Botany View Hotel

Botany View Hotel, Newtown, NSW

Date: 25th April 2011

Price: $15.00

Type: Chicken Parmigiana

With: chips and salad

Well... what other way would you spend your ANZAC day holiday than in a pub?.... and what is the only type of food more "ANZAC" than ANZAC biscuits? Well... i don't know, but i had a schnitzel. As you can see this is the standard "heath-shaped" schnitzelly portion. It was pretty tasty (as is everything at the trusty Botany View Hotel). The chips were thin and crispy and the salad was splendid... despite the large quantity of onion on top.

All in all... pretty nice for the price.... but next time I'm having the chicken burrito.

McLaren Vale

Hotel McLaren, McLaren Vale, South Australia

Date: 8th April 2011
Type: Chicken
Price: $17.50 ( i think)... it was $2.50 for sauce and about $5 for parmigiana topping... steep!
With: chips and lemon


Quite a cute little pub. The schnitzel was cooked perfectly and was a decent bit of chicken (not a processed lump of goo). The chips were also excellent. Kinda pricey for a schnitzel, but the quality made it aaalmost worth it. Not a great number of food options at night in McLaren Vale, it seems.


Special mention to the excellent artwork, especially the painting of a frog flying through space on a lilypad staring at the earth.

Double Bay Schnitzel House (formerly Una's)

Double Bay Schnitzel House, Double Bay, NSW

Date: 23rd February 2011
Type: Chicken and Veal (not in the same schnitzel)
With: Lemon and potato rosti (and a side of raw cabbage)
Price: well... we got a deal consisting of two schnitzels and two glasses of wine for $19 (romantic, no?) but the usual price for the same schnitzel is about $18. 


As a crazy schnitzel eater many people look at me in astonishment when i tell them that I've never been to Una's. For this reason, i can not compare the schnitzel in the above photo with a standard Una's model. That is, i have no idea whether this schnitzel venue has changed in name alone.


I've been told that "Una's schnitzels are massive!!!"... I wouldn't call these schnitzels "massive". They were large and cooked pretty much to perfection. The goings on with potato underneath was pretty amazing, although i can't say the same for the side plate of grated cabbage (a little hard to stomach with no sauce to assist is sliding down the oesophagus - how's that for a big word?)


All in all i was pretty happy with what we got for $19. I'd be reluctant to pay $18 each for the same meals, but the service and slightly tacky atmosphere made it a nice change of pace from the usual pub-schnitzel-eating environment.


Rating out of 10? I think it's a spot-on 7.54.

http://www.schnitzelhouse.com.au

Bangor Tavern

Bangor Tavern, Bangor, NSW

PRICE: $9 steak or schnitzel on Monday and Tuesday

WITH: Chips and salad... choice of sauce - I chose mushroom

TYPE: Chicken

DATE: Monday 20 December 2010

The schnitzel was juicy and cooked to perfection. The sauce was thick, tasty and packed with mushrooms, none of that 3 mushrooms in the sauce crap. The schnitzel came with chips and salad. The chips were the thick variety, pretty standard schnitzel side dish. Salad wasn't life changing. But hey it's all about the schnitzel anyway. I bought the schnitzel on a Monday so it only cost me $9. Not sure what the regular price is but I'd probably pay it. It was that good! Great schnitzel... probably a 9.28 out of 10.

Bangor Tav has recently had a renovation which has made it a popular place to eat so inside can be quite busy and noisy. I'd recommend hitting the Bangor Tav on a warm summers night to take advantage of their lovely beer garden. NOTE: The toilet signs are quite confusing. The renovations means that Bangor Tav is too trendy to simply have 'male' and 'female' signs on the door. Now they have artistic pictures of a cocktail and beer. And just because you are drinking beer doesn't mean you use the beer toilet if you are female.

Gemma

Toxteth Hotel

Toxteth Hotel, Glebe, Sydney

Date: 15th January, 2011

Type: Chicken

With: Veggies and mash and mushroom sauce

Price: $18ish

A reasonably tasty schnitzel; a little on the plain side. Cooked perfectly. Nice sauce and veggies... but a bit annoyed that the schnitzel was brought out on top of the mash (you can't cut the schnitzel whilst it's on a pile of mash!!!).

Perfect meal to start a night when you drink a squillion beers.

Hogs Breath Cafe Carindale

Hogs Breath Cafe Carindale

Place: Hogs Breath Cafe, Carindale

Date: 2 Jan 2011

Type: Chicken Parmigiana, shaved parmesan on top, (curly!!!) chips, salad.

Price: $21.50

Very filling and yum! But adamant the curly fries should have some kind of yummy seasoning on them... Will probably just get the lite serve of $17.50 next time.

Bel

Menzies Hotel, Sydney

The Menzies Hotel, Sydney - "Sporties" bar.... or something

Date: The other day

Type: Chicken

Price: $13

With: Peas and mash

Peas and mash were the only option of said. However, the mash was good and the peas were round. The schnitzel itself was ordinary.

Gemma