I'm not your classic beer drinker. I don't like ultra harsh beers with an aftertaste that feels like something died on your tongue. For the longest time, my fave beer has been Amstel Bright. No, you can't get it here in the US or even outside the Dutch Caribbean. It doesn't have ANY aftertaste... it's just, just bright. I enjoy visiting Bonaire and Curacao if for no other reason but to drink some Amstel Bright.
As many of you know, I almost always ask my waitress for his/her favorites and just the way they would have them. Emma, our wonderful waitress at Gordon Biersch, hesitatingly offered me Hefeweizen with a caveat that she thought I might not like it. She explained that it had bananas in it and many did not consider it a serious beer. It was amazing. I could actually smell and taste the bananas. It is a creamy beer, goes down easy with no bitterness and has very little aftertaste. It was the same aftertaste as if you had just eaten, wait for it, a banana. I might have to go back just for another glass or six. Good stuff!
Then she brought me lobster/shrimp tacos. Hey, I live in the Keys. I have lobster and shrimp coming out of my ears sometimes, and I can't count how many times I have been disappointed by crappy shrimp preparations when I've tried them off of my island. In spite of my worries, this was also AWESOME! Yum. It came with some heat too and though I wasn't prepared for that, it really made the meal.
Yes, the food was great but nearly as great as the company. Elena and I got to have dinner with our neighbors in Key Largo, Larry and Sharon Conner of Atlantis Dive Resorts in Dumaguete and Puerto Valera.
FWIW, I'll be posting the lighter side of DEMA in this thread. I will be covering the business side over in this thread:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/sh...-las-vegas-convention-center-north-halls.html
