Mai Tai such a popular cocktail in the 1950s–60s that many restaurants, particularly tiki-themed restaurants or bars, served them. The Mai Tai was also prominently featured in the Elvis Presley film "Blue Hawaii". Today, the Mai Tai is synonymous with Tiki culture both past and present. As of 2008, Trader Vic's Restaurant chain began to open small establishments called Mai Tai Bars that primarily serve cocktails and "pupus" (appetizers). Mai Tai The Mai Tai is a cocktail based on rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice, associated with Polynesian-style settings. Victor J. Bergeron claimed to have invented the Mai Tai in
Performance and Cocktails a pleasant throatiness to it that adds emotion to even the simplest lyric." Brent DiCrescenzo from "Pitchfork Media" had a generally negative review of the album, comparing Stereophonics to Oasis and by summarising the album as, "Basically, what "Performance and Cocktails" boils down to is loud music engineered and crafted for Britain's summer festival circuit that practically guarantees a perennially muddy experience." Similarly, Barry Walters of "Rolling Stone" also compared the band to Oasis, stating, "[they] sound like Oasis trying to be Radiohead." "Performance and Cocktails" gave Stereophonics three straight top five singles in the British charts with "The Bartender