Flor de Cana - Rum Club

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La Isla Rum Club
11.27.12
Featured Rum: Flor de Caña

It may have been chilly and damp outside, but inside La Isla was warm and cozy - probably due to all the people drinking delicious rum and enjoying good company! Rum Club was another great success with Flor de Caña serving up some tasty samples of their award winning rum next to our authentic puerto rican dishes made by the talented Chef Hernan! Flor de Caña, Spanish for sugarcane flower,  has won over 100 awards internationally in the last decade and we were excited to host their rum and introduce another great product to our wonderful customers and friends.

The first course was Guineitos en Escabeche (Pickled Green Bananas) served with Flor de Caña Extra Dry 4 years. The 4 year carried hints of mint, caramel, banana peel, and butterscotch.

Guineitos en Escebeche

Our second course was Crèma de Platano served with Flor de Caña Grand Reserve 7 years. Plantains and bananas were a reoccurring item Tuesday, this time blended up into a hot soup with crispy fried cod fish fritters as a very necessary garnish. The 7 year had notes of caramel toffee, vanilla, walnut, and chocolate.

Crèma de Platano

The third pairing was Pavochon Relleno de Trifongo (Pork marinated Turkey Roast stuffed with Mashed Tubers) alongside the Flor de Caña Centenario 12 years. This sample is made with walnut, pecan, caramel, honey, vanilla, and has some mellow oakiness.  The stuffing (also made with plantains) was incredible.

Pavochon Relleno de Trifongo

For dessert, we had Arroz con Dulce and Rum Chocolate balls (Flor de Caña of course) paired nicely with La Isla’s Porcelain Doll, which is vanilla rum, 151, Kahlua, and cream.

Arroz con Dulce

Again, thank you thank you thank you! We love seeing all of you here at La Isla smiling, having fun and of course enjoying good rum and good food! Make sure to mark your calendars for the next Rum Club, Tuesday, December 25^th!

 For more photos check out our Facebook album!

Centenario Rum Club at La Isla

Salute!

For those of you new to Rum Club,  once a month we hold a food and rum combo night where you’re able to try an ensemble of rums that are paired with complementing side dishes. If you enjoy good people, good food and particularly good Rum – Rum Club at La Isla is the place to be! For those of you who have been to Rum Club before, you know exactly what we're talking about.

            

yum, yum, rum!

 This month’s rum club was sponsored by Centenario. Our friend Ben, the Centenario rep, came down and shared some background on the brand and how it’s most popular in Mexico but fresh to Washington State.  The rum flight included the 5yr, 7yr, 12yr, and 25yr with delicious food pairings. We started out with a squash and walnut soup followed by Costa Rican native Gallo Pinto Frittata and finished with a decadent Pumpkin Pie-esque dessert.

           

Alongside good rum and good food - we here at La Isla, make it our personal duty to ensure you’re enjoying yourself and having a good time; that’s what its all about right?  We were excited to see so many of you show up! So make sure next month you mark your calendars for Rum Club and come have a fun filled evening with friends while, most likely, making new ones!!  

Rum Dinner on Thursday, June 28th

Saludos Rum Bums! Join us to celebrate our recent crowning of Don Q as our house rum. On Thursday, June 28th at 8pm, we will host a rum dinner that will feature a five-course meal accompanied by five courses of Don Q rum (and a surprise cocktail). Our very special guests will include Don Q representatives Esteban Ordoñez, D'Shawn Jackson and Barclay Webster, who will be flying in from the three other corners of the globe. 

We are limiting this dinner to 40 people (10 tickets have already been sold). Tickets are just $45 and can be purchased in advance at La Isla. We hope to see you on Thursday night!!

May 2012 recap ~ Islands, islands, and more islands...

Sometimes, rum tasting is as much a lesson in geography as it is an exercise of indulging the palate. In May, the Rum Bums got a taste of three island spirits. Alfonso and Hernan were manning the kitchen and served up delicious Caribbean-style dishes. 

Our first round of the night was a taste of Cruzan Estate Diamond 5-year rum from St. Croix. Cruzan prides itself on using virgin rainwater to cut this blend of 5 to 10-year rums that are aged in a single oak barrel. This rum smelled as sweet as brown sugar and had a lingering, spicy finish. The Cruzan 5-year was accompanied by crab and sweet plantain patties, served with a garlic-infused cream sauce and mango salsa. 

Up second was Scarlet Ibis rum from Trinidad & Tobago. A blend of 3 to 5-year rums, Scarlet Ibis is distilled in copper pots and aged in small white oak barrels.  This rum came across to me as a sweet cherry flavor with a fiery finish. The food pairing for this spirit was a plantain and cod croquette (somewhat reminiscent of a crab cake) served with a tangy cream sauce and slice of lime.   

The final taste of the evening was Sea Wynde rum. Sea Wynde is a unique blend as it marries rums from both Jamaica and Guyana. The rum is produced using a traditional pot distilling method and bottled in small batches. it is smokey yet sweet with hints of vanilla. Sea Wynde is offered on the La Isla whisky flight - which is a great way to taste it if you weren’t able to make it to rum club! We finished the food pairings with a decadent summertime treat featuring mojito gelato topped with a breaded sweet potato croquette. 

Stay tuned for details regarding our special rum dinner in June which will feature Don Q rum. 

Rum Bums on Tuesday night

The Rum Bums will be island hopping on Tuesday, April 24 with featured spirits from Barbados and St. Lucia. 

Top billing will be given to Plantation rums, which are born of a unique double-aging technique. These rums are first aged for several years (generally in bourbon casks) in the Caribbean and then shipped off to France where they are transferred to oak casks and aged for up to one year. We will be sipping the Plantation 5-year blend as well as one of the 2000 rums. 

We’ll finish off the night with a taste of the Chairman’s Reserve rum, which is billed as being a versatile spirit that can stand alone or make great cocktails. 

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday night!