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Tales of a Seafood Eating Salesman - #2 |
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Written by David Vettese
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On the road with DV – *2
At the behest of a slightly befuddled webmaster, we extended an invitation to David Vettese to write a regular column, regaling tales of his travelling salesman experiences, which to us seem to be around the major lobster eating restaurants of the world. So here is DV's second offering for us....
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Munich in the summer is a fantastic place. Its warm, friendly, good food, good beer and all in a great place to find yourself on business…except that is when your bags don’t manage to make it and are taking a few days holidays in Edinburgh airport. So, when considering my travel report, always think of me sitting in the same pants and socks for a couple of sweaty days whilst wearing a t-shirt purchased from the local tourist trap.
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First up: cold beer and sausages. Served with fantastic sweet mustard and sour sauerkraut, its more German than Barry Lothian’s record collection. It’s so German in fact that it invaded Poland in 1939 (can I get away with that Uber webmeister?). See below for a plate of sausages named after German towns such as the Nuremberger (I was going to go to Nuremberg but it was a bit of a trial – can I get away with that too?), the Frankfurter and the Regensburger.
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Ladies, leave your diet at home because this stuff is going straight to your behooky.
Now Disney claim that the happiest place on earth is in fact Disneyland or world or something. Well I got sour news for your Walt; it is in fact the Hofbräuhaus “am Platzl” which should lay claim to that crown. Helles beer is served by the litre (did my tennis elbow no good) and a traditional oompa band (not oompah loompahs though Hammer) plays constantly. Smiles a plenty. Never had a bad time there. Recommend it to everybody.
Now a traditional roast in Bavaria (and not the type where you hear the phrase “ oh, yah” a lot) is the Haxen available at the Haxenbrau just staggering distance the Platzl. A knuckle of pork or veal, it’s going to shorten your life span by 5 working days at least. But boy does it taste good.
Note I didn’t eat it all. It does need pointing out.
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Hey, the sharp eyed amongst you will notice I have regular “non-tourist trap” clothing on. That’s because my bags had just arrived 40 minutes earlier at 6pm which was a cool 22 hours before I was due to leave. Thanks EasyJet, I could have been doing with them 5 days earlier but having my bag that late made all the difference to my trip.
Lobster watch: it’s been a long long time. I did however manage to have oyster tempura at a sushi bar in Platzl (I didn’t go far in Munich at all) that was nice.
Next time: DV travels to Tokyo (and uses a professional airline).
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