Tiki New Orleans Style
The Cocktail Chicks get their Tiki on with Jay Batt and reminisce about Pontchartrain Beach and the great Bali Hai restautant.
The Cocktail Chicks get their Tiki on with Jay Batt and reminisce about Pontchartrain Beach and the great Bali Hai restautant.
For more TIKI TALK check out our previous segment with Beach Bum Berry. And Bryan Batt’s lovely store in New Orleans Hazelnut is having a special Back to the Beach sale on all their Pontchartrain Beach designs. Beautiful stuff from the family who brought you Bali Hai !!
| Posted on April 19th, 2009 | Tagged with Bali Hai, Bryan Batt, Fog Cutter, Jay Batt, Mai Tai, Polynesian, Ponchartain Beach, tiki, Trader Vic, Vic Bergeron
Makes 4 (or more) drinks
8 ounces fresh orange juice
6 ounces fresh lime juice
6 ounces simple syrup
4 ounces light rum
4 ounces dark rum
4 ounces brandy
4 ounces gin
1/4 ounce almond extract
Combine all ingredients in a pitcher with ice and mix. Serve in tiki glasses or tall glasses.
* We found several other recipes for the Fog Cutter which we’ll post as well. This one, though, is the one we found from Bali Hai. Approved by Lu Brow and Ted “Dr. Cocktail” Haigh. If you have your favorite please let us know!
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Thanks for sharing a lovely remembrance. My father was a newspaper photographer in SF in the 50's, and told me stories about the famous watering holes of the city, and the origination of Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista. I finally got a proper Buena Vista introduction when I moved to the
mangababe on Get Your Irish Up!
Looks like a great way to go green today! Thanks for the recipe and enjoy your day!!!
Jacque on The Merry Irishwoman
Meghan, my lass -- nice job! Great drink, video, blog and recipe. You've kicked off the wearing of the green in a great way. Cheers! Let's talk tomorrow about some "hair of dog" recipes which I'm sure this group will be needing.
ishakeitup on The Merry Irishwoman
that show was off the hook! wish i could be there for the mega humongous party. wow.
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April 19th, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
Great episode and blog from you Cocktail Chicks. Sounds like a misspent youth to me… and I’m so jealous! FYI in Dale Degroff’s new book, The Essential Cocktail, he has a great chapter on the Tropical drinks, the Fog Cutter and the birth of Tiki.
April 20th, 2009 @ 8:45 am
I love this!!!!
April 20th, 2009 @ 8:47 am
I showed this to my friend from New Orleans who said she and her husband had been to all of these places many many times-and that “it is all true”.
May 28th, 2009 @ 8:13 am
I just got word that right off the coast of New Orleans is a new pink dolphin. I can’t wait to see what drink you can come up with to celebrate. The Pink Dolphin has got to be a great drink waiting to happen.
Missing you terribly while on stuck in Virginia.
KMC
August 28th, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
[…] they’ve also filmed an interview with the late owner’s grandson, which is now playing on their Cocktail Chicks site. ( They also did a segment with the Bum, which you can see by clicking the link below: ) A […]