It all started here, on this very beach, where Marlon Brando would come at the end of each day and ask his friend Bob to create a cocktail for him.
We created the menu in the form of Marlon's travel diary from Tetiaroa. Thanks to historical research and the archives at our disposal, this notebook tells the story of Marlon's encounter with the island, with many anecdotes scattered throughout its pages.✲
Marlon Brando discovered Tetiaroa Island when he played in the movie Mutiny on the Bounty. Brando fell in love with the Polynesian lifestyle, and purchased the island in 1967.
The Tetiaroa Atoll is a place unlike any other. Built by volcanoes and preserved by coral, this is where nature, Polynesian people, and their culture come together to seamlessly coexist with a world-class resort, The Brando. Long before The Brando existed, there was Bob's Bar.
We paid particular attention to its manufacture: to ensure that the notebook is a perfectly authentic object, only 30 copies were produced, all its production was carried out by hand.
The leather cover, the medals, the photos, the postage stamps, the stamps: all the elements have been assembled by hand, one by one.
The photos are held in place by photo corners, the 20 stamps were stamped with different colors of ink, and the leather cover was crafted by a specialized craftswoman who also applied the medal. The printer was an important partner in this project, big thank you to the team at L'imprimerie du Marais.
New experiences await as creative French chef Jean Imbert brings his signature style, marrying the flavors of Polynesia with the classic techniques of France.
