Pork knuckles topped with sauerkraut, an array of grilled sausages, salads, cheese, ham and cakes… I can almost wax lyrical about it. And have I already mentioned the beers? FreshGrads.Sg brings you the wonderful Sunday brunch at the Paulaner Brauhaus – a great reason to get out of bed on a sleepy weekend.

The Food:

Paulaner Brauhaus and Restaurant offers a healthy range of original Bavarian dining that compliments the Paulaner’s masterly brewed beer excellently. For $50, enjoy the Fruhschoppen (which happily means morning pint) Sunday German brunch with free flow Paulaner beers. It is worth ditching the healthy lifestyle for!

For lovers of red meat, be bowled over by the delicious pork knuckles paired with the traditional sauerkraut. The combination of firm red meat and crunchy skin with finely shredded fermented cabbage is a delight for the taste buds, especially with a swig of Paulaner.

Another hit was the juicy pork leg, served by an attentive chef stationed by the wooden chopping board. Show an interest and he will whip out his carving knife to serve you a generous portion. Yum!

Compliment the abundance of meat with greens to curb the guilt; Paulaner has a good range of green offerings. Try the Farmer’s Salad with feta cheese and olives, tomato salad with herb vinaigrette or the cucumber salad topped with dill.

I, however, zeroed in on the warm potato salad with chives – a creamy mix of carbohydrate goodness – and the seafood salad, which was a refreshing mix of squid, shelled mussels and crab.

Of course, drink plenty of beer! Paulaner Lager is medium bodied, with a slight malt sweetness and fruity, wheaty flavour; the Dark shares the sweetness but has a toasted malt flavour that finishes dry. Both are, of course, great with the Bavarian menu.

Finish up the delicious meal with sweet offerings – chocolate fondue with skewered fruits, Movenpick ice cream, cake and fruits. Being a cake lover, I picked the blackforest, which put all other blackforest cakes I have tried to shame with its quality chocolate and cream, and a delightfully tangy passion fruit cake.

Another hit was the tiramisu-in-a-cup, a good version of the Italian with its rich cream and coffee flavour – with the hint of rum.

Give the chocolate fondue a miss though. The lack of choice in the items – item actually; there is only one choice of grape, honeydew and strawberry on a skewer to be contended with – to be dipped is not helped by the wooden taste the fruits seem to have gotten from the skewers.

On hindsight, I realized I should have paced myself through the meal. My eager, hungry approach towards the brunch buffet got me through the meal too quickly; I missed the tasty looking tomato cream soup and the chocolate mousse cake, among others.

But, I will be back again!

The Mood:

Do not let the empty bar fool you like it did me; the action is hidden from public’s view by a lift – probably the only bar with their own to serve all their three floors – tucked in the corner.
The restaurant level, where the brunch is held, is a homey place, with its wooden furnishing and red tiles reminiscent of warm kitchens.

I was told that the setting was of a unique Bavarian atmosphere. The focal point of the restaurant was a huge Maibaum (Maypole), a 16th century Bavarian architectural feature. The spacious interior was also adorned with hangings of traditional Bavarian costumers and individual pendant lamps.

Unfortunately for my dining companions and myself, the uncomfortable stuffy air marred our visit – and our meal. I was assured that almost never happened; their air-conditioning was just faulty that day.

In all, it was a delightful experience that I would not mind getting out of bed for. The buffet goes for $50 (with free flow Paulaner beer) or $40 (with free flow soft drinks) from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

It is recommended to reserve your seats. For light eaters or late sleepers, you can opt for the ala-carte menu.

Related Links: Paulaner Brauhaus Singapore, on FreshGrads!

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12:52

My plans for a glorious Saturday:

1. Sleep past noon, or until I feel like getting out of bed
2. Eat all the chocolates I want
3. Laze / shop / gossip the day away!

Ah, I feel better already.

13:42

It probably makes more sense (and shows that I'm more technologically updated) if I embed a video but the one I found was really really off-putting. It looks like a series of Paint-drawn pictures put together. So, the lyrics.

