indian fast food on demand
So, there's this phenomena in Germany where some guy comes around to bars carrying a basket of pretzels or whatever other baked goods.
The pretzel guy came around, but by the time he was about to leave he hadn't yet visited our table... and for once, at least two of us wanted something to eat. I had already dug the change out of my pocket, so I picked a five cent piece and threw it at him. He didn't quite realize what happened, but did turn around to see us waving at him.
He came over. All he had left were sweet things... nothing anyone wanted.
We said "thanks, but no thanks" and let him go.
Another round of beers later another basket wielding vendor wandered in.... oh great, same problem. Oops, NO! This was some Indian/Pakistani dude carrying a baskest of vegetarian samosas!
This was perhaps about a thousand percent better than the pretzel guy. I mean, we just wanted something filling to pad the alcohol, but then this guy comes along with something that actually TASTES good (though cold). Of course these samosas would probably be substandard if our taste buds hadn't been handicapped by lots of beer and some mystery schnapps, but it was definitely a step up from the stale brezeln the first vendor could have offered.
The pretzel guy came around, but by the time he was about to leave he hadn't yet visited our table... and for once, at least two of us wanted something to eat. I had already dug the change out of my pocket, so I picked a five cent piece and threw it at him. He didn't quite realize what happened, but did turn around to see us waving at him.
He came over. All he had left were sweet things... nothing anyone wanted.
We said "thanks, but no thanks" and let him go.
Another round of beers later another basket wielding vendor wandered in.... oh great, same problem. Oops, NO! This was some Indian/Pakistani dude carrying a baskest of vegetarian samosas!
This was perhaps about a thousand percent better than the pretzel guy. I mean, we just wanted something filling to pad the alcohol, but then this guy comes along with something that actually TASTES good (though cold). Of course these samosas would probably be substandard if our taste buds hadn't been handicapped by lots of beer and some mystery schnapps, but it was definitely a step up from the stale brezeln the first vendor could have offered.