Oktoberfest

October's here again, and with it brings the promise of one of my favourite dishes, German pork knuckles... okay, I just had real German pork knuckles in Bonn in May, so it's not like I've been deprived, but man, nothing like a huge chunk o' meat.

Spotted this on the Amara hotel brochure promoting their Oktoberfest buffet... "our delectable buffet variety such as Wiener Schnitzel... Roasted Pork with Crispy Crust, Linzer Torte" (so far so good), "Seafood Teppanyaki... and crispy Tempura station". Um. I'm not saying I'm a major cultural expert or anything, but something tells me that teppanyaki and tempura are not German...

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Anonymous said…
Luna mit silbernem Schein
gucket zum Fenster herein ...
1 October 2006 at 07:37
Anonymous said…
Teppanyaki and tempura... from Taiwan, right???!!! :P
1 October 2006 at 11:26
T said…
Well, not too many years ago, didn't the Japanese and Germans have something in common?
2 October 2006 at 08:34
T said…
Well, not too long ago, didn't the Japanese and the Germans have something in common?
2 October 2006 at 08:34
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