China Bizness Report,
OK - I'm back. I drank a few Tsintao. Nothing to brag about but not bad. I also drank some Snow Beer. Its about the same.
My beer of choice. (Drum roll please)..............
- Hoegaarden Witbier -
It was a steep $7 per bottle. They also have Carlsberg, San Migel, Heine's and Bud. This was the 1st time that I stayed at a 5-Star Holiday Inn. Its somewhat of an oximoron. This place was like a palace. Much like the Hotels in Cancun.
I went to this seafood place next to my hotel. Man I ate the biggest shrimp I ever seen. They were about as big as a golf ball in diameter. I couldn't believe it when I saw them. They also served us their biggest lobster in the house.
To my pleasant suprise they had "Hans Beer" it was like a wit. Served it in big pitchers. I don't know if they made it there. They had two 30 gallon chrome plated tanks at the lobby bar with taps and pressure gauges... Humorously, they asked us if we wanted yellow beer or black beer. The yellow-beer was pretty tastey.
Notably the best beer I had while flying was the Sapporo that I drank in the Northwest Bizness Lounge in Tokyo. They have a machine pour you a glass 3/4 full (tipping it with pour) then leveled it out and topped the last 1/4 with a nitro charged head. It was like drinking a Boddington with the widget.
I get to go back next week for two more weeks. I'm not looking forward to the 28 hours of flying though. Get this; Des Moines to Minneapolis, to San Francisco, to Tokyo, to Beijing... At least the beer & food was satifying.
