of-cane-spirits/#Mai-Kai-Moai

THE MAI-KAI MOAI
(By Hurricane Hayward of The Atomic Grog)

• 1 ounce white grapefruit juice
• 3/4 ounce lime juice
• 1/2 ounce honey syrup (2 parts honey to 1 part water)
• 1/2 ounce passion fruit syrup
• 1 ounce blended, lightly aged rum (Plantation 3 stars or similar)
• 1 1/2 ounces dark Jamaican rum (Plantation Dark, Coruba or similar)
• 3 drops Pernod
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters (or skip Pernod and use 2 dashes Herbstura)

Pulse blend in a drink mixer with 1 cup of crushed ice for 4-6 seconds and pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass or moai Tiki mug. Add more crushed ice and garnish with mint and an orchid or other flower.

A photo of the drink posted by the Waikiki Tiki Room on social media ...

https://www.instagram.com/waikikitikiroom/
https://www.facebook.com/Waikikitiki/

Luigui's pages ...
https://www.instagram.com/luigi_rickitiki/
https://www.facebook.com/luis.man.5
https://www.facebook.com/dontikiloco/

Okole maluna!