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On the Other Side of the Michelada

I never had a Michelada until I was intrigued by somebody drinking one while I was at Caracas’ Williamsburg location. For those of you that don’t know, a michelada is a beer cocktail composed of (obviously) beer, lime juice and assorted spices, salts, peppers, sauces served in a salt-rimmed glass. A seemingly bizarre concoction but it sounded interesting so we decided to try it out. Caracas‘ variety of the michelada is made with pacifo beer, lemon, home-made spicy panela and salt. I don’t know who came up with this random ass idea, but micheladas are damn good!

The above photos were taken at Barrio Chino while playing around with the camera. In each photo you see the other’s drink! Barrio Chino’s Michelada is made with a beer of your choice, Worcestershire, lime juice, and a salt crusted rim. I went for a Negra Modelo and Gao Di shot for Sol. The Negra Modelo version was awesome- I wasn’t sure what to expect from a michelada with a dark beer but it was super tasty. Gao Di was a little less pleased with the Sol. Barrio Chino also has really good food that I’ll be posting about later on….

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L’Ecole, French Culinary Institute Meal in Pictures

This is what a meal at the French Culinary Institute’s restaurant, L’Ecole, looks like.

Standouts: Pork belly appetizer was deliciously fatty. Lamb chop was amazing. Beer flight was a great run through different beer flavors.

For photos of the rest of the meal go through the jump… (more…)

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Wechsler’s Currywurst Goes Great With Köstritzer Schwarzbier

Having watched a some people eating a currywurst in line for Caracas during the Taste of 7th St festival, after we finished our Caracas arepa we walked around the corner to Wechsler’s Currywurst & Bratwurst on 1st avenue to get our own.

Wechsler’s is an awesome little German spot that has one guy manning the food and the bar. Wechsler’s offers Köstritzer Schwarzbier, a dark German lager that Gao Di happened to discover at another bar just about a week before this. She told me Köstritzer resembles our favorite Czech beer, the glorious Kozel and she was right. This beer rocks. It’s an awesome dark beer that isn’t too heavy and just tastes so good.

We got a currywurst to split between us with fries. This was delicious. Great chopped up pork with tasty curry sauce. Can’t go wrong with something like that. I also love thin cut french fries. Yum! $6 bucks.

Wechsler’s is located at 120 1st avenue between 7th st and St. Marks Place

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Beerlao Dark – Try this beer.

I had the pleasure of trying Beerlao Dark during Peep’s happy hour. My first introduction to Beerlao was with their lager at Bia Garden. The lager is good but a dark Beerlao is great. Its flavor is dark but not heavy, and although it comes from Laos, it reminds me of my favorite Czech darks like Kozel and Krušovice. Anything that channels memories of Kozel = awesome. Beerlao, I approve!