Sunday, May 03, 2009

Beer, in one of it's glories

Arrogant Bastard.
http://www.arrogantbastard.com/
Says it all.....well, except for the part about how really well crafted it is.
When it comes down to my personal day to day situations in life, and let me just tell you they have not been normal lately. I had this on draft at http://www.charlestonbeerworks.com/BusTrip.html and it really put me back on the quest for great beer. I mean, all day trying and searching for a beer that was up to snuff....this was it!
It is arrogant, it's meant to be! It's beautiful, it passes all the tests, it's delicious, it's complex, it's.....affordable!
One thing first, I don't like dark beers. I say that, but I accept that I don't really understand "dark" beers.
This beer....Is up top, easily!
Please enjoy!

Friday, May 01, 2009

How it went.

Well, it went.
If you could see the size of this restaurant, you could feel my pain. Not only that, there was a shift change right in the middle of my tasting. So, new guys coming in where all over my two feet of work space, then trying to do circles around from one end of the line around to the other not to pass right down the line where they were still trying to work. This place is TINE-EEE!
Also, there's the challenge of not trying to do my best....and a little mind reading of course.
One owner asked for specific things and the other owner shot them down as if it was silly to present in the first place. "No one will order Mole" (That's [MOH-lay], I don't want anyone to think I'm cooking up underground blind rats, although.....I would.)
I'm not going to go into details on the items just yet (I still need to get paid for them) maybe when they are put into print with a familiar face logo above them I'll come back to it.
But, here are the pictures in all their down played glory.
"Trust us, it's Mexican"




























PS, I sold five! Not bad for the first tasting.

Banana Leaves

These things are freakin huge!!
I ended up not using them in the final tasting, but they are pretty damn cool, and cheap actually.
Just a matter of finding them. I'm sure your local produce company could get them for you. I found these at a little Mexican market at the intersection of Maybank and Main on John's Island. 5 for $6, not bad, and they freeze.