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Lara MBavarian Bier Cafe
September 21st 2007 03:07
We recently dined at the Bavarian Bier Café in the city in O’Connel Street. Physically it is quite impressive with wide sweeping ceilings and trendy décor. I hear that it used to be an old bank so you can imagine the kind of grandiose setting. Unfortunately the food was not quite so impressive.
Catch of the day was snapper, which was very nice, at least from what I could tell from the two small pieces of fish. This was also supposed to come with Caesar salad and garlic bread which I assume referred to the mayonnaise soaked lettuce and single slice of soggy bread. At $25 I was extremely disappointed. In fact so disappointed that we had to stop at a kebab shop on the way home to stop grumbling tummies. The prawn linguini looked a bit more filling though it tasted somewhat average.
My boyfriend was very impressed with the steins served, although I might add that you won’t get much change back from a $20 note with one of those either. I tried a fruity European beer but didn’t like it much. I you do like European ‘bier’ though they do have many different kinds on tap, all with significant head.
Maybe one reason to visit is to check out the bizarre toilets. First you will notice a mosaic snakeskin tile pattern all over the floor and walls. Next you will see that the mirror above the sink is too low to show your face, and instead displays only the bust region. Then, as you enter the toilet you will think it is blocked, because the bowl is full of paper, but the true reason is that no one could find the flush button, which is disguised as one of the mosaic tiles. Finally, as you sit down, with horror you realise that there is a full length mirror directly opposite you, so you can watch yourself pee from a whole new angle.
My male friend was actually quite impressed with the toilets, which had the same snake skin design in the boys. The urinals were simply small nicely illuminated bowls, with ceramic cockroaches fashioned onto the inside. (To help with aim?)
So an interesting experience nonetheless.
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Catch of the day was snapper, which was very nice, at least from what I could tell from the two small pieces of fish. This was also supposed to come with Caesar salad and garlic bread which I assume referred to the mayonnaise soaked lettuce and single slice of soggy bread. At $25 I was extremely disappointed. In fact so disappointed that we had to stop at a kebab shop on the way home to stop grumbling tummies. The prawn linguini looked a bit more filling though it tasted somewhat average.
My boyfriend was very impressed with the steins served, although I might add that you won’t get much change back from a $20 note with one of those either. I tried a fruity European beer but didn’t like it much. I you do like European ‘bier’ though they do have many different kinds on tap, all with significant head.
Maybe one reason to visit is to check out the bizarre toilets. First you will notice a mosaic snakeskin tile pattern all over the floor and walls. Next you will see that the mirror above the sink is too low to show your face, and instead displays only the bust region. Then, as you enter the toilet you will think it is blocked, because the bowl is full of paper, but the true reason is that no one could find the flush button, which is disguised as one of the mosaic tiles. Finally, as you sit down, with horror you realise that there is a full length mirror directly opposite you, so you can watch yourself pee from a whole new angle.
My male friend was actually quite impressed with the toilets, which had the same snake skin design in the boys. The urinals were simply small nicely illuminated bowls, with ceramic cockroaches fashioned onto the inside. (To help with aim?)
So an interesting experience nonetheless.
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images and text extracts in this context to illustrate the restaurant in question,
• with the owners’ names either visible on the image itself or written in the image description below,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
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