Sorry that this series of blog posts is taking so long to get done. Yes, we’ve been back from our honeymoon for 10 days…We moved into our new apartment last weekend and it’s been really busy around here. Maybe next trip won’t be “technology free” and these posts will be more timely. Or not.
After Philly, Brian and I headed to Delaware to check out the Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Longwood Gardens and the Brandywine River Museum. We stopped in Wilmington with the hopes of finding something to do and somewhere to eat. Frankly, there didn’t seem to be much going on in downtown Wilmington, but the folks at the visitors center mentioned something about a brewery. Brian, beer lover that he is, decided that was where we should have dinner and, after getting lost driving around the city, we found Iron Hill Brewery located on the riverfront.
He hasn’t stopped talking about it since.
We started our meal with a sampler of 8 types of beer, the 6 house beers and two seasonals of our (Brian’s) choosing:
My husband, who is far more knowledgable about these things than I, thought the beer was really great. I actually liked most of them too, and only having to have a little of each was definitely the way to go for me. Sampling all the different kinds was a lot of fun. It’s possible I’m starting to like beer. Who woulda thought?
We also ordered an appetizer of sweet potato fries. Sweet potato fries aren’t usually on my radar, but they might be in the future. I think the picture speaks for itself. Amazing. I would’ve been content to skip the main course and just eat more fries.
For our entrees, Brian had a pulled pork sandwich:
He really liked it:
I had a “healthy selection” crab cake with tomatoes, avocado, baby arugula, and roasted tomato-jalapeño vinaigrette:
You know you’d had a lifestyle change when you order things off the “healthy selections” menu not because it’s healthy but because it sounds more appetizing than the “normal selections”.
The food was really delicious, the portions sufficient and the atmosphere was fun. Brian suggested, before the meal was even over, that we forgo looking for other restaurants and just come back to Iron Hill for the remaining evenings of our trip. I declined, but it wouldn’t have been the worst thing ever. Iron Hill Brewery has several locations in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Can you beat the beer sampler? We love them. When I was much younger, I thought the “Hop’s” brew pub chain was it! Boy, I have I learned a thing or two since then! Great series.