What's up with those Scorpion Bowls in Boston?

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T Thor Member San Diego, CA Joined: Oct 18, 2002 Posts: 61	T Thor Posted posted on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 8:49 PM Seriously.
T twowheelin'tiki Member santa monica Joined: Nov 28, 2002 Posts: 712	T twowheelin'tiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 11:24 PM perhaps more info would be helpful...
T Thor Member San Diego, CA Joined: Oct 18, 2002 Posts: 61	T Thor Posted posted on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 11:32 PM I'm on the left. [ Edited by: Thor on 2003-03-18 23:34 ]
DZ Doctor Z Tiki Socialite Jasper's Reef, Torrance, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2002 Posts: 1620	DZ Doctor Z Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 3:12 AM huh? I don't get it... seriously. Doctor Z Mix-maestro of the Castaway Lounge, Redondo Beach, CA [ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2003-03-19 04:17 ]
PJ purple jade Member New Orleans Joined: Feb 19, 2003 Posts: 1450	PJ purple jade Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 7:40 AM ? [ Edited by: purple jade 2006-03-20 21:33 ]
T Thor Member San Diego, CA Joined: Oct 18, 2002 Posts: 61	T Thor Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 8:03 AM What I want to know is why American Chinese restaurants frequently have these silly drinks in enormous, oft collectible glasses, with umbrellas, dry ice, and other accoutrements? Is it related to Tiki? Do the two dining establishment genres overlap? I figured that most people here know more than me about this, you might have something to say. Seriously.
T Tiki_Bong Member Huntington Beach, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: -16	T Tiki_Bong Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 8:47 AM On 2003-03-19 08:03, Thor wrote: What I want to know is why American Chinese restaurants frequently have these silly drinks in enormous, oft collectible glasses, with umbrellas, dry ice, and other accoutrements? Is it related to Tiki? Do the two dining establishment genres overlap? I figured that most people here know more than me about this, you might have something to say. Seriously. Thor, (first off though, for some reason your TC name - Thor - implied some sort of greek god male; guess I's wrong!) Many chinese restaurants dabbled in going polynesian in the 50's and 60's. There's a restaurant called 'Li's' by my house that was polynesian in the 60's, and they still serve drinks in bowls. Just ask Crazy Al, I think he swiped one on our last OC Tiki Crawl. Seriously!
T Thor Member San Diego, CA Joined: Oct 18, 2002 Posts: 61	T Thor Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 10:01 AM That's not really me on the left. Seriously. I posted my real picture in the Tiki Member Photos thread. [ Edited by: Thor on 2003-03-19 10:04 ]
E emspace Member Vancouver Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 879	E emspace Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 10:37 AM This is one of the most confusing feckin' threads ever! :-?, em P.S. who is she? And yes, Bong is right on, the two genres cross over, also in the sense that, most "Polynesian" food served in the classic Tiki joints was and is Cantonese and variations thereon. Chefs generally Chinese too.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 10:49 AM That and the question if Easter Island statues are considered Tiki are giving me the feelin' that Thor is ignorant of The Book Of Tiki... (P. 60: "...Chinese restaurants updated their style with the hut look to benefit from the Polynesian craze..." See P. 62 for pictures) http://www.bookoftiki.com
T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 11:31 AM Tiki Central - Exception Oh no. An error occurred. Site administrators have been notified of the error.

What's up with those Scorpion Bowls in Boston?

Oh no.