Post #243681 by GatorRob on Tue, Jul 18, 2006 3:43 PM

On 2006-07-14 21:31, martiki wrote:
Vic's locations never shake the shell, and neither did the Trader.

Martiki, thanks for the great post. VERY informative! I have a show recorded here off the Food Network on cocktails. The host goes into Trader Vic's Beverly Hills and meets the manager and a bartender. They show the bartender making a Mai Tai and darn if he doesn't shake the thing WITH the shell. He places the shell on top of the ice and pours all liquids over the shell, then puts a Boston shaker over the whole thing, shakes it, dumps it back in the glass and adds the standard garnishes. So the shell ends up near the bottom under all the ice. Is he a rogue Vic's bartender or maybe that's how they do it in the 90210 zip?

Trader Vic's- the older locations- use a plier like device which is hard on the hands, but works beautifully with fresh limes- out of seasons are tough.

He used that plier device on the show. Looks like juice was squirting everywhere though.

If I can find a free video editor, I'll post the clip on youtube.com.