Specialties of the Hut

We feature only authentic vintage food recipes from Polynesian restaurants past. Here are but a few of the 45 dishes served in our Vagabond Room (all recipes in Taboo Table).

RUMAKI

The big kahuna of all Polynesian restaurant appetizers, as served in the 1950s at Don The Beachcomber's. A bacon-wrapped burst of flavor, broiled to perfection. What your cardiologist doesn't know can't hurt you.

Rumaki

Bongo Bongo Soup

BONGO BONGO SOUP

Puree of fresh oyster suffuses this Trader Vic original, which is still intriguing diners at his restaurants fifty years after its creation.

FONDUE POLYNESIENNE

Put the French in Polynesia and what do you get? Not just colonial oppression, but this exotic twist on a Gallic dinner-party favorite. As served at Manhattan's Hawaii Kai restaurant in the 1960s.

Fondue

Teriyaki Steak

TERIYAKI STEAK

A marinated rib-eye, charbroiled to the exacting standards of Seattle's Kalua Room in 1955. What else could you possibly want? How about a slice of...

MAI TAI PIE

Yes, it tastes like a Mai Tai. Yes, there's rum in it. No, you can't have another piece — you're driving, remember?

Mai Tai Pie