MAKfam Teams Up with Novel Strand for Four Course Beer Pairing Dinner

Monday, August 7, 7pm to 9pm | Tickets: $80 Novel Strand Taproom | 305 West 1st Avenue, Denver, CO 80223

MAKfam, the soon-to-open brick-and-mortar evolution of Meta Asian Kitchen, helmed by Doris Yuen and Chef Ken Wan, has teamed up with Novel Strand Brewing for A Moment in Time Vol. XII a four-course beer pairing dinner under the stars taking place Monday, August 7. This special dinner will feature a preview of MAKfam’s tradition-inspired Chinese cuisine, available at their brick-and-mortar location, opening at 1st and Broadway in Denver later this fall just down the road from Novel Strand. Pairings include:

Roasted chicken bone broth congee, dried scallops, & soy

Tastes like the day after Thanksgiving, the only difference is we are using chicken bones instead of turkey.

Paired with THE BEER FROM BAKER, a Kolsch-style beer

Egg noodle wrapper, chicken, shrimp, herbs, house-made XO sauce

When we think of Hong Kong, we think of XO sauce. The fragrant umami of fried seafood and cured meats paired with this delicate wonton makes it soft and decadent!

Paired with FUNK SHWEI (fermented black tea and lychee)

Egg fried rice wrapped in lotus leaf, topped with braised pork belly

This classic lotus leaf-wrapped rice dish is synonymous with special occasions like weddings, but it’s also a perfect comfort food item year-round.

Paired with A DEMONSTRATION OF A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP (unfiltered hoppy beer)

Peach puree, tapioca pearls

Our play on the classic mango sago. We replaced the mango with Palisades Peaches as a homage to the great state of Colorado.

Paired with VICIOUS DELICIOUS: THE FAB 5 (sour beer with guava, mango, papaya, passionfruit, and pineapple)

MAKfam represents the essence of America’s new Asian culinary movement by reimagining traditional family-inspired Cantonese recipes through a modern perspective. Husband and wife team, Chef Kenneth Wan and Doris Yuen, first got their start through a series of street market-style pop-ups in Jersey City, NJ, and Queens, NYC before opening in Denver’s Avanti Food and Beverage in 2019 as Meta Asian Kitchen. Now MAKfam aims to redefine the limitations of Asian fare with contemporary dishes like their málà mozzarella sticks and Sichuan chicken wings, while also paying homage to their traditional roots with classics like pork belly bao buns, chicken, chive, and ginger dumplings, and sizzling spicy noodles a their upcoming brick-and-mortar location under the rebranded MAKfam moniker at 39 W 1st Ave, Denver, CO. Visit their website at: makfam.co and on Instagram at @makfam__ and @metaasiankitchen.