After a wonderful dinner on our last evening in Qingdao, we caught the bus back to our hotel room. Entering the bus, both the Missus and I took a whiff while walking past the bus driver. Our driver on our last ride on this route smelled strangely of Qingdao's most famous export, if you know what I mean. He was also driving in flip-flops, which made the entire ride surreal. Heading back to our room, the Missus wanted me to get my "beer in a bag", but we really didn't know where to start. There are literally hundreds of tiny restaurants with stacks of kegs upfront, perhaps they are all pretty much the same; but which one to choose?
The Missus decided to ask a gentleman walking past us down the street. The Missus quickly picked up his QingDao accent, thus making him local, and with that comes some "cred". He told the Missus to follow him, he'd show us where he gets his Tsingtao in a bag every night on the way home from work. He was on his way there anyway......
Which is how Iwe finally got Tsingtao in a bag. The Missus asked for just enough for two cups.
If I recall this was about 50 cents US, and it wasn't like Bia Hoi, but really Tsingtao. This tasted much lighter, more effervescent, and I guess the word would be "fresher" than the bottled stuff. There was almost a faint sweetness to it. Finally, beer in a bag....... now things felt complete.
On our way back to our room, we spied the gentleman who guided us to our beer in a bag. He was sitting at a table, beer bag hanging from a nail pounded into its side. He was also waving us to him...... Curious we walked toward him. As we approached, he started clearing his table..... it turns out he wanted us to join him for dinner! Qingdao sure had grown on me...... I was really going to miss this city.
I do have one more QingDao post, I hope to have it done this week. Thanks for reading!
Beer in a bag, now that's funny! I love it.
Posted by: Lynnea | Sunday, 15 August 2010 at 10:36 PM
fun! beer in a bag!
Posted by: kat | Sunday, 15 August 2010 at 11:51 PM
How nice...
Posted by: bill | Monday, 16 August 2010 at 06:07 AM
Hi Lynnea - You can't beat beer in a bag! ;o)
Hi Kat - Yes, I finally got it!
Hi Bill - It was very good......
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 16 August 2010 at 08:15 AM
Beer in a bag...now that's all sorts of awesome!
Posted by: Rosa | Monday, 16 August 2010 at 08:32 AM
is that a boba straw?
Posted by: Andy (美國土子) | Monday, 16 August 2010 at 06:20 PM
Today I learned that Canadians buy milk in bags, and now I learn about Qindao Beer In Bag! Truly an educational day.
Posted by: zompus | Monday, 16 August 2010 at 06:50 PM
Hi Rosa - Beer in a bag.... it has a ring to it, doesn;t it?
Hi Andy - Yes it was..... you can get more volume in that way!
Hi Zompus - In South and Central America they serve all kinds of juices and smoothies in bags as well.
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 16 August 2010 at 07:06 PM
Beer in a bag! We used to buy pop in a bag. Of course, we didn't know if the bag they used were actually safe for food or extremely toxic. LOL
Posted by: [eatingclub] vancouver || js | Monday, 16 August 2010 at 07:21 PM
lol this is so awesome, and with a straw!!! lmao...i had something similar in korea but it was more of a "trendy" place where i drank jungle juice haha.....love that picture though
Posted by: sawyer | Tuesday, 17 August 2010 at 01:14 AM
LOL JS!
Hi Sawyer - You gotta love beer in a bag.... can you imagine the possibilities???!!
Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 17 August 2010 at 08:03 AM