Culinaria Bavaria

Beside the omnipresent beer, there are two essential cold snacks in Bavarian beer garden cuisine. One of them is the well-known and globally beloved pretzel (Bav. Brezn). Please refer to Wikipedia for more information about making, the unique form and nutritional value of this bavarian snack.

Beside the Pretzel, which is available also outside of the beer garden and through the whole year, there is a special dish almost exclusively limited to the beer gardens. The locally called Radi is a form of raw Radish eaten with salt. It is delightfully refreshing and said to have soothing effects on a hang-over.
It is usually cut by a hand driven apparatus which produces a long spiral of the white root easily eaten using your bare hand. Though silverware is generally available in a beer garden.