{"id":6235,"date":"2011-10-23T06:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T13:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2011-10-23T06:30:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T13:30:48","slug":"worldwide-trader-vics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=6235","title":{"rendered":"Worldwide – Trader Vic’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ah, back in my salad days, Trader Vic’s<\/a>, in Mpls-St. Paul, used to be one of my “go-to” places to impress the ladies!\u00a0\u00a0 Did it work?\u00a0 Oh, yeah!\u00a0\u00a0 So now, TV’s has returned to open in Portland, and is chock-a-block full of authentic tiki decor, and serves up some of the best exotic cocktails and pu-pus <\/a>you can ever imagine.<\/p>\n

What is tiki?\u00a0 The word refers to large wood carvings from the Polynesia culture, and TV’s theme reflects both the culture and the geography.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Burgerdogboy and I hit a special event at the Vic’s yday, one intended to allow us to sample the wares, service, and ambiance, and we surely did.\u00a0 Greeted at the door with a fresh mai-tai <\/a>(HELLO!), we took our place at\u00a0 a couple of bar stools, talked with old and new friends, and partook in the grub samples.<\/p>\n

Our family rib expert, Mrs. Burgerdogboy, loved the Asian-style BBQ ribs, and I went for the Ahi poke <\/a>in a big way.\u00a0\u00a0 The smoked tofu, and the crab rangoon<\/a> also delighted.<\/p>\n

Trader Vic’s in Portland opens at 3pm daily, and will soon be offering a weekend brunch, as well (Portland is THE ultimate brunch town!).<\/p>\n

We’ll be returning soon to graze thru the balance of the menu, of course I’m interested in scoping out the burger, and the ahi sliders sound great as well!<\/p>\n

As with many Portland establishments, TV’s tries to source local, and puts their own spin on area ingredients.<\/p>\n

Who, and especially BurgerDogBoy, doesn’t love an afternoon surrounded by tropical decor, food, and where one is encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts?<\/p>\n

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Ah, back in my salad days, Trader Vic’s, in Mpls-St. Paul, used to be one of my “go-to” places to impress the ladies!\u00a0\u00a0 Did it work?\u00a0 Oh, yeah!\u00a0\u00a0 So now, TV’s has returned to open in Portland, and is chock-a-block full of authentic tiki decor, and serves up some of the best exotic cocktails and… Continue reading Worldwide – Trader Vic’s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,35],"tags":[2776,2817,2873,3517],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6235"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}