Prince Albert Hotel

Prince Albert Hotel, Adelaide

Date: 27th January 2012
Price:$16
Type: Chicken
With: salad, mushroom sauce and "shoestring fries"




I was expecting quite a lot from my second ever schnitzel in Adelaide. This schnitzel did live up to expectations, so you can stop worrying. I was considering ordering something else, solely based on the fact that it came with "shoestring fries"; the worst type of chip in existence...... but most of the other meals came with the same type of chip, so i really wasn't going to win either way.


The schnitzel itself was good, not a the pre-shaped-then-frozen variety pubs usually sell. As for the size.... who cares when it's a decent piece of meat? Not I! The sauce was tasty, with whole mushrooms and the salad.... well, it was a salad. All in all, thumbs up Prince Albert Hotel.




And one more thing..... a "pint" in Adelaide is the same as a "schooner" in Sydney? Laugh! Someone really needs to standardise beer glass sizes to end the confusion of the weary traveller. That is all.

The Royal George

The Royal George, Sydney

Date: January 7th, 2012
Type: Chicken
Price: $17
With: chips and salad (no mash available - boooooo)


A nice break from the craziness that was the Sydney Festival First Night in a pub that was quite empty. The Royal George is on that section of George St in the city that's generally best avoided, mainly due to the high concentration of nauseating and scantily clad females accompanied by polo-shirted beefed-up guys. Wank.


Anyway, so the food at the Royal George was surprisingly good. The beer selection was also good. The schnitzel? Well, it was better than your standard low-quality pub schnitzel; cooked well and presented nicely, but nothing nothing to make it stand out amongst it's competitors. The chips were very tasty indeed. All in all, not too bad for $17, but you could probably do better elsewhere.

The AB Hotel, Glebe, Sydney

Date: 26th December 2011
Price: $14 (an extra $2.80 for the blob of sauce and pre-cut cheese)
Type: Chicken
With: chips, lettuce and tomato sauce


Could it have been because the normal chef was not working on Boxing Day? I'm not sure, but this was a fairly ordinary meal. 


The words "this was definitely a frozen schnitzel at some point" were heard. Very small and it's not clear how a single blob of sauce and cheese turned this schnitzel into a parmigiana, but that's what it's meant to be. Additionally, the salad left quite a lot to be desired. 


Shame on you, AB hotel; your website boasts so many bold bold claims, I thought you were better than that.




http://www.abhotel.com.au/

The Carlisle Castle, Newtown

The Carlisle Castle, Newtown, Sydney

Date: 29th November 2011

Price: dunno (over $15, that's all i know)

Type: veal

With: mash and some sort of sauce

All the times I've been to, and eaten at the Carlisle, and I've never had a schnitzel. Crazy! This time again it was not i that got to eat this specimen. I must say it looked pretty good (and by all reports, tasted pretty good too). It was an actual piece of meat, beaten flat and crumbed! Not frozen and re-fried! Amazing.

I'm not sure if it usually comes with veggies as well as mash (it was being eaten by a veggiephobe), but something green might have made it a pretty excellent meal indeed.

Note: the Carlisle does a mean chicken burger as well.

The Tudor Hall, Redfern

Tudor Hall, Redfern, Sydney

Date: 29th November 2011
Price: $10
Type: chicken
With: chips and salad


This specimen came with quite the comprehensive review: 10 dollars. With multicrumb though not crummy. Was good :D


There was also a side note stating that the clientele of the Tudor Hall was not as desirable as the schnitzel.

Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, NSW

Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, NSW

Date: 29th October 2011

Price: $18.90

Type: chicken

With: mushroom sauce and vegetables

So I'm fairly impressed with the quality of food at my mum's new local pub (i couldn't say the same for the clientele - i don't know if it had anything to do with the Def Leppard concert up the street on the same evening). Although a bit pricey, this was quite a tasty schnitzel indeed. Not huge (it was one of the standard "heart-shaped" models) and some mashed potato would have been nice as well, but vegetables were fine and have less of a bogan flavour. I'd go back.

Website: http://www.hotelpremier.com.au

Hobgoblin, Shibuya

Hobgoblin Pub, Shibuya, Tokyo

Date: 22nd October 2011

Type: chicken

Price: 1400 yen

With: chips and salad

I'm not overly surprised that this wasn't the best schnitzel I've ever had. I just feel sad for all those Japanese people missing out on the good stuff. There was nothing wrong with the ingredients. The problem was that that the piece of chicken was so very very dry. Not even the parmigiana topping helped reduce the dryness. The chips and salad weren't too shabby though.

I do feel bad for eating in an English pub in Tokyo, with so many excellent eating venues close by.... but it's in the past now. Let's forget the whole thing.