Post #9429 by Tiki Chris on Sat, Sep 28, 2002 4:40 AM

...was in Munich last weekend for Oktoberfest...boy do those Bavarians know how to brew beer (& how to drink it!...& how to celebrate the fact that they know how to brew & drink beer so adeptly!).

Anyway, a blast was definitely had!

Emi & I also got to see the dark, lovely, cavernous, nook-&-cranny-ish, Trader Vic's in Munich too! We went there twice...once right before they opened - the manager (?) allowed us to snoop around & Emi to take some excellent pics - & then much later w/ two Bavarian friends after Oktoberfest drinking activities.

Trader Vic's is in the basement (much like the London Vic's) of the Bayerischer Hof Hotel, which appeared to be a very swank place - limos out front, etc.

Compared to the couple of other Trader Vic's to which I've been, this one rocked: more nooks, more GIGANTIC tikis, more mood-enhancing green lights, more tropical plants.

This Trader Vic's was much more menehune-themed than the other TV's that I've visited, as well as much more reliant upon Asian/Pacific Rim decor. Dunno why.

The bar & restaurant sections were both quite crowded when we arrived that night (er...morning) w/ our friends...& folks, if you've never seen a brawny man in leiderhosen drinkin' a heavily garnished cocktail from, say, a tiki bowl, well then you ain't seen nuthin'!

We sat in the Menehunes Bar - a little sidebar near the entrance of the restaurant. It was very cozy in there &, prompting Emi remark (& us to agree): "I feel like I'm in a little shack at the beach."

Here's great site w/ plenty o' more pics from Munich's Trader Vic's:

http://tikiland.de/trader1.html

Ein Prosit,
Tiki Chris

[ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2002-09-28 05:03 ]