Page 48 - Thirst Magazine Issue 2 June 2017

FRESH, FLAVOURSOME
ROJAK

A mixed fruit and veg salad,
with a sweet and sour sauce;
the rojak proved equally as
challenging, though more
positive. SPICY NASI LEMAK
A fragrant rice dish, cooked
CT: Saison - The floral notes with coconut milk and served
worked well with the peanut with sweet and spicy sambal, PERFECT PAIRING
sauce. SAISON
crunchy anchovies, hard-
CHEF AARON AND ALVIN: Sour boiled egg and peanuts.
Ale - enhanced the flavours and Often served with squid or
balanced the spiciness.
fried chicken, it’s a busy dish
KIM: IPA - the hops brought out with complex flavours.
the fresh ingredients such as
the cucumber in the rojak. The entire panel was quick
MENG-CHAO: Pale ale - Acted as to endorse the Saison as the
a palette cleanser. best choice to pair with nasi
So as before, no clear consensus, lemak as it balanced the heat
though it seemed there were of the sambal very nicely,
a number of beers that ending our taste test perfectly.
complimented the dish.

PERFECT PAIRING
INCONCLUSIVE

Wonderful food with some of the best ales; what an afternoon. In truth we only scratched the
surface during this tasting. It’s clear that with such a breadth of dishes and flavours across the
region and the increasing number of international beers available, there are some surprising
pairings to be discovered. Not all will work, as we found out, but it’s going to be fun trying.

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