Post #91555 by Johnny Dollar on Mon, May 17, 2004 9:49 AM

we went to a place on friday that lulled me into a false sense of security; my martini was great and the mahine's cosmo ws pretty right on. so i asked the waiter if the bartender knew how to make a good mai tai. he returned with a emphatic affirmative, so we ordered one. it was truly vile, and didn't so much send it back as abandon it. when i explained to the waiter that we probably have too-high standards for mai tais and consider the trader vic's recipe the best (blank recognition), he took it off the table and a minute later the bartender came over and inquired that we didn't like it - ? i asked, well it wasn't what we expected, did you maybe use a mix? she said she used orange juice, pineapple juice, and sour mix (did not mention rum... guess there was some in there)... i tried to be sympathetic but she was all huffy. oh well. i googled "mai tai recipe" and didn't even come up woith that combination anywhere. i guess it might come that way in some generic coctail guide? learned my lesson well. i guess the totally swank interior and good mainstream cocktails (not to mention the bombay sapphire) affected my decision process...