Monday, August 28, 2006
Divine Bar
Last Sunday I went with Tina to Divine Bar, big tapas lounge/wine bar in Midtown. They have 2 locations and we went to the one on the west side.
The decor is really nice and one can picture it packed with people on a Friday or Saturday night. In addition to tapas dishes (which can vary in quality here), they offer numerous wine flights and a good beer selection.
Here are the dishes we had:
Sesame Crusted Chicken w/ Cumin-Ginger-Curry Vinaigrette and Tsatziki Cucumber Dip
- These were ok except the chicken got kind of cold very quickly. Wasn't crazy about either of the dips.
On top: Spicy Beef Satay. In the middle: Quesadilla w/ Sliced Chicken, Ripe Tomato, Sweet Corn, and Cilantro with Vermont Cheddar. On the bottom: Baked Brie w/ Honey Roasted Walnuts and Dates and Apple Slices.
- The beef wasn't that great, and came w/ the same sauce as the chicken.
- Quesadillas were pretty standard stuff.
- The Brie was awesome. I had a bottle of Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale (which doesn't count) and it was an incredible match. The nutty flavors of the brie and the walnut/date mixture paired beautifully with the cedar notes of the beer.
Speaking of beer...
I HAD TWO NEW ONES!!
249) Wachusett Blueberry - I continue to be unimpressed/disgusted with fruit beers. I don't know what it is. I like to find subtle fruit flavors and aromas in my beer but I don't like when they are overpoweringly sweet and up front, and I don't like when they taste like flavored seltzer. This is sadly in the flavored seltzer category for me. The Dogfish Head ones (Aprihop, Raison) and Magic Hat #9 are the exceptions for me. I downed the rest of this quickly to get it overwith. Then I ordered the Hitachino.
Second new beer of the night was:
250) Unibroue Maudite - Since it was #250, I wanted to make it something a little special, and I'm glad I chose the Maudite. This is a Belgian style ale with a nice deep caramel color. It looks like syrup. Excellent fruit flavors reminiscent of a fine champagne. Nice caramel flavors blend in with that to bring you to a warm finish.
That's 250 beers with 115 to go. Expect my next update to be a catchup with 5 or 6 new ones on there.
Oh! And who can forget dessert!
We had the Nutella wontons. They was gooooood!
Later!
The decor is really nice and one can picture it packed with people on a Friday or Saturday night. In addition to tapas dishes (which can vary in quality here), they offer numerous wine flights and a good beer selection.
Here are the dishes we had:
Sesame Crusted Chicken w/ Cumin-Ginger-Curry Vinaigrette and Tsatziki Cucumber Dip
- These were ok except the chicken got kind of cold very quickly. Wasn't crazy about either of the dips.
On top: Spicy Beef Satay. In the middle: Quesadilla w/ Sliced Chicken, Ripe Tomato, Sweet Corn, and Cilantro with Vermont Cheddar. On the bottom: Baked Brie w/ Honey Roasted Walnuts and Dates and Apple Slices.
- The beef wasn't that great, and came w/ the same sauce as the chicken.
- Quesadillas were pretty standard stuff.
- The Brie was awesome. I had a bottle of Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale (which doesn't count) and it was an incredible match. The nutty flavors of the brie and the walnut/date mixture paired beautifully with the cedar notes of the beer.
Speaking of beer...
I HAD TWO NEW ONES!!
249) Wachusett Blueberry - I continue to be unimpressed/disgusted with fruit beers. I don't know what it is. I like to find subtle fruit flavors and aromas in my beer but I don't like when they are overpoweringly sweet and up front, and I don't like when they taste like flavored seltzer. This is sadly in the flavored seltzer category for me. The Dogfish Head ones (Aprihop, Raison) and Magic Hat #9 are the exceptions for me. I downed the rest of this quickly to get it overwith. Then I ordered the Hitachino.
Second new beer of the night was:
250) Unibroue Maudite - Since it was #250, I wanted to make it something a little special, and I'm glad I chose the Maudite. This is a Belgian style ale with a nice deep caramel color. It looks like syrup. Excellent fruit flavors reminiscent of a fine champagne. Nice caramel flavors blend in with that to bring you to a warm finish.
That's 250 beers with 115 to go. Expect my next update to be a catchup with 5 or 6 new ones on there.
Oh! And who can forget dessert!
We had the Nutella wontons. They was gooooood!
Later!
# posted by Nick @ 1:11 PM 
