Incredibly Good Food and Drink Pairing To Try Today
A good drink is the equivalent of a good sauce.
Are you one of them who thinks that food & drink pairings only existed with wines? We now see that wines are increasingly giving way to matching cocktails. Ideal for drinkers who don’t like wine but prefer to drink a cocktail with dinner. Apart from cocktails, champagne and beers also enhance the taste of food when perfectly matched.
Here, we are sharing incredible food and drink pairing that you must try.
Playing With Flavors
Eating out is an ultimate experience. Not only the ambiance of a restaurant or bar and the food contribute to this, drinks are also an unmistakable part of a night out or lunch outside.
By offering special food & drink pairings, restaurants complete the experience. Many customers enjoy tasting different drinks and discovering what those flavors do with the ingredients and dishes on their plates.
Drinks That Go Perfectly With The Dishes
Perhaps more than wine, cocktails lend themselves to playing with flavors. By mixing different drinks, along with adding fresh herbs and spices, bitters and garnishes, you can compose a drink that perfectly matches the dishes you serve. This is very inviting to taste.
Within the trend of food pairings with classy cocktails, we see another clear trend: there is a need for less sweet cocktails, especially in pairings. Because if you combine a drink that is too sweet with a dish, it immediately flattens out all flavors. Bartenders are creative with this and mix their drinks with tea, vegetable juices, fermented vegetables and savory ingredients such as five-spice powder.
Which Wine to Drink With Which Food?
It is, of course, entirely up to you when you drink which wine, but there are a number of starting points. For example, you often start the starter with a fresh dry white wine and with the main course, you often switch to red wine. Are you having red meat? Then a solid red wine is definitely recommended, such as a Malbec. Another food and wine pairing — If you switch to dessert, a dessert wine is a good choice. These are often a bit sweeter and can be perfectly combined with, for example, a cheese platter.
Champagne to Toast With
If you have something to celebrate, people quickly talk about the well-known bubble. Sparkling wine or champagne is perfect for a celebration. You can, of course, make this as crazy and expensive as you want. Do you opt for a brut? Or a more luxurious variant. Champagne can also be drunk very well as an aperitif, for example, upon arrival. By the way, be careful with fatty food in combination with champagne; this does not enhance the taste.
Beer While Eating
Not a fan of wine? Then you probably like a beer. But how do you combine that with the food? To make it special, you can opt for a special beer during dinner. Asahi beer can easily be combined with, for example, a stew and a piece of salmon. A white beer can be enjoyed with a salad or fresh fish.
Mixed Drinks
Also called cocktails, and may not be the first drink you think of during dinner. But cocktails are, of course, very suitable for drinks. Think of a good snack platter with olives, sausage and cheese. Most people are fan of the sweeter cocktails, but a gin tonic is, of course, also very popular nowadays.
After knowing all the incredible food and drink combinations, are you going to explore the best place to try these incredible pairing? Mint & Basil in Tung Chung is the best bar in Tung Chung, along with offering top class PAN Asian food that you can try with drinks. Happy eating & drinking!