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Mai Tai
(available at the
Pega Pega)
1/2
ounce Rum, Appleton Dark
1/2
ounce Rum, Tropical
1/2 ounce Liqueur, Triple Sec De Kuyper
A splash
of Lemon
Juice,
A dash of Angostura Bitters
Slice of Fresh Orange
cherries, Marachino
Combine all ingredients in a shaker, shake well and strain over
ice in 1 tall poco-grande glass.
Decoration: 1 slice of orange and 1 cherry
A little
history about Mai Tai below, courtesy of cocktailtimes.com
"When I was four years old, I lost my leg. I could have become
a cripple and worked as a pencil seller or any other number of easy-soft jobs
that didn't require much physical effort or many brains. But my mother and
father did not let me do that, or become that sort of person..."
Victor Bergron was born on December 10, 1902, just four years before the San
Francisco fire and earthquake occurred. As the nation went through the
Depressions and the world wars, he opened his first restaurant, Hinky Dink's,
which later became a Trader Vic's. In 1973 he put his life and words into one
book: Franky Speaking, Trader Vic's Own Story, published by Doubleday & Company
Inc. You will find many of his words from this in-depth coverage.
Trader Vic's
Original Mai Tai Recipe
"Around 1944, I was sitting at the service bar at Trader Vic's in Oakland and
the bartender and I decided to come up with a new drink. We talked about
creating a drink that would be the finest drink we could make, using the finest
ingredients we could find. And the Mai Tai is what we came up with."
Ingredients
- 2 oz 17yr old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican Rum
- 1/2 oz Curacao
- 1/2 oz Orgeat Syrup
- 1/4 oz Rock Candy Syrup
- Juice of 1 fresh lime
Pour the ingredients over shaved ice in a double old-fashioned glass, shook it
well, add one spent lime shell and garnish it with a spring of fresh mint.
How
the famous Mai Tai got its name
"When I was just about to taste it, somebody came in from the front and said
that my good friends, Ham and Carrie Guild, had arrived from Tahiti. So I went
into the main restaurant and passed the time of day with them. I told them that
I had just made a new drink I hadn't even tasted yet and would they like to try
it with me? "Sure" they said, and so I had two more made up using the exact same
formula as the first. The drinks arrived. I tasted mine and didn't say a thing.
Carrie and Ham tasted theirs and Carrie asked Ham, "What do you think of it?"
"It's mai tai," he said. "It's mai tai roa ae."
I asked what in hell that meant and Ham said, "In Tahitian it means 'out of this
world, 'the best.'"
"That's the name of the drink, then," I said. "
- Trader Vic
http://www.tradervics.com/home.htm
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Nicholas
Pourliakas arrived in Aruba on board the Galaxy cruiseship with a
group of 56 fellow Greek national. The adventurous sun-seekers
flew from Athens to Zurich then to Miami and Puerto Rico to catch
the ship touring the deep Caribbean. Our photographer caught the
group on the Manchebo sugar-white sandy beach, having a wonderful
time. Our attitude toward life, says Pourliakas was spawned from
the ancient Greek mythology. It was enshrined in pagan religious
beliefs in the gods, especially in our people's relationship
with Dionysus. As a powerful deity Dionysus was impetuous and
passionate, unreflective and irrational; his passions were
expressed in the strong emotional arts such as music and dance.
The group spirit was no doubt aligned with that of Dionysus,
and their short stay on the island embodied his lust for life.
They danced, and drank, and sunned and enjoyed a sumptuous beach
BBQ prepared by the Manchebo culinary team. This is one of the
world's most beautiful places, they said, vowing to return.
August
18 - 20
Aruba Sales Office