It makes me happy! :D

SHUT UP AND SMILE by Bowling for Soup
Its not the end of the world
In fact its not even the end of the summer
But thank god the tv is on
Cuz theres no way we could know
Anything that’s goin down
Or how were supposed to be feeling about it
I cant tell you how much I wish we could shut up and smile, yeah

Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe I’m a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream and a hug

Take a good look around
Does life really suck
Are we just complaining
I hope that this mic is on (testing 1, 2)
Cuz im on a roll here
I hope this is making some sense
I hope that you’ll throw up your hands and sing it
And tell all the haters that they should just shut up and smile, yeah

Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe I’m a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream

All we need is love and beer
And old school metal and holiday cheer
TO be happy
(All you need is someone near)
like ben and jerry
(to hold you close and pretend that they care)

can we all just, get along now
we found something that we all have in common now
we can hold hands, do keg stands
water skiing sounds great to me now

Sail around the world and tell them all to keep singing it
la la la la la la
all we needs a harmony and we’ll convince the world to sing
la la la la la la
throw your arms around someone (throw your arms around someone)
maybe spread a little love
I know it sounds a little dumb (or maybe we’re a little drunk)
But all we need is some ice cream and a hug

(Chanting “All we need is love and beer”)
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
all we need is some ice cream and a hug
all we need is some ice cream and a hug

15:27

Everything I don't have.

Is this a case of only wanting what I don't have? Ha.

15:00

I feel very grown up!

The idea of puttering around life, making decisions and planning my route seems so very old. I almost expected to start discussing lifelong insurance plans, investments like apartments and cars and talk about greying hair and aching joints!

It’s not so much the growing up or the security I would have gotten from going to school and just being there. Physically. It’s just that, after graduation with little or no fireworks, things stayed stagnant. It’s a little off-putting.

Perhaps I thought too highly of graduation. The elation from having no deadlines or assignments, the excitement of being free everyday to occupy myself as I like – it wasn’t as exciting as I had thought. Instead, I felt unproductive. I think I practically became too desperate for something to do; something not eating, shopping or entertainment.

I think I thought graduation would be very very exciting – much more than school with its restrictions. And it’s not.

So maybe, I am jumping into a potential career that come by my way too quickly. It is definitely not what I had expected, nor what I had hoped to do first and foremost.

I’m starting tomorrow! To be honest, I am very happy to go back into the Land of Stability Living. With the job to anchor me, I’ll probably be more productive and happier. (:

19:24

I met Huijing and Lianghao incredibly late yesterday for a day of shopping and dinner. We ended up visiting all of two stores – during one of which Lianghao was off at you-know-where. As usual.

Dinner and drinks was a great affair, mostly because I got to put Lianghao down so many times. What a joy to be besting him at his trade, which he seems to have given up on. His sudden niceness (in comparison to the previous him, you understand, not to the general population) almost sent me on a guilt trip and almost made me feel super evil this morning. It must have been something, seeing it was 7.45am.

We also watched Alice in Wooooonderland with Huijing and her family. (aka we saved Wenlin :P) I thought the animations were good, and I bet Huijing thought the show was okay too. Lianghao only has eyes for the whimsical Anne Hathaway – who would have look better without purple lipstick.

I would love to go out to play everyday, but it only reminds me (once again) on my unemployed status. My mom has taken to not calling me’ graduate’, but ‘unemployed fella’. To be honest, it feels unproductive. ):

Wooooonnderland!

17:42

Remember The Sweetest Thing post? Well, here is its second – The Sweetest Thing #02

While walking home, I saw this couple strolling in front of me. He was carrying her pumps, and she walking barefooted on the sidewalk. They were in no rush, just walking slowly, talking in soft undertones, touching each other’s arm. I find it incredibly mundane, and sweet in its simplicity.

I would like to tangle a shoe off each hand and twirl down the streets too.

00:11