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We Play the
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In this
issue:
1. "Wild Wochen" - the Wild
Game Menu
2.Eisbein Essen - Stein
Club Dinner
3. Your Quiz: Where in Bavaria are we?
4.
New at the Gift shop:
More than just a cook book
5. Bier
Lovers Corner:
Muenchener Helles or Munich Light
November 4, 2004
Knuspriger
Entenbraten mit Kartoffel-pfannkuchen und herbstlichem Gemuese
for your
friends Happy
Birthday!
...
your "Bavarian Bier Seminar" Schedule ...
One half of a
Roasted Duck with a crisp, crunchy skin, flavored with our special
rotisserie herbs, on it’s own juices, served with a potato pancake
$ 18.75
and
your "Live Musik Schedule" for November in the sidebar
Wild
Wochen Speisekarte
The
Wild Game Menu is here!
The
Bavarian Grill is located at
221 West Parker Rd Plano, Texas
75023
In the Northwest Corner of US 75, Central Expressway, and
West Parker - in the Ruisseau Village Shopping
Center
During the Fall Bavarians
enjoy the Treasures from Forest and Streams. All of these
specialties are served with our fall Vegetable Medley. Many
guests like us to recommend a specific German Wein with
these specialties
Hasenpfeffer mit
Spätzle Our marinated,
braised Rabbit hind leg in a red wine sauce is traditionally
served with pasta dumplings $ 17.75
Württemberger Trollinger, light red and
semi-dry Glass 6.75
Spezialitätenteller "Wildschütz" Our
signature sampler plate with roasted Venison, grilled wild
Boar sausage and “Hasenpfeffer”, served with our fresh bread
dumpling topped with a Chanterelle sauce, and a half of a
poached pear $ 23.75
Ein Dornfelder aus der Rheinpfalz, Trocken, red and very dry
Glass 5.25
Forelle mit Schnittlauchbutter, in Folie
gebacken GuaranteedBoneless filet
of Trout filled with lemon-chive butter and baked in foil,
served with mashed potatoes $ 16.25
Silvaner aus dem Staatlichen Hofkeller in
Würzburg, Trocken, white, very dry Glass 7.25
Pochierter Lachs mit Kräutersosse
auf Makaroni
Poached Salmon tossed with a
fresh creamy garlic-herb sauce
on a bed of our long
hollow fresh pasta $ 15.75
Rheingau Riesling von Rees,
Trocken, white, very dry Glass 6.25
Geschmorte
Rehkeule "Baden-Baden" mit
Birne und Kroketten
From the famous Spa Town at the feet of the
Black Forest:
Venison marinated in buttermilk, slow roasted,
with the traditional red wine sauce, a half of a
poached pear with authentic
lingonberry-cumberland sauce and potato
croquettes $
19.75
Weingartner
Spätburgunder, Trocken red, very dry Glass
6.75
Guten Appetit!
