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Category Archives: Tiki
Mahiki Kensington
I hadn’t been to a tiki bar in ages (a sad thought for a fella going by the online moniker of tikichris). So the invite to take a tipple and nibble at Mahiki’s new(ish) Kensington outpost was welcomed with a readily returned response. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Tiki
Tagged BARS, cocktails, Drink, Food, kensington, Kensington High Street, London, Mahiki, Mahiki Kensington, restaurants, reviews, sushi, tiki, Tiki bars, Tiki drinks, W8, W8 4PT, west london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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The World’s 15 Most Important Tiki Bars (Punch)
I was honoured and happy to offer my own humble opinion when Punch got in touch to ask my help compiling a list of of the world’s most important tiki bars. Continue reading
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Get a Free Cocktail at Barsmith in Farringdon #BarsmithGoesTiki
Popular Farringdon watering hole, Barsmith, has “gone tiki” for the summer. The bar has gone generous too with an exclusive offer of a free cocktail to 50 tikichris readers. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, London, Restaurants, Tiki
Tagged #BarsmithGoesTiki, BARS, Barsmith Goes Tiki, Clerkenwell, cocktails, competition, Drink, EC1, EC1M 4AY, farringdon, Food, free, free drinks, freebies, London, restaurants, reviews, RT to win, smithfield, st john street, tiki, twitter competition, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Best London Bars and Pubs of 2016
London! You know how to quench a thirst. My Best of 2016 series continues with a taste of my favourite bars and pubs in London. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Beer, Best of 2016, Best of the Best, Drink, Food, Hotels, London, Luxury, Pubs, Restaurants, Shopping, Tiki, Travel, Wine
Tagged Artesian, Bar Termini, BARS, bayswater, beer, Berners Street, Best London Bars and Pubs of 2016, Best London Bars of 2016, Best London Pubs in 2016, Best of 2016, Best of the Best, bethnal green, brewer street, brockley, Castle Road, city of london, CLAPHAM, Clapham Park Road, cocktails, CRAFT BEER, cro-bar, Drink, E17, E17 4SA, E2, E2 9LE, east london, EC4, EC4Y 1DE, El Camion, fitzrovia, FLEET STREET, Food, Gabor Fodor, golden eagle, Harefield Road, hotels, Kentish Town, luxury, manette street, marco arrigo, marylebone, MARYLEBONE LANE, notting hill, NW1, NW1 8SU, OLD COMPTON STREET, Paradise Row, Pink Chihuahua, Pink Chihuahua at El Camion, Portland Place, pubs, Punch Room, Punch Room The London Edition, punch tavern, queensway, REAL ALE, restaurants, Roupell Street, Sager + Wilde, Sager + Wilde Paradise Row, SE1 8TB, SE11, SE4, SE4 1LW, shepherd market, Shepherd Market Wine House, Shopping, soho, south london, SW4, SW4 7BZ, Tapping the Admiral, The Beachcomber, The King & Co, The King's Arms, The Langham London, The Orchard, tiki, Tiki bars, TONY CONIGLIARO, Travel, W1, W1B 1JA, W1D 4AS, W1D 5JE, W1F 0RR, W1J 7PN, W1T 3LF, W1U 2NY, W2 3RR, WALTHAMSTOW, WATERLOO, wine, wine bars, Ye Olde Rose & Crown, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Best Bars of 2016 (Excluding London)
What a year! Ready for a drink? Might I recommend having it in style at one of these fabulous bars? They’re the best I came across in 2016. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Beer, Best of 2016, Best of the Best, California, Drink, Food, France, Hotels, Jerez, Louisiana, Luxury, Music, New Orleans, Restaurants, Spain, Tennessee, Tiki, Travel, Wine
Tagged BARS, Beachbum Berry, Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29, beer, Best of 2016, Best of the Best, california, Calle Santa. María, Chattanooga, cocktails, Craft & Commerce, Don the Beachcomber, Drink, Entertainment, epicurea, Fairweather, False Idol, flamenco, france, French Jura, french quarter, Gough Street, Huntington Beach, J Street, Jeff Berry, Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, jura, live music, los angeles, louisiana, luxury, Market Street, Martin Cate, Mason Street, new orleans, North Peters Street, Pacific Coast Highway, pickle barrel, Place des Déportés, Poligny, Reform, restaurants, san diego, san francisco, sherry, spain, Sunset Boulevard, TENNESSEE, The Fairmont San Francisco, tiki, Tiki bars, Tonga Room, Tonga Room & Hurricane, Travel, USA, West Beech Street, wine, wine bars
