Stammtisch Dress Code

As you know at Stammtisch we have a few rules and dress code is not one of them.... However one eager beer drinker proposed we set a radical dress code for Wednesday nights to distinguish ourselves from 'normal' beer drinkers and make it crystal clear who the real piss-heads are!

Feel free to comment or better still, propose further suggestions (with photos), for a Stammtisch dress code.

Note: Cost of jeans is not subsidised in any way by the Stammtisch Board, however if enough members wish to follow suit we can always look at buying the jeans in bulk and organising a group discount.

Week end tip

Today let’s first of all welcome our first visitor from the Caribbean islands. I am asking myeslf if you guys have a Stammtisch there as well? This one goes out to Castries on St. Lucia. We hope you have a beer while you are reading our blog and once you come to China, don’t miss out on coming to the Stammtisch.
Yesterday we had an interesting discussion about the things that one can do on the week ends in Guangzhou and I promised to post some information about one of our favorite dining out places. So here we go.
The restaurant is called Tairyo and it is a Japanese teppanyaki style restaurant, which means you can have your table around the cooking plate and the cook will prepare the food right in front of your eyes.
The deal in this very special restaurant is that you pay 169 RMB (and if you are going there with the board, we will negotiate that down to 150 RMB because we are frequent visitors of the place) for all you can eat and all you can drink. Yes you read that right – ALL YOU CAN DRINK – and that means beer, sake, wine, short just order whatever you like and as many times as you like. We have been kicked out several times from the place because they wanted to close and we did not want them to close .
Anyway, if your plan is to go there on the weekends, make sure to reserve before you go because it can get quite full in there.
Ok how can you get there? The restaurant is actually just above the Paddy Field, Irish Bar which is just behind the Garden Hotel in the Central Plaza3.rd floor, next to Momo’s Hair salon. Here the address for you:
Tairyo Japanese Restaurant 大渔日本料理店
2/F, Guang Yi Dasha, 34-38 Huale Lu
华乐路34-38号 广怡大厦2楼
8360 1371, 8360 1372
Enjoy the sake and see you there, soon

Our first cutural excursion - Weekend 1.st of June - please contact

Hello all,

This is the announcement of the Stammtisch travel board. We have been trying to organize our first outing this week, but due to the short announcement, there where not enough participants to make it happen. That is why we will postpone our travel to the week end of the 1.st of June. Let us quickly introduce you to our first “cultural” excursion:
- HISTORY
As countless times discussed and requested from you before, we are finally proud and happy to announce our first week end outing. We try to organize our first outing to the "world famous" Loewenburg Brewery in Shekou where the German brewer and Shenzhen's Stammtisch organizer Christian is (not) happy to receive the Guangzhou bunch. It's time to show the SZ Stammtisch how are the real masters of the beer!!! Consider that as a challenge guys!
- WHERE? 
We will travel to Shekou, which is a little city in the south of Shenzhen. There on the New Sea World Place, on the top of the Minghua ship (see photo) there is the Loewenburg Restaurant and Microbrewery. Christian, the German beer brewery of the restaurant, is brewing under the strict eyes of the German purity laws, one of the freshest and best beers, you will be able to find in south China. You can find more information about our excursion goal, the first real German restaurant in the PRD region through the link on the right hand side.

- WHEN?
In order to make it possible for most of us to find the right date, we expect your answer via email with the choice of the following dates:
1. Friday the 1.st of May
2. Saturday the 2.nd of May
- HOW?
Simply by replying via mail to us NOT LATER THEN WEDNESDAY THE 30.st OF APRIL. Let us know when would be best for you (if you can do it on both dates, please let us know as well) so we can by the middle of this week move forward and check for bus and hotel rooms.
- HOW MUCH?
We guess right now that we can get the hotel rooms at 160 RMB / night, the bus transfer should be not more then 60 RMB one way and the rest depends on your drinking and other spending behavior…

Looking forward for your reservations and further questions
The travel board

Dreaming Of The Days To Come

Well folk's I can't seem to get my mind of it at the moment, it will soon be Oktoberfest season, and this is my most favorite season of the year, the sun is shinning down upon my cool beer, the air is crisp and fresh with the smell of gorgeous German food, sausages, beer pretzels, lamb and pork, and there’s dancing and singing till the wee hours of the morning, ahhh the glorious days.
So as a little pick me up I wanted to share with all of the Stammtisch some great pictures, these may bring a smile or even a tear, thinking we still have to wait so long for the Angles to deliver the fest to us, but wait don't despair remember we still have the Stammtish meet every 2nd Wednesday, where you can meet some good old chaps, drink some beer and share some stories.

