The Belgian Pavilion featured a take away beer bar. For 30RMB you can get a pint of draft Hoegarten, 15 RMB for a small bottle of Martens, or 25RMB for a pint of draft Stella Atrois. They also offered soda at 10RMB. But where were the other Belgian beers like Leffe and Chimay?
Around the corner is the Porterhouse, set to server Irish beers crafted exclusively for the Shanghai World Expo. Being slightly hungover, a lovely beer and an Irish breakfast was in order. However, they were waiting for the taps to come from Ireland and none of the beers offered were actually Irish brews. The Irish breakfast was not even on the menu! Since the Expo is not actually set to open for another week, they must have time to get their act together?
After these promising finds, our little group was eager to seek out shots of Polish bison grass wodka, Russian vodka, Greek sambuca, Korean soju, Chinese Tsing Tao, German pils, American bourbon whiskey, and Swedish vodka, among the several possible choices each country's pavilion could offer to display their alcohol fare. Oh...but wait...most of the pavilions are either not ready or even open. Someone better put together an alcohol map of the Expo site since most places do not even distribute alcohol. The lines, heat, and stress are best alleviated with a non-soda beverage.
This is Shanghai, so of course there will be a soft opening for any event. There is a soft opening for every single bar, restaurant, club, lounge, store, you name it. The World Expo is no exception.
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