> A bartender in Santa Barbara served me a drink he made up and it has
> become my #1 favorite. It has Malibu rum, midori and pineapple juice
> in cacktail ratios, best shaken. We've been calling it a Praying
> Mantis, but are wondering if anyone knows of this drink/bartender and
> if there is/he has a real name for it?
Here in Hawaii, at the Turtle Bay Resort, we call the very same drink a
"Tropical Turtle", although we don't shake it. We fill a 12oz glass with ice
and pour in 1 oz Malibu (coconut) rum, 1 oz Midori, fill with pineapple juice,
and then add a splash of blue curacao on top.