Wild Estonian Brown Bear

Yep, i just had my first try of bear meat. I will post pictures tomorrow, but thought i would put up the descriptions now, cos i have little else to do tonight (and this way i won't forget!).

So for starters I had Dried Elk meat with Herbs, and a half litre of Dark honey beer. Yummo. The elk meat was essentially jerky, but it was much better flavour than normal jerky, and was presented well... see upcoming pictures.

For the main i had the bear meat cooked over a fire, with pickled ginger, spelt (?), mixed berries and some other vegies. The ginger was very very mild, as was the garlic that accompanied the boar last time, and the berries were a great compliment. The meat it self was not at all what i expected, the flavour was not over powering at all! It was very tender, even though flame grilled, it felt like it was broiled! The flavour was delicate, and went really well with the glass of Cuvee De LiHermitage Satnt (?) Marcin des Champs (french red wine).

The waitress today was really great. I managed to get a discount, as the menu i got was an old one, and the prices were lower than on the system. She was good about it, and finally didn't charge me for the entree or water to equalise it -- and she gave me a bag of Elk meat to take with me! So, it was a pricey meal anyway, but ultimately it came to AUD$83 instead of $92.

I will be sure to post pictures, as well as others from the trip, in the next few days.