The Kempinski Hotel Harbin, in Heilongjiang province opened its month-long beer festival, the Salvador Oktoberfest, on Feb 19 and running through March 19, in the hotel’s Paulaner Restaurant and Bar, with Salvador beer, a stout that uses Munich's brewing techniques on tap.

Delicious dishes served for the Salvador Oktoberfest. [Photo providede to chinadaily.com.cn]

There is plenty of surprising food that goes well with the freshly tapped beer, which dates back 375 years, to a time when the friars at St. Paul's Monastery began brewing it before Easter to supply energy.

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