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Twilight | #TCTikiTour
Exploring California tiki culture old and new turned out to be a terrific way to experience the best of the Golden State and enjoy a tour along its magnificent coast. Continue reading
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Posted in California, California Tiki Tour & More, road trip, Tiki, Travel
Tagged #DreamBig, BARS, california, California Tiki Tour & More, Critiki, Drink, road trip, TCTikiTour, tiki, Tiki bars, Travel, Visit California
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San Diego Serenade | #TCTikiTour
Sadly, Kemey and I only had one night to enjoy San Diego – a standalone destination worthy of a far longer visit. But I’d say we packed as much into our overnight as possible. And our whistle stop tour was a conch shell blowout as far as the tiki seeking was concerned. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, California, California Tiki Tour & More, Drink, Food, Hotels, Restaurants, road trip, Tiki, Travel
Tagged #DreamBig, Bali Hai, Bali Hai San Diego, BARS, california, California Tiki Tour & More, cocktails, Drink, Fairweather, False Idol, fish tacos, Food, Half Moon Inn, hotels, Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn, Martin Cate, Oscar's Mexican Seafood, Rare Form, road trip, san diego, Shelter Island, Shelter Island San Diego, Southern California, tacos, TCTikiTour, tiki, Tiki bars, Travel, Visit California
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A Good Time in Huntington Beach? It’s a Shore Thing | #TCTikiTour
From Disneyland, Kemey and I continued our tiki tour to Huntington Beach, where we parked our car for a few days of fun in Surf City USA. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, California, California Tiki Tour & More, Drink, Food, Hotels, Restaurants, road trip, Tiki, Travel
Tagged #DreamBig, BARS, california, California Tiki Tour & More, cocktails, Don the Beachcomber, Drink, Duke's Huntington Beach, electric bicycles, electric bikes, hotels, Huntington Beach, Kimpton Shorebreak Hotel, Ola Mexican Kitchen, Orange County, Pedigo, Pedigo electric bikes, road trip, Shorebreak Hotel, Southern California, TCTikiTour, tiki, Tiki bars, Travel, Visit California, Zimzala
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LA Daze | #TCTikiTour
Resuming the more tiki-riffic goals of our California road trip, Kemey and I said farvel to Solvang and hit the highway for LA. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Bars, California, California Tiki Tour & More, Drink, Food, Hotels, Restaurants, road trip, Shopping, Tiki, Travel
Tagged #DreamBig, BARS, california, California Tiki Tour & More, cocktails, Drink, DusitD2 Hotel Constance, Hollywood, Hotel Constance, hotels, L.A., LA, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, los angeles, Los Feliz, lowbrow art, michael murphy, Pasadena, road trip, Soap Plant / Wacko, TCTikiTour, tiki, Tiki bars, Tiki-Ti, Travel, Veggiegrill, Visit California
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Ti Punch Tiki at The Beachcomber Bar | 10X10 with tikichris
As part of my 10X10 celebration of ten years blogging, I teamed up with one of my favourite London bars for a cocktail collaboration. We played around with the recipe for a classic ti punch, adding a touch of tikichris madness to make it truly something special. Head over to The Beachcomber Bar this weekend for a taste. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Shopping, TC10, Tiki
