Monday, June 29, 2020

Trader Vic's - open!

His hair was perfect. 


It's international fun, immortalized in song!

According to the website, Trader Vic's was founded in 1934, and made infamous by creating the Killer Mai Tai. 

From wiki

Trader Vic's is a restaurant and Tiki bar chain... Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. founded a chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants that bore his nickname, "Trader Vic". He was one of two people who claimed to have invented the Mai Tai...

Beyond the Mai Tai, Bergeron's other more famous drinks included the Fog Cutter and the Scorpion Bowl. Both drinks were served in a specific and highly decorated mug or bowl... The Scorpion Bowl in particular and its many variations proliferated onto the cocktail menus of virtually all subsequent Tiki bars... During the Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s, as many as 25 Trader Vic's restaurants were in operation worldwide. 


No gardenia, will an orchid do?

Scorpion
  • 2 oz. Puerto Rican rum
  • 1 oz. brandy
  • 2 oz. OJ
  • 1 1/2 oz. lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz. orgeat
  • 1 gardenia
Pour all but gardenia over ice in blender. Blend until smooth. Pour over ice in 12 oz. champagne glass. Garnish with gardenia. 


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