bierhaus

Went to The Curve with Louisa, Beatrice and Wei Jie yesterday. Since Louisa was there, we naturally went to Borders and ogled at books (Rant: I cannot believe they let another writer touch the Hitchhiker series! Eoin Colfer is nowhere like Douglas Adams! Just because he's funny and lets fairies use guns, you think he can replace Douglas Adams?! Their styles are completely different. Where Colfer excels in making characters that are fantastically good in what they do, Douglas Adams excels in making characters that are fantastically good at sucking. It'll never be the same). Then we wandered around and descended upon toy stores to get Amy a pointless birthday present.

Of course, that was not the point of this trip. We were there for Bavarian Bierhaus.

It felt like a family type of place. Friendly atmosphere, beautiful use of wooden furnishings, and okay service. Food was brilliant! My linguine vongole had 33 juicy clams. Wei Jie and Beatrice liked the bratwurst so much, they didn't feel weird eating (and slicing) what looked like a penis. They didn't like the pickles though (which looked like pubes). Louisa had a salad which I obviously had no interest in.

Drinks. Beatrice had a Zombie, which was green. She wasn't too impressed with it, since the burning aftertaste was weak. Wei Jie had Sex At The Beach, and no one knew why it's called that since it's a dirty olive green. Beatrice's comment on drink: No Sex. I had Bay Breeze, which was orange and tasted like orange juice. Louisa who wanted Zombie ordered Singapore Sling instead. I didn't like it because it brought back memories of cough syrup, but it had loads of kick. Wei Jie had 3 sips, and then he was a goner. Fella seriously cannot hold his alcohol.

Since we (excluding Wei Jie) were still sober, another round of drinks. I had Absolut with soda, that I liked very much. Beatrice had gin and tonic, which she didn't like. Wei Jie had whiskey with coke, that just tasted like coke. At this point, Louisa made Wei Jie say some tongue twisters which amused her to no end. I couldn't care less and concentrated on the vodka.

Still not drunk. Shared a Budweiser. At this point, Louisa and Wei Jie started singing and I was beginning to get pissed off because they were having the alcohol-induced fun that I cannot seem to get. Beatrice was just quietly watching. A drunk Wei Jie may be entertaining at first, but he gets very repetitive and downright boring after a while. Decided to stop trying to get drunk. Huge bill increased feeling of pissed-offness. It's so expensive to get drunk!

Now I am down with Louisa's flu and much much poorer. Not a very enjoyable outing, but an experience nonetheless. Feeling crabby since I have been breathing out of my mouth the entire day. Do you want photos? I'm too lazy to upload now. Need to concentrate on breathing.