Episode 85: episode 85: Royal Hawaiian Cocktail and Hotel

Tiki Central Canada

Hi guys,
Welcome to 2022 and our season 5 for us now!!! We are so excited about this year as we have dedicated to giving you more shows and more amazing cocktails. We will also be including more interviews from bartenders and tiki experts.
This episode has tons of information and cool facts but an amazing colorful cocktail that you got try. We will be covering the Royal Hawaiian cocktail and details about the hotel as well in Hawaii.
First off, the cocktail is got a Canadian product which is amazing considering this is an international cocktail and so makes me proud to see we are on the international platform on a tiki level. It has a great combination of pineapple juice, orgeat (almond), lime juice and Empress gin (which is a purple colorful floral gin that is not so booze forward). This cocktail definitely tastes tropical and looks colorful as well. Break out your crushed ice bag as you will need it for this cocktail or in Paola's case go to your fridge and grab some crushed ice.
Recipe came from Jeff Beachbum Berry “Remixed book and The Royal Hawaiian Cocktail was originally called the Princess Kaiulani in the early 1920’s but was renamed in the 1950s.
Recipe to this cocktail and many more: https://tikicentralcanada.ca/recipes/
So we go over some cool facts about the hotel itself like that it cost $4 million to build in 1927 (which in today's dollars is $15,325,495) . It was also known as the “Pink Palace of the Pacific” which was a Portuguese influence on its architectural design. It also was the location for the famous Webley Edwards’ then-famous radio program Hawaii Calls, featuring the Singing Surfriders and the Waikiki Maidens, and up to 3,000 tourists at a time would pack the courtyard to watch the show. Mark will give us more information on Edwards who was the first report Pearl harbor attack back during WWII which the hotel was home to US navy officers as well.
On "Did you Know?" segment: we talk about Captain James Cook who had 3 voyages around the world. On January 18th, 1778, Captain James Cook arrives in Hawaii. He was an explorer that navigated the Pacific Ocean and mapped out New Zealand. He also mapped out Newfoundland which those maps are still used today by naval ships. His first voyage was to help determine the distance from the Earth to the sun during an eclipse of Venus on the sun. Don't ask me how that is done as its all science. I must have missed that class. Anyways, he went on his second voyage and landed in Australia and third was Hawaii. He has come controversial stories behind his death as the tribes killed him on his second trip to Hawaii.
Links to the show:
Webley Edwards’ Hawaii calls show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMXBWLZngFg&t=252s

Hawaii calls: exotic instrumentals (1961) Webley Edwards exotica:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uhe0SnC5To&t=92s

Hawaii calls greatest hits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OLhG3q4uDc&list=OLAK5uy_n4NQZtaIybiWIdlLRHAS0hOebIVAGLZzk

Cocktail links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXaoo-5qGDM and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPTowpKgoI

Royal Hawaiian hotel video walk thru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eHJbBtn3DY

History of Captain James Cook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVUJkcy5dq8

Cocktail recipe page: https://www.reservebar.com/blogs/all-cocktail-recipes/empress-1908-royal-hawaiian