Musik
Schedule
Restaurant
4-Nov
Alan Walling
5-Nov
Ludwig Kobus
6-Nov
Karl Koenig
7-Nov
Closed
8-Nov
Closed
9-Nov
Alan Walling
10-Nov
Alan Walling
11-Nov
Ludwig Kobus
12-Nov
Karl Koenig
13-Nov
Alan & Wolfgang
14-Nov
Closed
15-Nov
Closed
16-Nov
Alan Walling
17-Nov
Alan Walling
18-Nov
Alan Walling
19-Nov
TBD
20-Nov
TBD
21-Nov
Closed
22-Nov
Closed
23-Nov
Alan & Manfred
24-Nov
Alan & Manfred
25-Nov
Closed
26-Nov
Alan & Manfred
27-Nov
Alan & Wolfgang
28-Nov
Closed
29-Nov
Closed
30-Nov
Alan Walling
1-Dec
Alan Walling
2-Dec
Alan Walling
3-Dec
Jim Rommel
Biergarten
5-Nov
Karl Koenig
6-Nov
Bavarian Bier Jazz
7-Nov
Closed
8-Nov
Closed
9-Nov
Bavarian Bier Jazz
10-Nov
11-Nov
12-Nov
Alpen Musikanten
13-Nov
Kleine Blasmusik
14-Nov
Closed
15-Nov
Closed
16-Nov
Bavarian Bier Jazz
17-Nov
18-Nov
19-Nov
Karl Koenig
20-Nov
Karl Koenig
21-Nov
Closed
22-Nov
Closed
23-Nov
Bavarian Bier Jazz
24-Nov
25-Nov
Closed
26-Nov
Karl Koenig
27-Nov
Karl Koenig
28-Nov
Closed
29-Nov
Closed
30-Nov
Bavarian Bier Jazz
The Bavarian
Grill Stein Club Dinner
on Wednesday, November 10,
2004 at 7 pm in the Bier Garten will feature Eisbein, a very
generous, slighlty smoked and cured ham hock. It is
traditionally served with mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, pea puree
and a shot of Obstler after the dinner. This year the price of $
29.75 includes all of the above and two 1/2 liter glasses filled
with the Original Hofbraeu Original. The dinner is open for all
friends of the Bavarian Grill, but due to the long cooking time
we can only serve this very special feast to those friends who
called ahead for reservations!
Next
Alpen Musikanten:
Friday,
November 12 in the Biergarten from 7 pm
Your Quiz: Where in Bavaria are we?
Please name the sight and the town it is near - many readers share
some of their travel experience with us, which we will publish to share with you.
As usual:
Please call us early for your reservation and
have lot's of fun!
Your Hint:
This very handsome classical building, erected by Louis I. of
Bavaria as a national monument of German patriotism and greatness,
is a costly reproduction of the Parthenon, a Teutonic temple of fame
on a hill rising from the Danube. The interior, which is as rich as
colored marbles, gilding, and sculptures can make it, contains the
busts of more than a hundred German considered worthies.
Bavarian Bier Seminars
Bavarian Bier 101
Nov 18
Bavarian Bier 102 Dec 2 Bavarian
Bier 103 Dec 9
These entertaining seminars start at 7:30 pm -
minimum 12 participants. Please call for
reservations
You can
win a Gift Certificate for $ 25 at the Bavarian Grill.
Free wireless network service
and access to the internet is available in the Bavarian
Grill Biergarten and in the Bankett Stuben.
You can check your
emails, while enjoying a great Bavarian Bier
and a snack from our Biergarten Menu. Please
ask your friendly team member for instructions
- and enjoy the www. And the best part:
IT'S FREE!
The "Bahnhof"
is in the town Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The Gift Certificate
for $ 25 in the Bavarian Grill goes to:
John C. Robinson
Thank you for
all your right answers!
John wrote: "The "Bahnhof"
is Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is Germany's undisputed 'Winter Sports
Capital', located only a short distance from the Austrian border in
the country's southwestern corner. Famous for it's annual New Year
Ski jumping competition televised all over the world, and as a
former site of the Winter Olympics, Garmisch today is a large,
cosmopolitan town with plenty to see and do both on and off the
slopes.
It is a town that is also rich in history and culture. Local people
often dress in traditional styles (without being paid to do so by
the tourist
board!) and many of the older buildings are decorated with beautiful
frescoes - wall paintings that are often centuries old. All around
is magnificent mountain scenery, dominated by the mighty Zugspitze
to which lifts rise over 2,100 meters (nearly 7,000 feet) from
Garmisch - producing one of the world's biggest lift served
verticals (although unfortunately it is not possible to ski all the
way back down!)".
Now you can experience all those great recipes from the kitchens of
Germany. This cookbook was written by a native German with over 50
years experience in cooking. All the ingredients can be found in
your local grocery store and measurements have been converted to the
English system. All this and you will still experience the tastes
as if you were at the table eating the food in a German home. This
book also contains many German sayings translated into English and
includes some of the history and traditions from the author.
Mozart 3.
Symphony
Your seasonal
Bier Picture:
The Hofbrau Helles will be the
featured Bier for the Bavarian Grill Stein Club Eisbein Dinner next
Wednesday.
