Simo’s Cafistro
This weekend my girlfriend and I went to Des Moines and stopped by Simo’s Cafistro in West Des Moines for dinner. Simo’s is a small and quaint little restaruant that specializes in Cajun style cuisine. The chef Randy is a big fan of our beer. He told me that he uses our Schild Brau in several of his dishes, including Jambalaya and his Stuffed Pork Loin. I had the jamabalaya, and let me tell you, it was simply delicious! I have been to New Orleans, and has some fine creole food down there, and this was on par, if not better than anything I had down there. My girlfriend had the Stuffed Porkloin, which was equally impressive. Both dishes were full of deep spicy flavors, that literally meld in your mouth. They went very well with my bottle of Schild Brau, which I noticed was of a recent bottling. A sign of how much of our beer they are going through!
My dish was ‘medium’ hot. Randy told me you can request a dish be any level of spicyness. I thing it was just about perfect, but some of you might want to tell them to turn it up a few notches.
So if you looking for something a little different in Iowa, don’t miss this restuarant:
Randy out infront of the cafe:
227 5th St West Des Moines , IA 50265
Phone: (515) 274-2463
They open for dinner at 5:30
June 14th, 2004 at 4:20 am
What are the chances of bringing him up and doing a Budweiser-free Cajun Fest in the Amana Colonies?
June 14th, 2004 at 4:55 am
Thats a good idea. heh. I think what is more likely is I will go to him and do some sort of multi-course beer dinner. I will look into it.
I have upgraded the comment system. If you sign up for typekey, then you can comment instantly. Otherwise comments have to wait for me to approve them. This is to stop all the spammers trying to hijack this site with ugly ads in the comments…
June 14th, 2004 at 11:05 am
How does one sign up for this typekey?
June 17th, 2004 at 4:27 am
Nevermind, figured it out: www.typekey.com
June 17th, 2004 at 7:52 am
no It was my fault, when I killed the pop up comments, I also killed the typekey information. It now works, but the formatting is all screwy. i’ll get that fixed sometime when I have time. I only managed to get up two of the four pallets of malt, and now I have to get home.
I spent yesterday preparing an old IBM thinkpad to use in the brewhouse to keep records of our brews. If you or anyone you know is a linux geek, I could probably use some help.
Aaron
June 18th, 2004 at 5:25 am
Funny you ask…check your e-mail! *is typing from Mandrake Linux variant as we speak*