We gathered in a cramped room in the Zetter Townhouse in St John’s Square off the trendy Clerkenwell Road in north London for a briefing on Beefeater 24, Pern...
Gastro Beers
27 August, 2008
Chefs match sushi with beer
Matching food with the right drink should be a matter of taste,
not habit. It's wrong to assume that wine is the inevitable solution.
Matching food with the right drink should be a matter of taste,
not habit. It's wrong to assume that wine is the inevitable solution.
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Japan's most famous cuisine, sushi, is eaten traditionally with sake but many prefer beer. The Royal Garden Hotel's executive chef, Steve Munkley, sushi chef Ricky Idris and Beer Academy co-founder, Rupert Ponsonby, got together at the London hotel last month to match different beers with various sushi dishes from around the world.
Following the tasting g uests were asked to choose their favourite combinations , which were:
?atec Pils (Czech Republic) with minted cucumber maki rolls (pictured right); Sol (Mexico) with warm-grilled eel nigiri; Schneider Weiss (Germany) with sea bass, ginger and soy sauce and Kasteel Cru (Alsace) with chicken teriyaki sichimi roll (pictured left).
Following the tasting g uests were asked to choose their favourite combinations , which were:
?atec Pils (Czech Republic) with minted cucumber maki rolls (pictured right); Sol (Mexico) with warm-grilled eel nigiri; Schneider Weiss (Germany) with sea bass, ginger and soy sauce and Kasteel Cru (Alsace) with chicken teriyaki sichimi roll (pictured left).