Bavarian Bier Lovers Corner:
Muenchener Helles or Munich Light
Honest, drinkable and genuine — the original
quaffing lager of the Bavarians
If there is one beer style that typifies the
greatness of Bavarian beer more than any other, it is the
straw-blond lager known as the Hell or Helles. “Hell” is the
German adjective for “light,” while “Helles” is the German
noun used in the sense of “a light one“. Unlike in North
America, however, “light” refers only to the beer’s pale
color, not to its calories or its alcoholic strength, which
is usually a substantial 4.7 – 5.4 percent by volume (abv).
Depending on the brewery, this beer style is sold under
various designations on the label. Because the Munich Helles
is historically the first Munich blond lager, it is also
sometimes marketed under the designation “Munich Original
Lager.” A higher-alcohol Helles, with an abv above 5%, is
often referred to as an Export on the label, probably
because, in the old days, when roads were bad and transports
were long, the beer’s higher alcohol level helped to
preserve the beer, allowing it to be “exported” to the next
town, to the next state, or even abroad without spoiling.
Nowadays, when the beer is sent to English-speaking markets,
it is often labeled “Munich Light” to appeal to consumers
who might not be familiar with the term Helles. This Munich
Light, though, is not the same as a North American
mass-market “light beer”.
Beer and Bavaria — to many people the world over, these terms are almost
synonymous. In most cultures, beer is a social drink, while
in Bavaria, it is also considered a basic food. No wonder
then, that the average Bavarian drinks almost 45 U.S.
gallons (170 liters) of beer per year. This is much more
than Germans from other parts of the country consume, and
twice the consumption of the average North American. During
the first half of the 20th century, the default quaffing
beer of Bavaria has been the Helles. Since then, however, it
has been overtaken by the pale Weizenbier, a wheat-based
ale, which now has about one-third of the Bavarian beer
market. The Helles still holds about one-fourth of the
market, followed by the other blond lager, the Pils, with a
one-fifth share of the market.
Helles, the Bavarians’ Daily Bread
Nowadays, the annual production of Helles in Bavaria is
almost 5.5 million hectoliters (which translates into
roughly 4.6 million U.S. barrels or 143 million gallons).
Only the Bavarian Weissbier, which has been riding a wave of
ever increasing popularity since the last decade of the 20th
century, currently surpasses these production figures.
For many
decades before the mid-1990s, however, Helles used to be the
preeminent Bavarian beer, and it is arguably still the most
“Bavarian” of Bavarian brews. While it is one of the leading
beer styles on its home turf, it captures barely four
percent of the market in the rest of Germany, and, in spite
of the recent gains made by Weissbier, Helles is still the
Bavarians’ favorite social beverage. Whenever Bavarians
gather in jolly company for an unhurried good time, the beer
they will quaff is usually the Helles. To be sure, there are
other very Bavarian beers, such as the mighty Bockbiers and
Doppelbocks, but these are usually reserved for the days of
snow and ice. In the summer and early fall, when a cool
refreshment is in order, no beer can match the Bavarians’
relaxed attitude towards life and their convivial spirit
quite as perfectly as the ubiquitous Helles — especially
when it is savored under the shady canopy of a chestnut tree
in a beer garden with the typical Bavarian Cheese spread "O'batzda".
In the next
issue: Helles 101
Please
visit the source for this article, the website of the
Bavarian Brewer's Association at
http://www.bayerisches-bier.de You will
enjoy reading in English about all kinds of Bier related
topics.
The Hofbräuhaus is a symbol of Munich’s hospitality and the Bavarian
gift for creating a snug and cozy atmosphere. Beer-lovers from all
over the world come here to enjoy its famous beers.
More than any other, Hofbrauhaus Original embodies the special
atmosphere of the Bier-making capital of Munich, and exports it to
the four corners of the globe. Its refreshing, bitter flavor and
alcoholic content of around 5.1% volume have made it famous
worldwide. A Munich beer with character.