Tagged #TiPunchTiki, 10 Years of tikichris, agricole rum, Amathus Drinks, bar snacks, BARS, bayswater, Caribbean food, cocktails, Creole Kitchen, Drink, Food, Isla de Encanta, LCW16, Life's a Peach, London, London Cocktail Week, Nik Speller, queensway, Rhum Clément, rum, Shopping, TC10, TC10X10, The Beachcomber, Ti Punch, tiki, Tiki bars, tikichris recipes, W2, W2 3RR, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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California Tiki Tour & More | #TCTikiTour
A long time in the making and a fine time in the doing, Kemey and I spent the tail end of August and first week or so of September on a California tiki bar road trip. Driving from San Francisco to San Diego, much of our route was along the famously panoramic California State Highway 1 – aka the Pacific Coast Highway – with stops in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Solvang, Los Angeles, Disneyland, and Huntington Beach. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, California, California Tiki Tour & More, Drink, road trip, Tiki, Travel
Tagged #DreamBig, BARS, california, California Tiki Tour & More, Drink, Norwegian Air, road trip, TCTikiTour, tiki, Tiki bars, Travel, Visit California
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Having a Tiki Time at Musée Quai Branly, Paris
I was visiting Paris from elsewhere in France with just a few hours to play before catching the Eurostar back to London. Poking around Quai Branly was an excellent way to spend my time. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, France, Museums, Paris, Tiki, Travel
Tagged anthropology, Art, france, Jacques chirac, Musee Quai Branly, museums, paris, Quai Branly, Quai Branly Museum, tiki, Travel
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10 Years of Musée Quai Branly
Musée Quai Branly – one of Paris’ coolest museums, and one of my favourites (in Paris and the world) – will celebrate its 10th anniversary with two special exhibitions and an anniversary weekend of free festivities 25-26 June. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, France, Freebies, Museums, Paris, Tiki, Travel
Tagged anthropology, Art, france, free, freebies, Jacques chirac, Musee Quai Branly, museums, paris, Quai Branly, Quai Branly Museum, tiki, Travel
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Creole Kitchen at The Beachcomber
A boozy island paradise awaits your discovery at The Beachcomber, a basement bar just a jaunt away from Bayswater Station. It’s a great destination for rummy cocktails, and with a new menu of “bites and small plates” by Vanessa Bolosier of Creole Kitchen, The Beachcomber is a tasty place for bar snacks that equal the yum of its tiki drinks. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Tiki
Tagged agricole rum, bar snacks, BARS, bayswater, Caribbean food, cocktails, Creole Kitchen, Drink, Food, London, queensway, The Beachcomber, tiki, Tiki bars, W2, W2 3RR, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Just Back from Tahiti. Whoa!
Hey folks. I’m back in town after a week and a half sailing around French Polynesia’s Leeward Islands. And aside from a couple of hours of choppy sailing and a bout of seasickness that I thought might never end, the trip was truly awesome: eating lots and lots of fresh papaya … swimming around in giant bathtub lagoons off wild coasts of far flung specks of land … spotting dolphins … ogling tikis … taking in all the many different shades of blue … I had a a bona fide blast in the tropical breeze. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, French Polynesia, Hotels, Photography, Tiki, Travel
Tagged boating, City AM, french polynesia, hotel, INTERCONTINENTAL, InterContinental Resort Tahiti, leeward islands, pacific, pacific ocean, polyneisa, polynesia, polynesian, race, regatta, resort, sailing, society islands, south pacific, tahiti, tahiti pearl regatta, tahiti yacht charter, tahitian, tikcihris, tiki, Travel, yachting, yachts
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Take the Warren Zevon Werewolves Tour of London … Aaoo! (CheapOair)
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s And his hair was perfect Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog.
