Modern Lifestyles SUMMER 2015 | Page 20

TIKI’S GRILL & BAR WE MADE THE MAI TAI FAMOUS If you happen to walk down Kalaua Avenue by the Aston Hotel, Honolulu, you have to stop by Tiki’s Grill & Bar. The Tiki’s Grill & Bar is beautifully located on their second floor. The view is right across the street from the best beach in Waikiki. The restaurant with its breathtaking romantic sundown dinner for two is also the most partying place at their Lanai Bar. The bar is known not for creating the Mai Tai (where they let Don the Beachcomer and Trader Vic fight it out for who invented it) but at Tiki’s Grill & Bar they just made it the most famous drink in Waikiki! Tiki’s Executive Chef is infamously known as Chef Ronnie, who left the Executive Corporate Chef position with Roy’s to create the Tiki’s award winning cuisine. The menu is a culinary adventure where everything is locally produced . We enjoyed a priceless four course menu sampling of 5 incredible tastes of each course showcasing: Coconut Shrimp, Kalbi Beef Gyoza, Ahi Tataki, Duck Duet, Miso Pork Pot Roast, and the Beach Boy Seafood Combo with Shrimp and Scallops. For month’s, I was looking forward to trying Hawaiian Poke for the first time. After reviewing the Tiki’s Grill & Bar menu many times before my trip, I salivated for their Prime Rib Poke! After all, how wonderful 18 ModernLifestyles.tv could Prime Rib Poke be? Randy, the Restaurant Assistant Manager, ensured me that I had an additional full order of the Prime Rib Poke for myself and every course we sampled! Hangin’ at the Best Lanai (patio) Bar in Waikiki, Tiki’s Master Hawaiian Mixologists create their TOP FIVE: the Surf Mai Tai, the “Five-O” Lava Flow, Ocean Potion, Mega Mango Mojito and Pro Bowl Punch all served in Hawaii Keepsake Glassware. Some of Tiki’s other favorites from the Bar are the Shark Bait, Skinny Chi, Kalkoa Sunset, Blue Bikini and the Ultimate Malibu Mai Tai. The list never ends with popular cocktails including Top Shelf Margaritas and Coladas served in Coconuts! According to an old Hawaiian Legend, Mama has worked in the Kitchen of Tiki’s Grill & Bar forever preparing her World Famous Thai Chicken & Green Papaya Salad. Her secret recipe is unknown even to Executive Chef Ronnie and she plans on keeping Thailand’s most famous national recipe a delicious secret. It’s the view at Tiki’s that makes the cuisine taste even better! As the sun sets and we were finishing a sampling of 5 desserts including Lilikoi Creme Brulee, Molten Hot Hawaiian S’mores, Crunchy Chocolate Spring Rolls, Baked Apple Volcano and our favorite, Hawaii’s Most Ridiculous Small Brownie with a World Famous Mai Tai in our hands, we say “aloha” and ”mahalo” to Tiki’s Grill & Bar for a true culinary paradise.