Post #92435 by donhonyc on Fri, May 21, 2004 11:45 PM

Anybody out there know what the straight dirt is on Trader Joe's retailing Trader Vic products? I have been to two Trader Joe's here in the northeast. One in Wesport, Connecticut, and another in Wayne, NJ. Neither had any Trader Vic's products. From what I have been hearing from some of you West Coast/Cali folks, Trader Joe's carries the products out there. Wonder why that is...

Meanwhile, I am as desperate as a dry settler in Death Valley to find a place here in the New York City area (preferably IN New York City) that retails Trader Vic's products, but as far as I can see I could search this town far and wide and the only Trader I would find would be some hyper-agressive dude on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange selling shares of Martha Stewart Omniscandal stocks.

So for now I am still mail ordering products from 'Chez Bergeron' in Emeryville, CA. (wonder what it's like out there...).In fact, just re-ordered some stuff tonight. My fave products are the Orgeat, Rock Candy, and Passion Fruit syrups. These days I have been favoring the so-called 'Tonga Zombie' recipe from "Intoxica". It's so easy to make as well as mighty dee-lish and (believe it or not) lower in calories than some other drinks. Therefore the Passionfruit well runs dry pretty fast around here. The Mai-Tais are taking a back seat for now. I was mixing them by 'feel' for a while which made them pretty damn sweet. That was okay, but when I started following the recipe from the 'Grog Log' to the letter I ran into problems. I favor the sweeter Mai Tai, but I do want to stay true to the recipe. So instead of a 1/4 oz. of Orgeat and Rock Candy I use a full 1 oz. I still go with the 1/2 oz. of curacao, but I don't think I will truly mix this thing right again until I go back to Trader Vic's in Atlanta and taste the real deal. Maybe the next time I can remember the taste so I can go home and compare.

cheers :drink:

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2004-05-21 23:49 ]