Leichhardt Bowling Club, Leichhardt

Date: 28th April 2013

Type: Chicken

Price: $15

With: gravy and salad (Note: it usually comes with chips)

What a splendid location to indulge in a schnitzel. I must note that this wasn't consumed by me, but i heard no complaints! The salad was fresh and the schnitzel (although the standard "love heart" shape) was cooked perfectly.

What made this schnitzel so brilliant, was the location. Have you ever been to Leichhardt bowling club? Sure it's right under the flightpath into Sydney Airport, but it's like stepping back a decade or two. The drinks are so cheap and the club building itself smells like an old person's wardrobe. However, if you ever get the opportunity to play bowls there... do it! The greens are immaculate.

A lovely afternoon in the sun.

http://www.leichhardtbowlingclub.com.au/

The Exchange Hotel, Hamilton

The Exchange Hotel, Hamilton, Newcastle

Date: 20th April 2013
Price: $17.90
Type: chicken parmigiana
With:  chips and salad

Well, I had high hope for this considering the price... but no. Generally unimpressed. The schnitzel was cooked nicely an the chips with thick and cooked perfectly, but there was nothing about this meal to set it apart from any other schnitzel meal I'd eaten. The menu did have quite a variety of different schnitzel toppings, but i wanted to try the less adulterated version. The tomato in the salad had obviously been frozen... but the cucumber and salad dressing made up for it.

Quote of the meal: "I'd pay extra to just have iceberg lettuce in my salad"

http://www.theexchangehotel.com/

Haymarket Hotel, Haymarket, Sydney

Date: 5th April 2013

Price: $14.50 (Friday special)

Type: chicken parmigiana

With: bacon, chips and "salad"

I'm now very much regretting not eating dumplings after eating this specimen. It's been quite a while since I'd had a schnitzel and the quality of the food at the Haymarket Hotel made me wish that I had extended the schnitzel drought further. The schnitzel itself was acceptable, but everything else was sub par. Burnt bacon, minimal cheese, too many tomatoes and the "salad" was simply lettuce. Let's just say that it's highly unlikely that I'll be eating there again.

Let's just be thankful that we didn't order the pasta; it looked even worse.

The Office Hotel, Sydney

The Office Hotel, Sydney

On Monday's you can get 2-4-1 $20 scnitzels. That's $10! Size is sufficiant for a work pub lunch. Although nothing outstanding about it, good for what it is. Juicy-ish chicken, not hammered to death. Gravy a little run-of-the-mill, like the same gravy base with added peppercorns or mushrooms depending on your flavour. Chips and salad fine.


Another review from the kids at Sydney Pub List. For the full story go here: http://sydneypublist.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/office-hotel.html

Not sure of the relevance, but the website for the Office Hotel plays Roxanne, by the Police, in full (over and over again). 

http://www.theofficehotel.com.au/

The Royal Hotel, Darlington, Sydney

The Royal Hotel, Darlington

Not beaten flat as a pancake. Not dry like cardboard. Not.... well, nothing really bad about it all. Not the best schnitzel ever tasted but absolutely nothing wrong with it. $13. And goes down well with $9 jugs of beer.

Short and sweet review by our friends at Sydney Pub List.
See full story at: http://sydneypublist.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/royal-hotel.html

London Olympic Park Media Catering Village

London Olympic Park Media Catering Village

Date: sometime during the recent olympics, no doubt
Price: £4.95
Type: pork
With: lemon and "broccoli".

£4.95 for a piece of pork that hadn't been flattened enough, and no sauce. It was a bit on the dry side too. Would have been nice to have it with chips, but McDonald's had the sole Olympic rights to chips (unless served with fish.)

Almost disqualified for not having a £20 note, until this reasoning was received: "I was so disgusted at the cash machine being "proud to only accept Visa" that I refused to use it. (The green stuff is broccoli.)"

Submitted by Martin Deutsch

White Cockatoo Hotel, Petersham

White Cockatoo Hotel, Petersham

Date: 15th July 2012

Price: $20

Type: chicken "Manya"

With: black bean and beef mince sauce with lines of peri peri mayonnaise

Another un-sampled schnitzel variety at the White Cockatoo that needed tasting. Divided between three people, it was the perfect amount of food. The upside with the White Cockatoo schnitzels that aren't covered in cheese is that it's generally a less oily experience. As you can see, it doesn't look very nice, but the black bean saucy substance was tasty and very excellently matched with the peri peri mayonnaise. The chips: always robust. The side salad: revolto (unless you like onion).