Tiki Central Canada

Hey Guys, I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! We are so glad all of our listeners are tuning into us and enjoy a little piece of paradise for an hour. We will always bring you shows during this time! This show's drink is called the Captain's Grog which was created at Captain’s Inn, Long Beach, CA in 1962. This massive tiki bar has five dining rooms at its waterfront restaurant. It feat...

Hi guys, I want to start off that I hope everyone is doing well in these COVID-19 times and that we are doing everything we can to bring the show to you. We know that people need something to take them to their oasis in these times and we hope that we do just that. This show was recorded through an internet software that we researched and worked for us at the time …future shows though will either...

Hey Guys, This is part two of Tiki Jukebox TOP 10 list from Mark's and Craig's picks! NOTE: IF YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO PART ONE, GO BACK AND GIVE IT A LISTEN!!! Again, this list is just suggestions for some music to have for your parties or those times you are locked inside and just need your oasis, we all do!! This wasn't an easy list to make as this could have easily been top 50 or even 100 but we...

Hi Guys, We are hoping everyone is okay and staying home to be safe from the COVID-19 virus. We have something special for you today to help raise your spirits. We have come up with our top 10 list each (Mark and Craig) for you to enjoy while we are stuck at home. We thought of this months ago and finally was able to formulate lists (wasn't easy as we could have made this top 50 or 100). Mark's li...

Hey Guys, This is part 2 of the great adventure to Antigua. The episode was so long that we split it into two. So if you haven't listened to part one of this episode, please go back and give it a listen!! On this episode, the drink we will be discussing is a Caribbean drink not just Antigua (we did enjoy many of these at the resort). The BBC (Banana, Baileys, Coconut) Cocktail. You guess it the ma...

Hi Guys, Just got back from my trip to Antigua and we have so much to cover on this amazing tropical island that we decided to break the one recording into two shows for you. This is part one. Thanks and shout out to the staff of the Starfish Jolly Beach Resort and Jermaine (our tour guide). We will be talking about new cocktails that we had down on the island and there is a nice range of drinks (...

Hey guys, We want to start off by congratulations to Heather Sibley for winning our monthly contest!! Stay tuned for more of those to come!! This show, we are continuing with our discussion about the 18th amendment which was Prohibition (1920-1933). The cocktail we are talking today about is the Bee Knees cocktail which was created during this time. The sweetener (honey) was added to mask the bath...

Hey guys, We are doing today a Don the Beachcomber classic tiki cocktail called Shark's Tooth. It was on his original menus and competed against the famous "Zombie" drink in ever location Don had but never got the same recognition as the Zombie. We have a new newsletter out for February with new recipes from past shows, new tiki bar for Mark's Adventures to discuss, new tiki dates for your calenda...

Hey Guys, Happy New Year and we are back now from vacation!! We just had the 100th anniversary of the 18th amendment of the United States Constitution (Prohibition) which was on January 17th, 1920. Our contest will be ending on January 31st with the winner being announced in February on our social media. Check it out at www.tikicentralcanada.ca So the drink we will talk about on this show is calle...

Hey guys, Well this is end of our year #2 doing this and hey what a year it has been? From Cam trying to get the perfect photo, to Dan and Mike helping us with the show, to new Co-host Paola, to Mark with "Tiki Adventures", to Norma doing "Travel Tips", to Cam returning with the Brady's. We have packed a lot in this year with newsletters, "Made with Love" competition, Disney expert Justin on tiki...

Happy Holidays everyone!!! We decided this year to add our Christmas scene at the end of the show so you can enjoy the regular show. So, as a bonus and our traditional Christmas show we have added a Christmas Carol scene for you from us (end of the show)!! This episode we will discuss the very tiki cocktail Voodoo Grog. This cocktail is like a combination of Don the Beachcomber's Navy grog and Tra...

Hi Guys, NOTE: This is not our regular show format as we don't feature a drink or its history at all. We been asked by many listeners, what rums I should have on my bar to make these tiki drinks? Do I need all these rums to make drinks? This is a tasting show that Cam and I did where we describe some basic rums from different parts of the world to give you an idea of what you need for our drinks....

Happy holidays guys!! We know that our USA listeners just celebrated Thanksgiving weekend and Black Friday (ouch!). We will be discussing Missionary's Downfall cocktail which is an original Don the Beachcomber classic. It is a drink that was actually inspired by the Cuban's Daiquiri which Don found while travelling the Caribbean. He was fascinated that they would alter the drink and this drove him...

