San Antonio – Tuk Tuk Tap Room<\/p>\n
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One of the most interesting things we did while in San Antonio was attend a Pop-Up Dinner at a restaurant slated to open in the month following our trip.\u00a0 Chef David Gilbert with Steve and Jody Newman, have paired up to open Tuk Tuk Taproom just north of downtown across from the Pearl. The restaurant and bar will serve Asian street fare and offer more than 60 craft beer taps. Also on tap will be 2 different types of kombucha.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe combination of street food in Asia and beer is the most common food and beverage pairing amongst the locals across the \u2018eastern creek,\u2019\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0Gilbert, who was executive chef at Sustenio inside Hotel \u00c9ilan Resort and Spa, was a James Beard Foundation semifinalist for Best Chef-Southwest this year.\u00a0 He also was named 2007 Rising Star Chef by StarChefs.com<\/a> and authored \u201cKitchen Vagabond<\/a>,\u201d a description of his food travels through Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n I could barely believe we were invited to dine at a restaurant that had no kitchen, no tables, and no air conditioning and was smack dab in the middle of construction.\u00a0 We ate our dinner in the front lot of the establishment sitting at giant spool tables with folding chairs.\u00a0 The moment we met Chef Gilbert, I knew why we were here- the food.\u00a0 Interesting plates of Asian street fare paired with craft beer is quite a delightful match.\u00a0 Steve paired the beers for the courses and it all made sense- simply prepared foods with fresh ingredients prepared in traditional styles made for delicious, delectable delight.\u00a0 Our dinner included Shrimp & Pomelo wrapped in Bette leaf, a Green Papaya Salad, Satay with Chicken,\u00a0 Chiang Mai Sausage, & Tofu, Banh Mi, Green Curry, Larb, and finished with Asian fruits like Rambutan & Lychee.\u00a0 Everything we sampled was flavorful and unusual with authentic ingredients.\u00a0 Such joy & delight!\u00a0 It was truly a magical night- the food definitely transported us to far away lands and the entire group raved about the experience.<\/p>\n These guys are really committed to their respective crafts- food and beer.\u00a0 The partners are calling the restaurant\/bar \u201cthe first chef-driven Asian food and craft beer concept\u201d in the country.\u00a0 By the time you are reading this article- the restaurant will be open.\u00a0 I\u2019ll call it a \u201cdefinite do not miss\u201d while in San Antonio.\u00a0 Nightwire wishes the partners much success and with such an interesting concept- look forward to it being standing room only in no time!\u00a0 I bet you\u2019ll be reading about it somewhere else soon.\u00a0 Keep up with them on Facebook & Twitter or follow their progress at www.tuktuktaproom.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" San Antonio – Tuk Tuk Tap Room One of the most interesting things we did while in San Antonio was attend a Pop-Up Dinner at a restaurant slated to open in the month following our trip.\u00a0 Chef David Gilbert with Steve and Jody Newman, have paired up to open Tuk Tuk Taproom just north […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1095","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8aPSh-hF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1096,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1095\/revisions\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}