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Saturday: 12 Percent Belgian dinner at Hawthornes

POSTED: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 7:21 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Philly Beer Week 2010

Photo | Drew Lazor

There are marquee beer dinners aplenty this Philly Beer Week — say hi if you see us at South Philly Tap Room's nine-course Founders dinner this Friday — and first-timers Hawthornes (738 S. 11th St.) are right in the fray with this Saturday's 12 Percent Belgian beer dinner. The Brooklyn-based importers have secured attendance from seven straight-from-Belgium brewers, all of whom will be on hand for the meal, which'll run from 7 to 9. The dinner will feature five courses, each paired with an ultra-rare Belgian brew (12-ouncers, too, none of this teeny tasting-portion nonsense), for $65 a head. Call 215-627-3012 for rezzies. Full menu, with beer pairings, after the jump. First Course: Roasted Beef Tenderloin, Potato Shallot Puree, Roasted Beets with Swiss Chard Beer: Botteresse Noire Second Course: Seared Ahi Tuna, Barley Risotto, Hop Sauce Reduction with a sour Malt Syrup Beer: Valier Extra Third Course: Tomato Granita, SautÃ©ed Calamari, Roasted Radicchio with a Pine Nut Tuile Beer: De Dochter Van De Korenaar Bravoure Fourth Course: Roasted Fig, Basil Toasted Pound Cake, Lemon Grass Gastrique and Mascarpone Cheese Beer: Gaverhopke Blonde Fifth Course: Mache with poached egg, crispy Shallot, Thick Cut Slab Bacon, Severed over a homemade toasted Brioche topped with a Tarragon Egg Dressing Beer: Valier Blonde

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Posted 2010-06-08 19:11:00

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by jesse cornell, Meal Ticket. Meal Ticket said: Importers @twelve_percent throwing a five-course Belgian beer dinner at @HawthorneCafe this Saturday: http://bit.ly/cAkA8b [...]

louis reindeer

Posted 2010-06-08 23:24:20

The chef must have been drunk when he decided the order of the courses.

Brie

Posted 2010-06-10 13:57:28

seriously, did he pick them out of a hat?

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Posted 2010-06-11 18:26:14

[...] 12 Percent Belgian beer dinner at Hawthornes (11th and Fitzwater) tonight. Five courses, five ultra-rare imports, $65. More details here. [...]

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