Chopstork

I’m in Munich. I was gonna have dinner at the Hofbrauhaus. I got distracted by the Japanese restaurant next door. Food I know with a waiter I can speak to. Too hungry to decipher a German menu. Except the staff were the wrong variety of Asian. So I still got my Japanese meal, with a German beer, but with a Vietnamese atmosphere.

Stopped in at the Augustiner Bierhalle after. I don’t know an Ale from a Lager, let alone a Vollbier from an Edelstoff. The first thing on the menu would be too obvious, so I went with the second - Dunkel Radler. Was pretty sure Dunkel means dark. Waiter said, “Radler?” I said Ya. Beer came, all frothy on top. And then it was sweet?!? Uh, what did I just order? One of those fruit beers? Kind of. I consulted the trusty phrase book. Radler is “biker.” “Radler is a refreshing mix of beer and lemonade, invented in Munich for cyclists on hot days.” It was pretty good actually, once I got over the surprise. Refreshing indeed. Black Adders are too sweet for me, but this was just right. I’m gonna compete with little Timmy’s lemonade stand this summer.

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