Beer & food pairing?

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I think every alcohol can be paired with food, altho i usually tend to pair alcohol with….. alcohol.

Wine has always been hogging the limelight when it comes to wining & dining. Maybe the whinos like to eat more than they drink. And also talk stuff about the various complicated-sounding flavours they’re experiencing. I managed to do that too once, when i was a judge.

But read this post for my personal version of wine-speak!

Did an awesome rum-tasting at the Cuban ambassador’s house once.

If you have an average tongue, it’s still possible to appreciate combining a particular dish with a particular drink. If the drink tastes ok with the food, or enhances / contrasts certain flavours well, then it’s a good pairing.

You generally might not notice a good pairing, but you sure as hell would notice a bad one.

One thing's for sure. U normally can't miss with deep-fried shit

Like, there’s nothing worse was than partying at a friend’s birthday, and then the fucking cake comes around. Eat that, and u will regret your next sip of booze, coz it fucks it up. I never touch cakes while drinking. Unless of course its a Quadruple Chocolate Mudcake.

That’s one reason cakes are banned from my birthday gigs.

We’re lucky, coz as Asians, our food tends to have spices, which makes it great for beers, and sometimes other beverages too. And the awesome chili burn in your mouth makes u drink more.

O yea, pizzas n beer! Da shit.

Lok-lok guys shd at least sell beer too. You dont a license when it comes to bottle / canned beers.

Anyway, came across this document re pairing craft beers and food.

Take your pick

Click on the image for a clearer view. One thing i like that is common for all these beers – meeeeat!

My last beer-paring event happened at Craft Brews in November.

There’s also this piece in the Wall Street Journal called The Art of Picking the Perfect Beer for a Meal. The writer mentions spiciness, recommending “hoppy” beers, whose flavor is somewhat bitter, herb-tinged and complex. “You want a real hoppiness to combat that spice. Such beers also work with burgers and steaks that have been touched up with jalapeños or tangy mustards.”

With many more styles of beer available now besides boring ol’ lager, it’s sure a good time to be adventurous.

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Tres Generaciones tequila

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This is a super-premium, triple-distilled tequila from the town of Tequila, Mehico.

It’s from the Sauza family, the people who bring us Sauza tequila, which is the house-pouring and cocktail base at Frontera Bar & Grill in Jaya One.

The last time i was at this Tex-Mex joint, i got blasted (tx to Kenny Sia) on some crazy Mexican chili called habanero, and tequila of course.

Ramesh of Frontera introduces us to the first of two Tres Generaciones, the Reposado (which means it’s aged between two months and a year). This one did four months in American oak. Obviously it’s 100% agave.

Reposado

The bottle is cool, like some ol skool Aztec shit. Funny, i just talked about the Aztecs in a recent post.

It has a citrusy nose, while very easy on the palette. You can swirl it around your mouth without any facial reaction then swallow. It’s got a smooth, and a lil spicy finish. No salt or lime necessary of course.

Yup, a tequila that can be sipped. But as it’s the super premium range of Sauza, expect to pay 50 bucks a shot.

The other one is the Anejo (meaning aged minimum of one year, but less than three years).

Style

The Anejo has a caramel tinge, but is less sweet and spicier. This one did 12 months in toasted American oak.

Frontera makes all its margarita from Sauza gold (which is 100% agave tequila), so u can be sure its good shit. And, rather than regular sugar syrup, the cocktail is sweetened with imported agave nectar. It tastes like herbally honey. Awesome flavour. Almost like a Ricola! Haha

And the margaritas are made with fresh lime juice. No cordial crap. A pitcher is 110++ (7.5 shots of Sauza).

Special

Frontera has the $50 for 3 deal for Guinness etc all day. Happy hours is 5-9pm, where margaritas are 2+1.

There are a total of 11 different tequila here (including Patron), besides a wide range of Mexican food. The nachos platter kicks ass.

 

Brain damage: 7.5/10

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Cruise in style

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Checked out motoXpo 2012 today, a two-wheel show and conference goin on now. Some mean machines right there. Among the Japs, i love Kawasaki designs the best, then Yamaha. Suzuki & Honda, naah, not radical.

The latest Yamaha VMax. Bitch

Today brought back some sweet memories of when i had my Kawasaki ZXR750, a sport bike.

