It’s these ingredients, sourced from nearly a century ago are the reason for the hefty price tag. Image taken from the Bamboo Room menu at The $800 “Vintage Mai Tai” will contain “1940’s Wray and Nephew 15 Year Old, 1940’s Vintage Curaçao, Lime Juice, Cane Sugar, Almond Orgeat” says the Three Dots and a Dash website. When selecting the maraschino cherries that top the drink, be sure to grab ones of decent quality like Luxardo’s cherries. Bergeron consequently named his new invention Mai Tai translating to “the best” and that is exactly what the new drink at Bamboo Room seeks to provide. The Three Dots & A Dash cocktail is garnished with three cherries on a pick, representing the three dots, and either a pineapple chunk or a pineapple frond, representing the dash. The story goes that after presenting a Mat Tai to Tahitian friends one of them was so impressed they shouted “Maita’i roa a’e!” meaning something along the lines of “out of this world! The best!”. Bergeron, also known as Trader Vic, it wasn’t the sugar overload that it came to be, it simply highlighted the strong flavor of a 17-year-old J. Three Dots and a Dash: A Users Guide You wont realize how much you were missing perfectly made tiki drinks in your life until you have one here. When the cocktail was invented by Victor J. First created in 1944, the Mai Tai according to, “started as a rum cocktail so popular it supposedly depleted world rum supplies in the 1940s and ’50s.” The three dots are the maraschino cherries, and the dash is the wedge of pineapple. Combine 1 1/2 ounces aged sugarcane rum, 1/2 ounce each blended aged rum, lime juice, orange juice and honey syrup, 1/4 ounce each Velvet Falernum and allspice dram and 1 dash of. With the incoming new Mai Tai option though, Beary and his team are going back to basics. From the freshest exotic fruits and potent spices that go into the drinks to the tiki totems, clamshell bowls, and treasure chests that bear them, it’s an impressive all-encompassing spectacle you won’t find elsewhere. Definitely a lot of fun, great atmosphere and drinks and I would return. Cocktails concocted at Three Dots and a Dash are known for their meticulous commitment to providing the most flavourful experience. Overall, Three Dots and a Dash has a really festive atmosphere, fun tasty tiki drinks albeit a little pricey, but this is a definite must-stop-in location when you visit Chicago.
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