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I had the pleasure of attending one of the 1600 World Bier Haus' Belgium Beer Dinners, which is a five course dinner, paired with five Belgium Biers for $55.
http://www.1600bierhaus.com/Announcements/tabid/11245/Default.aspx
The first course was a Seafood Gratin with Baby Sea Scallops and baby prawns wtih a dliirium tremens cream sauce. The beer pairing was also a Delirium Tremens. I am not a big seafood fan, so I only had a few tastes. The gratin and cream sauce was pretty yummy. I went to the event with a friend of mine, and she absolutely LOVED it, since she is a big seafood lover, so she gratefully ate hers, and the rest of mine with a big "thumbs up".
Course two was a Fruli infused goat cheese with candied pecans & grapes, on a bed of micro greens drizzled with a fruli verjus. This salad was unbelivable! The fruli infused goat cheese was absolutely heavenly. I would love to see this salad end up on their permanent menu! They could count on me ordering it every time I came into the restaurant! This was paired with Fruli, which is a strawberry beer. I am not a huge beer drinker, so this one was my favorite. Aside of the fact that it smelled delicious and tasted just as good, it is also low in calories. It is equivalent to that of a light beer.
Course three was a black currant sorbet with a de koninck slush. The sorbet was delicious. The beer slush on top was an unexpected addition, and the salty slush, paired with the black current sorbet was a neat combination!. The beer pairing was a De Koninck.
Course four was a Delirium Nocturnum braised beef and truffle cannelloni. The actual braised beef was delicious. It was tender and full of flavor. Delirium Nocturnum was the beer pairing. For my palate, it was quite bitter, so if you like bitter beer, this one is for you! '
The fifth course, dessert was a vanilla bean and Affigem cheesecake wtih flambe bananas and banana compote, with the beer pairing of Affligem. The flambe bananas and whip cream were to die for! I didn't find the cheesecake sweet at all. I believe the Affligem took a lot of the sweetness out, to make it almost a bitter taste, which was a neat contrast with the flambe bananas. Very cool combo!
What was pretty cool about this experience, was that the beer rep was there to tell us about the beers we were trying, and also, the Chef was also explaining how the dishes we were trying were prepared, so there was an education piece as well. Well done 1600 Bier Haus, for putting on a truly unique experience for beer drinkers!
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