Mai Tai 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 1944 at his restaurant, Trader Vic's, in Oakland, California. Trader Vic's rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it in 1933 at his then-new bar named for himself (later a famous restaurant) in Hollywood. Don the Beachcomber's recipe is more complex than that of Vic's and tastes quite different. The name was allegedly taken from "maita'i", the Tahitian word for "good" or "excellence", although the drink
Performance and Cocktails With sales of over 2.5 million, "Performance and Cocktails" is the Stereophonics' second best-selling album (after "Just Enough Education to Perform", which has sold over 3.5 million). The record has been certified 5× Platinum in the UK and Platinum in Europe. It has spent a total of 101 weeks in the UK top 100 charts. The album is seen as one of the best albums in 90s British rock history. At the "Kerrang!" awards in 1999, "Performance and Cocktails" won the "Best Album" award and Stereophonics further won "Best British Band" the same year. On their "Albums of the Year"