Dearest Sandwich Lovers:There's something you may not know about me, over the past year and a half, I have become more and more interested and skilled in homebrewing.
That's right, I'll spend afternoons brewing in my kitchen as the scent of cooking grains fills the kitchen. Then I'll wait the four weeks it takes for the brew to be fully fermented and carbonated. Really nothing is better than drinking your own home made beer.
Keeping this in mind, I have been expanding my beer tasting to lesser known beers and locally produced craft brews. This desire to find better tasting beer has lead me to search out small breweries in the Los Angeles area. Recently I found the Bonaventure Brewing Co. and that's where this week's adventure begins.
Located in the historic Bonaventure Westin Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the BBC is a great little restaurant offering pub food and that up to 4 different craft beers, and a rotating fifth option.
For the beers I switched between an incredible Strawberry Blonde (with fresh and powerful strawberry flavor) and a standard Hefeweisse. Both of them were fresh, crisp and refreshing. The blonde was probably the best I've had in quite awhile.
But we're not here to just talk beer, this blog is all about sandwiches, and for this week's sandwich I had the Ahi Burger with wasabi mayo, arugula,tomatoes and onion rings on a wheat bun.
The burger itself was incredible. The Ahi patty was about an inch thick even after cooking and was full of flavor, without being too fishy. It was tender, juicy, and fell apart with every bite.
The wasabi mayo left a very light spicy wasabi flavor without being too hot or overpowering. The onion rings and arugula combined to add a crunchy contrast to the soft fish patty. the onion rings also weren't overfried or too over-powering in flavor. The wheat bun was fresh, and held together until the end.
But, did I say tomatoes? Isn't that a huge negative with sandwiches so far?
Usually, yes, but these tomatoes were not mealy at all. I even added them myself to the sandwich and thoroughly enjoyed them.
Overall, a most excellent sandwich.
So my dear readers, if you are in Los Angeles, I can highly recommend the Bonaventure Brewing Co. with their delicious hand crafted beer and delicious sandwiches.
But even if you're not in LA, I must recommend that you search out your own local microbrewery and support your local beermasters. And while you're at it, enjoy a great opub styled sandwich too.
Until next week...
Ahi Tuna Burger
**** 1/2 Stars
Bonaventure Brewing Co.
404 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Bonaventure Brewing Co.
Another one I wish I could try :)
ReplyDeleteAhi Burgers are the bomb. So are Salmon Burgers, and Mahi Mahi Burgers. I don't think there's too many other fish I'd want to make a burger out of though.
ReplyDeletei wonder if a shark burger would work, in honor of "shark week"
ReplyDeleteSounds good maybe we can try this out when we come out.
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