Oct 19 2008
Eat, drink and be merry over at Octoberfest
Published by Foong at 4:32 am under Food Events, Western Food |
Guten Morgan! (Good morning)
Although the Malaysian-German Society (MGS) here has been celebrating Octoberfest for years now, I had never actually made a point to go to it. Somehow I’d either miss it, forget about it or simply did not have the time to go for it.
So, this year, it is my first time I finally managed to go for the German celebration last night which is complete with loads of beer, naturally. Though I have really stopped drinking beer for years (and move on to wines occasionally), I remember loving the smoothness of German beer way back when I used to work at a German pub and restaurant. Coincidentally, the current MGS president is my former boss!
Anyway, here’s a look at the food and beer over at Octoberfest 2008 here:
The first to greet us after entering are of course these lovelies in bottles
These are the more common beer that we can have during normal days. In Octoberfest, we must of course, head for the GOOD stuff!
Now, this is what I call German beer!
As expected, food and drinks at the Octoberfest is hardly cheap eventhough we need to pay entrance fee (masked as donation) of RM25 per person (for non-members of MGS). But I think it is quite okay to pay more for German beer as it is not easy to find some of the brands available here in local pubs..
Someone getting a mug of German bitter from the giant beer can
This beer is particularly smooth, so much so that I almost drank more than I should…what with a toddler in tow, it is not advisable to imbibe in too much alcohol (and let’s not even talk about how my diet is shot with all these extra calories…heheheh).
Now on to the foods…
Gaily decorated gingerbread hearts
Gingerbread hearts is a very German thing, or so I heard and so they have two stalls selling these. I am not a gingerbread fan, as I just can’t stand the strong taste and smell of ginger in a bread, so I merely took pictures of these lovely looking pastry.
The prerequisite German sausage, meatloaf, ham, sauerkraut and potato salad
They have two main stalls selling the almost-compulsory German foot-long sausages, meatloaf, ham, sauerkraut and potato salad. No German event is complete without a meal of these food! We all know about the Germans, their beer and their meat! The set meal consisting of one meat of your choice, sauerkraut and potatoes costs RM15. An additional meat is RM8. So, the plate below costs RM23 which is pretty reasonable considering the huge portion.
German vienna sausage, ham, sauerkraut and potato salad
What can I say? Germans have a taste for the salty so the sausage and ham are quite salty. Not many people likes sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) due to its sourish flavour but I would have to say that combined with the sausage and ham and the potato salad, it makes a good side dish.
Here's a closer look...the portion is more than I could stomach, also due to the saltiness, so I shared this with my husband
Then I scout around and found two other stalls with non-German food…
Grilled Indian-style food - skewered chicken meat with onions
Braised lamb shank
I couldn’t resist the lamb shank so I bought one to-go…
Braised lamb shank with mashed potatoes
The juicy lamb shank served with mashed potatoes
The lamb shank is RM28 per set and I find that it is quite okay too considering it is cooked perfectly. It is tender, juicy and covered in a great brown sauce. Yummy! The mashed potatoes are a bit plain, though. It is merely mashed up boiled potatoes with no additional flavour. I think I could make better ones where I’d add cheese and milk to it to give it a richer taste.
So, that concludes my review of the foods and drinks in Octoberfest.
Auf Wiedersehen! (farewell in German)
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6 Responses to “Eat, drink and be merry over at Octoberfest”
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cool
sauerkrauts!
nice post!
Never been to an oktoberfest myself, so I will need to check one out soon enuff!
Those wurzts bring back so many memories of my time at hamburg.. in the repabahn.. oh the curry wursts… and the apfelsprtizer drink
Wanted to visit the place last night but had to attend a wedding dinner at the last minute…but glad that I could see the event in your blog. The shank looks delicious.
Always a good time to be had at MGS’ Oktoberfest! Simply cannot go wrong with meat and beer! However, the liquid goes straight to the bladder and the queues outside the Portaloo are often interminable!
Wow.. those are good and rich food you are filling up yourself with.. hehe. From the look of the lamb shanks, it sure looks delicious. I wonder if I can remember MGS’s Oktoberfest next year. I’m getting bad in memory as age catches up yearly I guessed. :P
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kang: thanks. German wurst are still the best!
CKLam: the shank is delicious. it was crowded and the lines for the sausage set was so long!
550ml jof: ah, but the lines to the meat is equally long!
criz lai:same lar, I kept forgetting about it until finally I remembered this year!
I wanted to go one but I was down with insect bites so got to call it off last minute.
Nice for you to blog it out for sharing!