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IN AN EFFORT TO CUT DOWN ON
DRUNK DRIVING, DTRC TEAMED UP
FOR ALCOHOL-FREE COCKTAILS OR
MOCKTAILS.
WE HAVE MICHELLE SAITO AND AMY
TORRES, BARTENDER AT TIKI'S BAR
AND GRILL.
THANKTHANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE ALL LOVE COCKTAILS BUT
MOCKTAILS JUST AS IMPORTANT.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE A DDS.
TELL US WHAT THIS COMPETITION
ABOUT.
WHY WE DO THE COMPETITION.
HAWAI'I.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE TRAFFIC
FATALITIES ARE DUE TO DRUNK
DRIVING.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE HAWAI'I
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER AN
ONLINE RECIPE BOOK OF
WE HOPE TO HAVE 14 RECIPES IN
THIS BOOK.
Kelly: WONDERFUL.
SO TELL US ABOUT HOW RESTAURANTS
CAN GET INVOLVED.
PEOPLE CAN STILL SIGN UP.
THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR ENTRIES
ONLINE.
DEAD LINE IS MARCH 1.
WE NEED TO DO THAT SOON.
AND WE'LL HAVE AN EVENT WHERE
WEST INVITE THE PUBLIC AND GET
THESE 14 OUT THERE.
MAKING THEIR RECIPES AND TRYING
Kelly: WONDERFUL.
TIKIS PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR.
BARTENDERS, A LITTLE BIT OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE GET HOME SAFE 68 68.
WE WANT TO MAKING SURE EVERYONE
IS DRIVING WITH ALOHA.
Kelly: WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THEY'RE NOT AS FUN AS
COCKTAILING.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH
YOUR GUY'S MOCKTAIL.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING
THAT'S SO TASTY SO WHEN YOU'RE
DRINKING IT, YOU COULD LOOK LIKE
YOU'RE DRINKING A COCKTAIL.
Kelly: AND GOING TO BE
WHIPPING ONE UP.
THIS IS GOING TO BE CALLED
THE SHE'S SO SPICY.
COLLABORATED WITH TRENT, ONE OF
OUR BARTENDERS AS WELL AS CHEF
RONNIE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME SPICY
WITH OUR SHISO SPICY.
BEAUTIFUL SHISO LEAVES.
LAP -- SLAP IT AND GET THOSE
AROMATIC FLAVORS OUT.
AND BASIL AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE A HOUSEMADE SIMPLE
SYRUP.
Kelly: WHEN YOU THINK OF A
POC MOCK, -- MOCKTAIL, YOU DON'T THINK
OF THE FUN THINGS GOING INTO IT.
THIS IS A WAY TO RAMP UP A
MOCKTAIL.
MAKES IT TOTALLY FRESH.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT
OF TONIC IN HERE.
ADDS A LITTLE
ADD A LITTLE BIT OF SODA.
THE SAME TASTE AS A TRADITIONAL
ALCOHOL DRINK BUT IS THERE
ANYTHING MIXOLOGISTS CAN DO TO
MAKE IT CLOSER TO THE REAL
THING?
FRESH INGREDIENTS IS THE MAIN
THING.
USE FRESH INGREDIENTS AND IT'S
GOING TO TASTE OUT OF THIS
WORLD.
WE MIXED EVERYTHING HERE.
AND THEN JUST LOOKS SO GORGEOUS
AND BEAUTIFUL.
LINE UP THE RIM WITH A LITTLE
BIT OF LIME.
AND PUT RICE SEASONING.
ALSO A RED SHISO.
A LITTLE SPICE ON THE RIM.
A LITTLE BIT OF SALTY.
A LITTLE BIT OF SWEET.
Kelly: NICE.
I'M EXCITED.
YOU WILL SEE HOW FANTASTIC
THIS IS.
.
Kelly: INTERESTING.
AND YOU TOPPED IT OFF.
WITH SODA WATER.
AND I'M GOING TO PUT THIS.
Kelly: I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO
THAT.
THEY SLAP THE LEAF.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD SUCH A
BIG EFFECT.
THERE'S A PURPOSE.
THIS IS THE MIYOGA.
A LED RED GINGER BLOSSOM.
A TWIST ON A LOCAL STYLE HO --
MOJITO.
YOU DON'T NEED A STRAW BUT IN
CASE YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT.
Kelly: THERE YOU HAVE IT.
IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
COMPETING WITH?
YES.
Kelly: DO YOU MIND IF I BE
THE SIP?
AS I DO -- THAT'S GOOD.
I'M GOING TO GET IT WITH THE --
MM.
THAT IS SO GOOD.
AND THE THING WITH ME, THE BEST
TYPES IS THE ONES YOU CAN'T
TASTE THE COCKTAIL.
THERE ISN'T ANY ALCOHOL AND IT
TASTES JUST AS GOOD.
I LOVE THIS.
GOOD.
Kelly: I WOULD ORDER THIS
REGULARLY EVEN IF I WAS D.D..
I'M GOING TO BE DESIGNATED
DRIVER FROM NOW ON.
SHOULD BE A FUN EVENT.
Kelly: TELL US ABOUT IT
AGAIN.
RECIPE DEADLINE MARCH 1.
MARCH 1.
Kelly: AND 14 FINALISTS ARE
GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO THE
CONTEST IN MAY.
MAY 14 AT WAIKIKI YOKOCHO.
PLACE HASN'T BEEN DESIGNATED
YET.
WE'LL GET TA.
Kelly: THAT MIGHT BE
CHANGING.
AND RECIPE WILL BE INCLUDED IN
THIS ONLINE RECIPE BOOKLET.
WINNERS ARE GOING TO BE
INCLUDED.
COOL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
BEING A PART OF SUCH AN AMAZING
COMPETITION.
IT IS FOR A VERY IMPORTANT
REASON.
THESE MOCKTAILS ARE SO GOOD.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO CHECK
THESE OUT.
TIKIS, ARE YOU PLANNING TO SERVE
THIS?
BIG BOSSES ABOUT THAT.
HOPEFULLY.
Kelly: ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A
WINNER.
NORMALLY, THE 14 FINALISTS
WILL BE MAKING THEIR DRINKS.
THEY HAVE A VOTE.
Kelly: PERFECT.
MORE OF A BIG INCENTIVE TO HEAD
OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
YOU GUYS HAVE SOME STIFF
COMPETITION OUT THERE.