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).

Empire Hotel, Annandale

Empire Hotel, Annandale

Date: 14th July, 2012
Price: $12
Type: chicken
With: mash and veggies


Bargain! I've never eaten at the Empire.... in fact, up until recently i could have sworn the Empire Hotel was a seedy den of evil and cover bands. This schnitzel was nothing out of the ordinary, but it was exactly what I needed before i night of beering and bands at the Annandale Hotel down the street (the $12 jugs of Coopers made for a cheap start to the night as well!). A good size, cooked well and with decent mash. Can't fault this specimen at all. It even came with a mysterious shadow puppet of a dog. woooooooh woooooooooooh spoooooky.

Huntsbury Hotel, Petersham

Huntsbury Hotel, Petersham

Date: July 1st, 2012

Price: $15

Type: chicken parmigiana (with eggplant rather than bacon)

With: salad and chips

Look at these meals. LOOK AT THEM! They were ordered 5 minutes apart and count the differences. Schnitzel size, presence/absence of beetroot and bean sprouts, chip quantity, green seasoning stuff (assumedly parsley) on the left schnitzel. Anyway, for the price the schnitzel itself was pretty good. More of a homemade style than your usual pub schnitzel specimen. Although salad number 2 lacked several of the ingredients of salad number 1, the Huntsbury should be commended for having more than lettuce, tomato and onion in their side salad. Verdict: pleasant.

http://www.huntsburyhotel.com.au

White Cockatoo Hotel

White Cockatoo Hotel, Petersham (again)

Date: 17th June, 2012
Price: $20ish
Type: chicken (española)
With: chick peas, chorizo, mystery sauce and chips

No, the local hippie did not stumble through the pub with an upset stomach from some bad acid and vom his last chickpea dinner on our schniddy.  Yes, I say our because  there was more than enough for the two of us.  Great quality schnitzel, thick and juicy fillets – this behemoth has not been beaten thin for square inch appearances.  Fear not, the sauce is tastier than it looks too…but oh, SO MUCH SCHNITZEL! The chips are mercifully a non-event.

Concordia Club, Tempe, NSW

Date: 26th May, 2012
Price: $20
Type: Pork (Jager Schnitzel)
With: red cabbage, spatzle and mushroom sauce


It had been a long time since we'd ventured to Concordia club; nearly two years to be exact. We wont go into the exact reason, but if you buy me a beer I'll tell you the whole story. Anyway, a sunny autumn sunday afternoon was the perfect time to head down and consume several half litres of beer and some stodgy food. 


You'd think that out of all the types of places that serve schnitzel, a german club would deliver the best product. Well, yes.... it was quite a fine specimen indeed. I do recall having a chicken schnitzel at the same venue several years ago and I wasn't blown away. Maybe i was more hungry this time or maybe it was just better quality. I don't know, but it was pretty bloody tasty. The sauce was good, the cabbage was tasty and the spatzle was a nice change from the standard chip side-dish.


Website:http://www.concordiaclub.org.au

Pig and Whistle, Indooroopilly

Pig and Whistle, Indooroopilly, QLD

Date: 10th May 2012
Type: chicken
Price: $24.50
With: béchamel, melting cheese, salad & chunky chips


So here we have the "MIDDLESBROUGH ‘PARMO’ CHICKEN SCHNITZEL".

Official review: I couldn't resist when I saw it on the menu over at Indooroopily (that, or maybe it was the $6 pints).  Oh, it was pretty good actually - about 1/2 inch thick but the diameter was less than impressive.  It had a good serve of chips and the cheez was yum! hah.

Matt