IS BEER THE NEW WINE FOR MATCHING MENUS?

摘要

WINE has long been considered the rightful beverage match for food, but some restaurateurs are tapping the growing thirst for craft beers and taking customers on a non-traditional food-pairing flight.Joseph Abboud, owner and chef at contemporary Middle Eastern restaurant Rumi in Melbourne, was encouraged to begin offering beer and food pairing for special occasion menus such as Father's Day after importing the Lebanese craft beer 961."We just think it really works," Abboud says. "There is one [beer] made with za'atar and sumac and chamomile and mint that pairs perfectly, and it's basically throughimporting that we got to know more and more craft beers and how suitable it is to food."