Hi Folks! This is a great episode that deals with a new spirit we haven't discussed before. This spirit is called Mezcal (which is Tequila's brother) as it is made from only kind of agave plant (Blue agave). We go over two different cocktails that contain this great spirit. Also, we discuss a holiday celebrated in Mexico called "Day of the Dead". This amazing celebration is a three day event that...

Hi Guys, NOTE: This is not our regular show format as we don't feature a drink or its history at all. We been asked by many listeners, what rums I should have on my bar to make these tiki drinks? Do I need all these rums to make drinks? This is a tasting show that Cam and I did where we describe some basic rums from different parts of the world to give you an idea of what you need for our drinks....

Hey Folks.... It's true ...CAM IS BACK!!!!! This episode is great to the tiki world as we discuss two famous tiki cocktails (that's right: two co-host equals two cocktails). Blue Hawaii invented by Harry Yee in 1957 in the Hilton Hawaiian Village (formerly the Kaiser Hawaiian Village) in Waikiki, Hawaii. Do you know the significance of that hotel in TV land today? Listen to find out!! Also, the Bl...

Hi Guys, This is a special extra episode we came up with since it will be "Talk Like a Pirate Day" on September 19th. We decided to give you guys a cool episode just for the special day. The cocktail we will go over is Dark N Stormy cocktail since it looks like a stormy black cloud like the conditions pirates dealt with while at sea. We will go over Gosling rum from Bermuda for this cocktail. This...

Hi Folks, Well the summer is over and we are back to work now. Yes :( This episode we will be talking about a cocktail named Nelson's Blood. Why are we drink his blood? Well, there is more to the story then just the drink. We have to start with Pusser's rum (British Navy rum). Why are we talking about this rum and what is its relation to the drink? Pusser's rum was a British royal Navy rum that wa...

Hey Guys, So this is a first! This show is co-written by Mark Keill (our tiki expert). So tons of information. This show will be about a tiki bar in California called Tiki Ti. This amazing bar is created and was ran by Ray Buhen. Who is Ray? We will go through his history and that he worked with Don the Beachcomber and was one of the famous Filipino bartender that worked into the back of the bar....

Hey Folks! I hope you are enjoying the summer and some tiki drinks as well!! This episode will cover the cocktail named Chief Lapu Lapu. It is one of those typical tiki cocktails that have different stories of "who" and "when" this was created. We will cover the story with Don the Beachcomber and his Filipino bartenders that he had in the back room creating the secret cocktails. There is the legen...

Hi Folks! This episode is all about the “Suffering Bastard” cocktail and yes Paola brought along Justin to help us with Disney segment (and no…he is not a suffering bastard LOL). This drink was made back in the 40s in Egypt of all places. The bartender Joe Shalom, who was a Jewish Egyptian, made this drink as a hangover remedy due to poor supplies provided to the bar. He had to beg, borrow and yes...

Hey Guys, Sorry, for delay of the show (mostly scheduling and summer time which means landscape work and yes, the tiki bar being prepped for the season). On this episode, we will be discussing a classic old tiki cocktail "the Nui Nui" or now known as the "The Pupule" cocktail. It was on Don the Beachcomber's menu from the start. He would use code to make his classic cocktails and we explain how we...

Hey Folks, Sorry for delay but this is a great episode about the amazing holiday called "Cinco De Mayo" which obviously is celebrated every May 5th. Sorry by the way as there is a lot of Spanish names and locations in this episode and if you know me I am not great at Spanish!! We start the show by congrats to Paul Robinson who won our April contest and we do appreciate all who anticipated in it. S...

Hi Folks!! This special episode we will be doing TIKI TRIVIA with Paola and special guest Norma (she does our Travel Tips segment). We hope you have been listening to all of our episodes as the answers are in them. The link to the page to the questions so you too can follow along (we only do the first 9 questions on the show but see what you know about tiki and have you been listening to the show?...

Hi Folks!! So we will be helping you on build and decorate a tiki bar since the summer is just around the corner. The drink that we will cover is Dr. Funk that has been in the tiki culture since the beginning...yes, the first tiki bar of Don the Beachcomber. The drink came from a gentleman who in 1920's, Well-known German-born physician, Doctor Bernard Funk, who spent 31 years in the South Pacific...