{"id":379778,"date":"2026-04-22T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/?p=379778"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:41:19","slug":"euphoria-celebrates-its-21st-birthday-with-savory-bites-and-saccharine-sips-in-this-weeks-weekly-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/news\/euphoria-celebrates-its-21st-birthday-with-savory-bites-and-saccharine-sips-in-this-weeks-weekly-dish\/","title":{"rendered":"Euphoria celebrates 21 years with savory bites, saccharine sips: Weekly Dish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you miss me? I sure missed you.<\/p>\n

Allow me to reintroduce the concept: This is the Weekly Dish, here to deliver food news and experiences. We took a brief hiatus but recognizing the people of the Upstate may be missing bite-sized food knowledge and sip happenings, we thought it was high time to return.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re sliding in right on time to bring you a recap of euphoria SpringFest event, Forever 21, hosted at Society Sandwich Bar & Social Club<\/a> in downtown Greenville April 17. The event was 21st birthday-themed in honor of euphoria\u2019s 21 years in existence. With that, the team at Society shook up nostalgic cocktails that harkened the days of masking liquor \u2013 sweet and mawkish.<\/p>\n

Stephen Phillips, Oscar Chena and Society chef and co-owner Chris Rosensteel, divided the evocative meal into four courses each paired with a cocktail.<\/p>\n

The Neon Nights stood out for its incredible commitment to balance.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret we love ramen for its complexity. Ramen exists to us in a window of contradictions \u2013 as sentimental as mom\u2019s bone broth on a sick day, as complicated as its tares and aromatic oils rendering it a standalone soup.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also no secret that Rosensteel has managed to carve out space for himself that honors traditional ramen\u2019s complexity and his own upbringing thousands of miles away from Japan \u2013 making Society\u2019s ramen perfectly creative without pretentiousness nor pining for its origin.<\/p>\n

Neon Nights featured coconut matcha ramen with duck breast, chili crisp, and glazed carrots topped with furikake and bulls blood beet. Despite the earthiness of furikake, matcha and bulls blood, what really came through was succulent duck breast that wandered just a hair past richness but was balanced by a whiskey-forward cocktail \u201cWhat\u2019s my age again?\u201d \u2013 a nod to a popular Blink-182 song.<\/p>\n

As the song goes, \u201cnobody likes you when you\u2019re 23.\u201d Luckily, euphoria is still two years and oodles of noodles away from it.<\/p>\n

Bite sized bits:<\/strong><\/p>\n