Tiki, Tropical & Polynesian Pop Culture
Mojitos I love this place. It might not be true authentic tiki but it for sure is a kitschy place with a Caribbean feel overlooking the seaport. I know it is kind of redundant because we are in the Caribbean Island of Aruba, but this gives a modern feel. What was truly refreshing about this […]
Nau Frutos do Mar One cannot even say or think the word Brazil without thinking of the tropics. Even if its not on the coast, the interior has tropical jungles and the Amazon Rain Forest. João Pessoa is the most eastern city in the Western Hemisphere. And it is an interning city. There was one […]
Lun Wah www.thelunwahrestaurant.com 587 Raritan Road Roselle NJ 07203 / Phone: 908-245-0656 One of the very last of the original authentic Tiki relics from the Polynesian Pop culture phenomenon from the early 1970s. While it did change ownership in 2013, this is about as tiki as it gets in New Jersey. When I first saw the […]
Gilligan’s Island A 3-hour cruise turned out to be 3 short seasons of this Mid 1960s American television broadcast a sitcom. Of course there was Gilligan, the Skipper, the millionaire and his wife, a movie star, the professors and Mary Ann. This had tiki appeal because it was situated on a tropical island and you can often see the […]
Martin Denny April 10, 1911 ‒ March 2, 2005 Martin Denny is best known as the Father of Exotica Lounge Music, a keystone of the Tiki Culture. He was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. After touring South America, he became fascinated with latin music and the instruments used in that music. […]
Allspice Dram Allspice or Pimento Dram is a Tiki cocktail secret ingredient. The stuff you buy in the store is so potent, you need to regard it more as a bitter and measure it out with an eye dropper. This homemade version came out of necessity. I could not find it in any of my […]
Easter Island Easter Island is far off the coast of Chile, a South American country. The island is the southeastern most point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceana. It is most famous for its huge statues known as Moai created by its native Rapa Nui people sometime around 1000 AD. Being one of the most remote inhabited […]