Comments on: Mai Tai Throwdown

By: Art Snyder

Art Snyder — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:20:22 +0000

Good for the Conga lounge!! Don the Beachcomber would be pleased to take up the Southern California campaign!
Fight On!
Art Snyder

By: Mano thanks

Mano thanks — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:14:20 +0000

the conga lounge has begun a campaign to make the mai tai the official drink of Oakland. wwwcongalounge.com

By: Reverend Thumper

Reverend Thumper — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:00:38 +0000

I have to agree on the TV mix… I prefer mine hand made at a Trader Vic’s (or elsewhere).

As for the whole topic…. it seems pretty clear that even if it was a copy of the QB Cooler Bergeron coined the name Mai-Tai despite the claims in the book by Bitner and Beach.

Art, I am looking forward to seeing the new Beachcomber in Huntington Beach, I hope it will be open when I am out that way in late October. But I’ll be ordering a Zombie which is Donn’s true masterpiece… and maybe a QB Cooler if it is on the menu.

Cheers

By: artsnyder

artsnyder — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:47:22 +0000

Anyone who will drink a “Mai Tai” made with TV syrup deserves what he drinks. Further, anyone who would criticize the work of The Master of Tiki, should be prohibited from tasting a Zombie, Cherry Blossom, Cobra’s Fang, Missionary’s Downfall, PiYi, Shark’s Tooth, Vicious Virgin, Navy Grog OR a MaiTai for the rest of his natural life–and be limited to only (ughhh) TV Surup!
Aloha!
Art Snyder
Don the Beachcomber, llc

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:29:18 +0000

Dr. B, Oooh, those are fighting words. You need to get together with Art Snyder in the Don the Beachcomber thread and have some cocktails...

By: Richard A. Boolootian, Ph.D.

Richard A. Boolootian, Ph.D. — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:52:45 +0000

There has been only one Mai Tai and that is Vic’s Mai Tai. The Mai Tai Syrup in Trader’s is unique. It is not a collection of fruit juices.

Don The Beachcomber’s was just a sweet punch with a little booz

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:42:54 +0000

Alright Dr. B, (but not Dr. Bamboo),
Who do YOU think invented the Mai Tai?

By: Richard A. Boolootian, Ph.D.

Richard A. Boolootian, Ph.D. — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:35:17 +0000

I have gone to the Beverly Hills Trader Vic’s when it first opened and continued going weekly until its closure. Still go to the lousy lounge in Beverly Hills. Looking forward to the new Trader Vic’s opening in downtown Los Angeles soon.

Oswaldo Lorenz was the Manager and I bought his home in Sherman Oaks back in 1970. We both flew together frequently in our planes to various breakfasts sites. I had many receptions at Trader’s and will never forget them.

By: Tiare

Tiare — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:42:07 +0000

And in Jeffs upcoming book Beachbum Berry Remixed,we will read it all in a six page discussion, can´t wait

By: Reverend Thumper

Reverend Thumper — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:37:18 +0000

I have compared them and I think Jeff was on to something. I’m also looking forward to his “Mai-Tai Paternity Test” seminar in June at The Hukilau where I am sure we’ll find out his latest research.

By: sylvan

sylvan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:19:12 +0000

I take it you haven’t picked up a copy of Jeff Berry’s excellent ‘Sippin Safari’ in which he suggests that Vic was attempting to copy Don’s QB Cooler (p 162, thanks tiare). While he did come up with a better (and simpler) drink, apparently the flavors are similar. I haven’t personally made and compared the various recipes yet, but it’s on my list of things to do.