Schnitfaced

A CIA spy plane will surely have observed the movements of PB, CM, AM and your narrator at the Entertainment Quarter earlier this evening. Doubtless we were photographed entering Hoyts for a preview of "Body Of Lies", Ridley Scott's gripping, tech-packed, if somewhat unbelievable exploration of anti-terrorist espionage in the Middle East. And the eye in the sky can't have failed to detect our subsequent passage to the Bavarian Bier Cafe, where three of us signed up for the regular Tuesday eating trial. The Giant Schnitzel & Schnapps Challenge was a piece of...crumbed chicken. PB smashed his plate-covering schnit and the chips and rocket beneath, and I wasn't too far behind. CM, who lacks our gluttonous tendencies, did admirably well to battle through to the last bite. Satisfied we'd passed the test, the waitress half-heartedly rang a cowbell as she brought forth our reward: plum schnapps. It was so delish, we ordered more with the next round of beers. Funny thing was – and we agreed on this – the second lot of shots tasted *very* different to the first. This gave rise to conspiracy theories about the prize being watered down or the bottle of plum schnapps running out, forcing them to top up our glasses with another spirit, eg. tequila. Only the barman knows the truth. Him and the CIA.