Giant schnitzel and schnapps challenge $15.00
I can never resist a food challenge.
Get schnitfaced, implores the Bavarian Bier Cafe website.
So we did.
The Bavarian Bier Cafe on O'Connell Street is housed in an elegant art deco building that was once a bank. We have a table booked at the back of the room, a Japanese-style long wooden table with benches either side.
Spaten Munchen $9.90 500ml
Franziskaner Hefe – Weissbier Hell Lychee flavour $7.50
Beers are ordered (the fruit beers are quaintly listed under the sub-heading "Ladies bier") and it's only five minutes before our meals arrive.
Soft shell crab schnitzel $27.00
with chilli capsicum jam and garden salad
Only one person opts out of the shnitzel challenge, ordering the soft shell crab schnitzel. Three large-ish soft shell crabs are deep-fried in a schnitzel-like coating.
Meanwhile the rest of us are busily hoeing into a schnitzel so big it could almost block out the sun. A golden mound of chips rests underneath, a spray of rocket leaves, red onion slivers and a slice of tomato form a token salad on the side. The schnitzel (normally $24.50) is a little dry but it's nothing a generous squeeze of lemon and a healthy drizzle of mayonnaise won't fix.
There's a little bit of sighing, some exhalation, a few moments of seat-shifting, but in the end... success. All gone.
Our reward is a shot of schnapps, chosen from an extensive menu (normally $8.00). Our orders appear on a giant paddle held by a beaming waitress, her arrival heralded with the incessant clanging of a giant cow bell.
Schnapps: butterscotch, cherry and sour apple
And somehow there's still room for a forkful of dessert.
Apple strudel with vanilla anglaise $9.50
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Bavarian Bier Cafe on O'Connell (CLOSED - The York Street outlet is still open)
Tel: +61 (02) 9221 0100
Monday to Friday from 10.00am till late
Saturday from 11.30 till late
The $15 Giant Schnitzel and Schnapps Challenge is only available on Tuesdays at Manly Wharf, York or O'Connell (correct as at April 2007)
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Looks great ! Love the idea of a soft shell crab schnitzel.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever though of marrying your address on this blog to a Google Map. ? For instance ... the address for this one is http://maps.google.com/maps?q=16+O%27Connell+St,+Sydney+NSW+2000,+Australia&ie=UTF8&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.545434,81.5625&z=16&om=1
lol, you went back for more.
ReplyDeleteSoft shell crab schnitzel looks great, did you have a taste??
ReplyDeleteUna's at Broadway have a similar deal going, Jager (or any other) schnitzel and a beer for $15. Can't beat that for value.
Una's at Broadway have a similar deal going, Jager (or any other) schnitzel and a beer for $15. Can't beat that for value.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great evening- fun and fried! I've seen soft shelled crab a number of ways around here, but never as schnitzel!
ReplyDeleteI like a challenge! Am thankful to Josh for getting me into sour apple schnapps.
ReplyDeleteThe Una deal looks good too
Hi Peter Konnecke - I did briefly think about mapping on Google Maps, but then I thought about the huge backlog that would entail, and had a quick lie down :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lin - Actually someone else did. I just stole a forkful. For research purposes of course!
Hi Josh - Ooh I didn't know about the Una's at Broadway offer. Sounds great :) And no, I didn't get to taste the crab.
Hi Splendid Life - Hmmm.. is this Josh again? Thanks again for the tip!
Hi Deborah Dowd - I love soft shell crab. The schnitzel is definitely a new way of serving for me as well!
Hi Veruca Salt - Mmm... food challenge.
And yes, I like where you're going with this Una's idea. lol