"Polynesia" news and stories

I hope the kind people behind Tiki Farm find it in their hearts to forgive me for calling their fez-wearing cookie jars and mugs evil. From its inception Tiki culture has been all about mugs and glasses bearing fearsome Polynesian iconography spun into fruity cocktail camp.

I'm at a loss as to why the items shown here are for sale on aTiki web site. They reflect the Tiki aesthetic, but they clearly owe their creation to a another classic of pop culture: The Wizard of Oz. The film's fez-wearing flying monkeys dispatched by the Wicked Witch of the West still creep me out to this day.
[via:Boing Boing]

United Airlines is going native. Polynesian to be specific. The airline has teamed up with Trader Vic's, and will start serving island cuisine on flights to Hawaii this month.

Of course that means that mai tais will be on the menu. After all, Trader Vic Bergeron invented the potent fruity cocktail more than 70 years ago. The main course for those flying first class includes macadamia nut-crusted mahi mahi, Trader Vic's barbeque-glazed short ribs and pan-seared chicken with miso-sake sauce.

Sadly, the economy class menu is not quite as luxe and costs $5. It includes such tropical sandwiches as Maui chicken. But there's always those mai tais.

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