Daily Blog: What's Your Favorite Beer?

Picking one beer and calling it my favorite is plain impossible. There are just so many beers out there to choose one. I love almost all kinds of beers. I’ve drank about almost every kind of beer out there such as Blue Moon, Hoegaarden, Purple Haze, Bud Light, Coors Light, Coronas, Sapporo, Bintang (Indonesian Beer), Raspberry Sly Fox, Stella, Yuengling, Heineken are just the few that I’ve had. For other beers that I didn’t list I would have to be in the mood to drink them.

For the most part I enjoy wheat beer. That I can say is my favorite type of beer. Some of the wheat beers I drink are Blue Moon, Hoegaarden and Purple Haze. I just started drinking Purple Haze and it’s not always available at most bars.  Although my friends laugh at me when I tell them about Purple Haze it’s actually a really good beer. If you like light beers then I’d recommend drinking wheat beer.

One of my all time classic beer are Coronas. I remember I started drinking Coronas when I went to the Pool Halls in Jackson Heights. Every pool hall in Jackson Heights severed Coronas. Some people drink it with a lime, but I don’t really have a preference, I’ll drink it either way. It’s also a great beer to have when you’re having a BBQ because the taste of the beer goes great with the food.

Another beer I use to drink at one point is Stella. It’s a nice heavier beer, not one made for chugging. This is one of those beers you drink slowly so you can appreciate the quality of it, similar to Heineken. When I was in Amsterdam I got to visit the Heineken Brewery. There was so much history to it. I never knew it was a family business and it’s now on its 4^th generation. The story itself is remarkable. For more on my trip to the Brewery stay tuned.

Then of course there are the American beers. My favorite American beer is Yuengling. The taste is different from Bud Light or Coors, but this to me is a great beer to have when you’re hanging out at the bar. When 1849 in the Village use to be a good bar to go to my friends and I would order a pitcher of Yuengling and get some wings. Yuenling has a distinct taste, but don’t let it fool you. Those dark beers will catch up to you so take your time drinking them.

Now for the dark lagers, I’m not really a big fan of them. Guinness is good, but I’m not running to the bar to drink it. I do enjoy it when I’m doing a car bomb. I’ve also tried New Castle as well, but it’s just not something I would prefer. To drink dark lager it’s an acquired taste that I don’t have and I don’t think I’ll be getting anytime soon.

I like my light beers for the most part and that’s what I’m sticking in. 

Daily Blog: Recap of the Weekend

My weekend started Friday at 1PM after leaving work. So thankful for my new job because at my old job summer hours started after 4th of July and you get out at 2:30 on Fridays. At my job now summer hours started after Memorial Day so after 5 years that was a nice change up. Friday was a low key kind of day. With all this rain we got there was no way I wanted to go out and meet the storm Andrea.

So after work I went to the nail salon. I've been going to the same nail salon for the past 10 years now. (I go to NYC Nails at 88-03 Jamaica Ave, Woodhaven.) The owners are a Chinese couple and I swear they look like they never age. Spent almost 2 hours three cause it took forever to do my nails. I had to soak them and then I had them put a silk wrap on it. At the end the two hours spend there was well worth it. 

After that I picked up some Chinese food nothing special buffalo chicken wings and pork fried rice. So Friday night was pretty quiet and I got the rest I've been needing.

Saturday I got to wake up late and my boyfriend and  I decided to have a mini BBQ. Just the two of us with my family. Although we planned on having the BBQ ready by 3:30PM by the time we were done food shipping and putting the new mini grill together it was already 5:30PM.

The menu for the BBQ were suppose to be hot dogs, hamburgers, sausage with peppers, and grilled eggplant with of course potato and macaroni salads. Once we were done with the burgers and hot dogs we were done for the night. So the sausage and peppers will be for our next BBQ unless we get it started earlier in the day. 

For dessert I put green and red grapes and bananas on a skewer. After that I drizzled chocolate syrup on them. After that you put it in the fridge till when you're ready to eat them. 

It was such a refreshing snack. Last night was a really beautiful night. The air was cool and not muggy how it was during the day. It was definitely a good day for a BBQ. 

Then comes Sunday. I woke up this morning and I thought to myself the weekend goes by so fast. Then it's back to the same routine. I just hope summer doesn't go by too fast so I can actually enjoy it. 

Today for lunch I went to a Korean BBQ restaurant that's actually open 24 hours. The place is called Chung Kiwa Restaurant located at 40-07 74th Street Jackson Heights and the food is amazing. I've been going there since I was a kid and the staff has always been so nice and friendly. I would go into details about the food, but the restaurant deserves a blog of it's own. I went out for lunch because my mom's intern is leaving to start off her next journey. I wish her luck and many success. 

After lunch I went home and relaxed before I had to cook for the week. I've been cooking every Sunday for the work week for 3 weeks now and eating healthier does make a difference. Now all I have to do is get back on my work out routine and soon I'll be where I want to be. 

So overall that was my weekend in a nutshell. Can't wait for what next weekend is going to bring.