IN THE BAR - Zài Jiǔbā - 在酒吧

It happens to all of us that, once in a while, we end up in a bar . How often have you been in a bar and went completely frustrated because the waitress did not understand your order and brought you the wrong drink?
For all of you, let me past you some helpful mandarin phrases here (yes I lent them out) so you can learn them and use them for your next time in the “Jiǔbā”:

- Can I have a drinks menu please?
Qǐng gěi wǒ jiǔshuǐdān。
请给我酒水单。
- Sure, here it is…………… Are you ready to order?
Hǎode，gěi nín。…………. Xiànzài yào diǎn ma？
好的，给您。………….现在要点吗？
- Yeah, please can I have a pint of Tiger beer.
Duì，wǒ yào yī dà bēi hǔpái píjiǔ。
对，我要一大杯虎牌啤酒。
- Ok, is there anything else you need?
Hǎode，nín hái yào diǎn shénme？
好的，您还要点什么？
- No, but I was wondering if you have a happy hour?
Bùyòng le，dànshì wǒ xiǎng zhīdao nǐmen zhèlǐ yǒuméiyǒu tèjià shíduàn？
不用了，但是我想知道你们这里有没有特价时段？
- Yes its half price on draft beer before 8pm.
Yǒu，wǎnshang bā diǎn yǐqián shēngpí bànjià 。
有，晚上八点以前生啤半价。
- Carlsberg / Tsingtao / Zhujiang / Budweiser / Guinness
Jiāshìbó / Qīngdǎo / Zhūjiāng / Bǎiwēi / Jiànlìshì
嘉士伯 / 青岛 / 珠江 / 百威 / 健力士
- Red wine / White wine / Vodka / Whiskey / Tequila
Hóngjiǔ / Báijiǔ / Fútèjiā / Wēishìjì / Lóngshélán jiǔ
红酒 / 白酒 / 伏特加 / 威士忌 / 龙舌兰酒
- One bottle / glass / can / half a pint / one dozen
Yī píng / bēi / guàn / xiǎo bēi / yīdá
一瓶 / 杯 / 罐 / 小杯 / 一打

With compliments from your board

THIS wednesday in the Sportsman's American Restaurant - 9.5.2007

After the last weeks closure event in the Guangdong Yingbingguan (Pictures are posted below, soon), the Stammtisch Board has been traveling around for you to find a new venue for our bi weekly gatherings. For now, we found a new home, the Sportsman's American Restaurant. It is located behind the Friendship store / World Trade Center, find the access map and the link to their website here. The deal:
Bottled Qingdao (big one) – 15 RMB
Pint of Carlsberg draught – 15 RMB
Bottle of Erdinger (big one) – 30 RMB

See you all there on Wednesday

Alvedazain to the Guangdong Yin Bingguan

Well folks Monday the 3oth June was the last night of the best self brewed beer in Guangzhou, as the Guangdong Yin Bingguan gave the Stammtisch its last beers. Yes I know I am to still in shock of the news that no longer will we get all the beers you can drink for 50RMB.
So as a tribute to the place we have called Stammtischs home for so long, we held a big last night of celebration and to see if at long last our fearless leader "needs no naming" could finish all the beer in the vats. I would like to thank all of those who turned up and made such a memorable night, with over 30 of the Stammtisch crowed in attendance I am sure there wasn't much beer left for the new owners.
Mr Lee Jiun Fa, the master beer brewer, big boss man and all the staff joined us to give one of the best nights here. I am sure there was a lot of sore heads and late sleepers the next day.

Sorry if you can't see your self on these photo's after all the beers and not being a professional photographer I was a little shaky.

Do Not Dispare

All is not lost and this is by no means the end of the Guangzhou Stammtisch, we are currently deep in search and negotiations with new possible locations, details of which will be sent to you soon.

‘Fearless Leader' Caption Competition

During the search through the photos of the evening I came upon this beauty, and as such we will hold the 1st Caption Competition, email me your captions to rik_vallis (at) gmx (dot) co (dot) uk. The winner will get a money can't buy prize and publication of there caption.