Here are some stills I captured from the ad. That looks like Yukihiro Takahashi on the left and Harry Hosouni on the right but is that Ryuichi Sakamoto in the middle?
I like to hope it isn't.
The product incidentally is a fake-chocolate dipped pretzel stick known on Japan as a Pocky and in Korea as a ppeppero (빼빼로). They are thoroughly nasty.
The brewing equipment is all visible though glass windows, the decor is faux-Bavarian and the super-cute waitresses and, I suspect, embarrassed waiters, all dress respectively in Heidi-style costumes and lederhosen. The menu is dominated by overpriced sausages, but it's definitely worth a visit just for the beer.
I went there today at about 5:30pm and the waitress, who has excellent English, told me I was the first customer. I enjoyed a 500ml glass of Dunkel, and the complimentary bread sticks, which seemed to contain chilli.
On weekends the place is packed with hikers, enjoying a few drinks after a post-mountaineering sauna. They have a house band which plays pretty cheesy pop and the place can get quite lively.
Anyway I enjoyed my own post-sauna beer and may sneak back later in the week for another.
One thing really amuses me though (see second picture): in the gents, above each urinal, is a menu if their beers so one can plan what to drink next even as one voids the last beer.
I am so curious…
Love the picture!
Later, in Nampodong subway a young fellow saw the Mamiya around my neck and came straight up to me saying, "Take my photo." I shot him with the "pinhole" setting using the Retro Camera App on my iPhone.
"What's your name?", I asked.
"이정진 (Jeong-jin Lee). Remember me!
The top is solid spruce and the back and sides mahogany. Sound is strong and clean. Build seems a little rough with some machining marks visible at the top of the sound-hole under the end if the fret board. The neck is accurate but the ends of the metals are a little rough and scratchy in the hand as I play. Tuners are well geared and smooth and the head is slotted. Overall a good instrument but lacking in finish and not really worth the 485,000 won (~AU$430) they want for it.
In the same shop I also played another tenor branded Dexter. This one was unimpressive but had an unremarkable set of strings. It was priced around 250,000 won.
The top is solid spruce and the back and sides mahogany. Sound is strong and clean. Build seems a little rough with some machining marks visible at the top of the sound-hole under the end if the fret board. The neck is accurate but the ends of the metals are a little rough and scratchy in the hand as I play. Tuners are well geared and smooth and the head is slotted. Overall a good instrument but lacking in finish and not really worth the 485,000 won (~AU$430) they want for it.
In the same shop I also played another tenor branded Dexter. This one was unimpressive but had an unremarkable set of strings. It was priced around 250,000 won.
The top is solid spruce and the back and sides mahogany. Sound is strong and clean. Build seems a little rough with some machining marks visible at the top of the sound-hole under the end if the fret board. The neck is accurate but the ends of the metals are a little rough and scratchy in the hand as I play. Tuners are well geared and smooth and the head is slotted. Overall a good instrument but lacking in finish and not really worth the 485,000 won (~AU$430) they want for it.
In the same shop I also played another tenor branded Dexter. This one was unimpressive but had an unremarkable set of strings. It was priced around 250,000 won.
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