![]() Since the dish is quite fiery, we go to New England for the beer pairing with Unsung’s Cygnus Hazy IPA a west coast IPA would have intensified the situation. The dinner’s inspiration comes from a few regions of India, and the western coastal area called Goa is where dish number two is popular: Shrimp Balchao is served on a thin crispy sheet of rice paper with some cooling avocado raita drizzled on top. The light body of the beer has some dank and earthy hop notes that play well with the pani-popper. We all drop the shot into the shell, pop it in our pie holes, then voila… chase it down with Unsung’s Session IPA, Short Round. ![]() Pani Puri isn’t anything like a mani pedi.īack to the Pani Puri, which is essentially a light and crispy shell on top of a shot glass filled with potato and tamarind mint water, I don’t think anyone expected such a fun start. I worked with Unsung owner Michal Crea to make sure five fresh IPAs would be available for the event, then a few weeks later, here we all are seated family style at a cozy table as the sunset glows down the historic Anaheim train tracks. It was truly fun to watch her creativity spark as she feverishly scribbled down the menu in a well-worn journal. I mean, IPA literally means India Pale Ale, so why not?Ī few weeks prior, chef-owner of Adya, Shachi Mehra, and I discussed the menu, the flow of dish intensity, and hop notes for each IPA. I also really wanted to prove that an all-IPA beer dinner can work quite well, given the right beer-drinking chef and cuisine combination. But here I am, on the rails in Anaheim’s Packing District at Adya, somehow reenacting a scene from Wes Anderson’s Darjeeling Limited with a shot of Pani Puri and an Unsung Brewing session IPA to start.įull disclosure, like a learned Indian parent, I arranged this marriage of unlikely bedfellows, for no better reason than to have a fun event during OCBeerWeek. ![]() If you told me five years ago that Orange County would have a beer dinner on the bed of a train featuring the fresh Indian flavors of Adya restaurant paired with beers made 50-feet away, I’d be quick to recommend a good therapist.
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