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Posted in CheapOair, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Tiki, Travel
Tagged beef chow mein, cheapoair, chinatown, halloween, Lee Ho Fook, Lee Ho Fook's, London, london hilton on park lane, lyrics, mayfair, park lane, Trader Vic's, Warren Zevon, werewolf, werewolves, Werewolves of London
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Disney Kid/Tiki Kid
One of the most enjoyably memorable experiences of my life occurred when I was but a tike. Much about the adventures I had as a four year old kid on a family vacation to Disney World in Orlando, Florida remains … Continue reading
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Posted in Tiki, Travel
Tagged disney, disney world, enchanted tiki room, florida, orlando, tiki
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Guru Event: The Mobile Photo Foodie Hunt with ‘my kind of phone’ was a Blast! (Qype does London)
Guru Event: The Mobile Photo Foodie Hunt with ‘my kind of phone’ was a Blast! Qype does London, July 1st 2010 From Covent Garden to Mayfair, Qypers scoured, mocked and gawked at some of London’s weirdest food products in last … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Photography, Restaurants, Tiki
Tagged Adagio Pizza al Taglio, London, mobile phones, my kind of phone, Photography, pizza, Qype, Qype Does London, scavenger hunt, tiki, Trader Vic's, windows phone
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… or Maybe San Francisco?
So yesterday I was musing about a transatlantic jaunt to New York. Yeah, that’d be good. But tonight’s got me pondering whether a trip to San Francisco might be more to my liking. Unlike New York, I’ve never lived in … Continue reading
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Guru Event: Mobile Photo Foodie Hunt with ‘my kind of phone’ (Qype does London)
Guru Event: Mobile Photo Foodie Hunt with ‘my kind of phone’ Qype does London, June 15th 2010 Mobile phones offer an excellent means to record and share your adventures while navigating London’s culinary landscape. Here’s a chance to put your … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Photography, Restaurants, Tiki
Tagged London, mobile phones, my kind of phone, Photography, Qype, Qype Does London, scavenger hunt, tiki bar, Trader Vic's, treasure hunt, west end, windows phone
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Tiki Today Exhibition at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre
I’ve got a few photographs (as well as the following video which features burlesque dancer Trixie Malicious) in the Tiki Today exhibition at the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe, England. Keep reading below for details about the show. Tiki … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, England, Photography, Tiki, Video
Tagged 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, blonde, breasts, burlesque, cheesecake, cleavage, dancer, exhibition, Felix Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders, hapa haole, Hawaiian Serenaders, hawaiiana, model, pagan love song, Photography, scunthorpe, skull mugs, slow motion, stripper, tiki, tiki mugs, tiki today, trixie malicious, Video
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London Daily Photo: At Vic’s, at the Bar
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Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography, Tiki
Tagged London, London Daily Photo, Photography, tiki, Trader Vic's
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Strychnin Gallery’s X-Mas Luau in Berlin (Juxtapoz)
Strychnin Gallery’s X-Mas Luau in Berlin Juxtapoz, Thursday, 17 December 2009 If Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say, Strychnin Gallery in Berlin is the place to be. READ THE COMPLETE POST AND SEE ALL MY PICS: Strychnin Gallery’s X-Mas … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Berlin, Juxtapoz, Photography, Tiki
Tagged Art, Berlin, friedrichshain, gallery, Photography, strychnin gallery, tiki, x-mas luau
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Puttiki Art Show: 28-30 August & 4-6 September at Hunny Lu Lu’s in Hastings
This is just a quick note to say I’ll have a few photos on display as part of the Puttiki Art Show at Hunny Lu Lu’s in Hastings at the end of this summer. The exhibition will also feature five … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Photography, Tiki
Tagged atomic tony tiki, hastings, hunny lu lu's, Photography, puttiki, tiki, tikiracer
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Tiki Mugs: Cult Artifacts of Polynesian Pop
Oh man! Today’s already insanely busy – incredibly fun and chocked full of good art and all sorts of other treats (stay tuned) – but ultimately exhausting with the first of hopefully just a couple of crosstown trips already underway. Anyway, however … Continue reading