My ex

It was, to put it plainly – a rocket with an attached seat. 0-100 km/h in 2.8 seconds. Beats any Ferrari. Or any goddam car in the world. The speedo goes up to 280km/h.

But of course, u have to crash. Comes with the deal.

Yamaha R1. Goddam

And unlike drink-driving, drink-riding is a real serious challenge. There’s body balance, and bike balance involved. Booze & balance? Not friends.
Especially if yor bike weighs 200 kilos.

And if ur too drunk, u might just slide off d seat. Haha

I actually dozed off while riding once, but was sober.

KTM's Duke 690. Cibai

Had a few spills, one involving Bala, the same dude who was with me that legendary night when Night Train derailed my fuckin ass.

We were real high and cruisin on my ride in Bangsar. Was still thirsty so gatecrashed a house where there was some dinner / catering goin on. Walked in and had a beer or two each. Stole the glass too. And rode out.

Kawasaki Z1000s. Mafucker

Payback wuz around d corner. As i heroically overtook a car at a corner (Travers), i went off d road slightly, due to an understeer. Tyres got into some fuckin mud, bike danced & fish-tailed, went across the lane and hit the pavement. I lost control, and the bike threw me against a tree, and it carried on sliding on the road, stopping quite a distance away.

I was lucky i was off the bike, or it would have minced my leg.

Kawasaki Vulcan Custom. Sheeeet

My chest slammed against the tree trunk, dislocating a rib. Man it hurt, and i couldnt breathe. I didn’t see Bala anywhere! Soon i walked about lookin for him, in a daze.

Then i heard some groaning from a distance – niga was in the drain! Haha! He was catapulted or sumtin, rolled down the slope n into d drain.

Yamaha Moegi. Ermmm...

Ambulance scooped us soon after. We were both hurt but reasonably ok, bike not so.

Kawasaki Z1000 Custom. Jesus

Drink-riding is a league of its own. If i start riding again, its gonna be a problem!

Vespa. Ol skool dawg

Anyway, the expo is on till Sunday at Putra World Trade Center, KL.

Riders, go get a hard on.

Getdafuck outta here

 

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Them rare and forgotten booze

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Came across a piece in TIME mag titled Top 10 Long-Forgotten Liquors.

Watdefuck. What kind of society would forget their booze?

Turns out they aint completely forgotten, but gettin ignored or overtaken by ‘modern demands’.

Lemme know if u’ve tried any of ’em.

Heard of sorghum beer? This is a traditional high-protein beer of the South African blacks, but once the whites felt the black were ‘qualified’ to drink beer, sorghum became less popular. It’s a “sour, pink beer that keeps fermenting in the carton.” Sounds like a bomb.

Fire in da hole (Pix: Time)

Sorghum is a type of grass btw. Will def try it if am there.

There’s Stone-Age beer too… Traces of a ancient beer made of rice, honey & fruit have been found in China. Watdat, a Hoegaarden?

Anyway, they’ve started reproducing it now, courtesy of Dogfish (USA).

An old (3,800 years) Sumerian beer recipe was found, translated and…. reproduced in 1989! No reports on its taste tho. Maybe they all died.

Also on this hit list is pulque (ancient name: iztac octli), from Mexico. Time calls it the original tequila, tho its more like  a beer or toddy. The Aztecs were an ancient tribe that didnt predict 2012 & doom & gloom, unlike their ‘happening’ cousins, the Mayans, but the Aztecs are obviously laid back n not so calculative. So they cooler.

The Mayans were researching all sorts of goddam astrology, building fucking spaceships and getting concerned, while the Aztecs got high and screwed.

The hooch they created is from a plant called maguey, of the agave family. Gotta try.

Latest Aztec tech (Pix: Time)

It’s a white, milky shit, and is good for health. Well, like all booze then.

I got sumtin to add – samsu. Toddy too. Dat shit seems to be gettin rare in KL, tho i doubt it’ll ever disappear. Still an estate & kampung special.

I got sum leftover cough syrup – will try this sometime – one shot of cough mixture /codeine, add one shot of samsu, topped with Coke, n lotsa chunky ice. A squeeze of lime perhaps?

Damn, it’s starting to sound tasty. What shall i call it tho? Coca Codeine?

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