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Tiki on “The Simpsons”

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I’m clearly training Mr. Baseball well, as now he’s started to spot tikis. He had this scene all queued up from “The Simpsons” for me to watch. In last week’s episode “Chief of Hearts” from Season 21 (wow!), Homer and Chief Wiggum are watching TV when Krusty comes on the screen as a hula dancer in this “South Pacific”-esque number, complete with a Simpsons-style tiki!

As my brother pointed out in my first post ever, this isn’t the first time “The Simpsons” has referenced tikis and it probably won’t be the last.

The Mother Lode of Mai Tai Mix

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Tiki Chick reader and all-around-cool-dude Mark contacted me a week or so with an intriguing offer. His father—a longtime regular of Trader Vic’s—was moving out of his house and they had a small stockpile of cocktail mixes to unload. They happened to be right in my neighborhood so I headed over and hauled off more than a dozen bottles of mai tai mix, orgeat and rock candy syrup (oh my!).

He also very generously sent me on my way with this fogcutter mug. Over the years,  Trader Vic’s has produced several versions of this mug, and you can get a glimpse of their most recent ones here.

Thus far all the tiki mugs I’ve amassed have been modern specimens (remember now, I’m a newbie!), so it’s neat to have one that’s practically as old as I am. Thanks again, Mark! Now I just need to go out and get some good rum…

TastingTable Features New York Tiki Spots

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Tasting Table New York

Just recently the Tiki-Ti was highlighted in the gourmet mag Saveur, and now my favorite foodie newsletter Tasting Table has published a round-up of “old-school tiki spots” in New York. (Although, the word ‘old-school’ is thrown around rather lightly here since many of the true old-school NY establishments closed long ago.)

Included are the Bikini Bar Sip ‘n’ Surf shop (their Hawaiian shaved ice martini has me intrigued), East Village bar Otto’s Shrunken Head, and King Yum (a mid-century-born Chinese restaurant with a thatched roof bar serving up “exotic drinks” in Queens).

And with the new tiki bar Painkiller to open soon, I have a newfound desire to visit the Big Apple again.