Being adventurous and going to new places, especially when you're catching up with people you haven't seen in a while is the best! There is a nearby carpark behind the restaurant, but it's metered and coins only-no change given. Found out afterwards you could use card...so I wasted 50c...
The restaurant is inside a renovated church building, which is pretty cool since it still retained the high ceilings and stained glass windows. Gives a rustic sort of feel. They have booth seating on the side, and banquet style seating in the middle. There were actually quite a few tables there on a Tuesday night.
entrance
stained glass windows
Tried to order a bit of everything (plus extra) so we had enough to go around the group. Lighting wasn't the best for photos, and everyone was hungry, so some not fully in focus...
Crackling pork belly, braised red cabbage, roasted potatoes onion bier jus, granny smith apple compote-$29
The pork belly is a little bit hard to cut into with just a normal knife, but once you bite into it, it gave a good crunch. Not completely melt-in-your-mouth crackling, but still pretty decent. Potatoes cooked well and heaps of veggies under as well. The apple compote was really delicious. Good apple flavour with a bit of tartness, worked well with the pork.
Über-schnitzel: Pan-Fried Crumbed Chicken, baby rocket, semi-dried tomato, parmesan-$27
Was executive the schnitzel to be a bit bigger, but it had a lovely crumb without the chicken drying out. The semi-dried tomato was just the ketchup like sauce, and it did taste a lot better with it. It was served with mash which was nice and buttery.
creamy mash plus tomato sauce for schnitzel
Bavarian Tasting: Crispy Pork Belly, Haus-Sausages, Schnitzel, Sauerkraut, Red Cabbage, Creamy Mash, Granny Smith Apple Compote, Bier Jus -$32
Wasn't really sure which sausages we got, or taste a massive difference, but they were relatively lean and well seasoned. The bier jus is kind of like gravy but not as salty.
Pulled pork pretzel roll, cabbage slaw, sweet BBQ sauce, fries-$15
This roll (bun) was super soft, and still maintained it's composure after splitting into 5 nice cake-like slices (thanks to density friend). Pork was soft and flavourful. Chip were average, but love the cute fryer.
Crispy Mac n Cheese Balls-Blue Cheese Mayo, Smoked Bacon-$10
Ordered this since it sounded interesting. Tasted pretty good as well, crisp outside and cheesy inside. Only had about one piece of macaroni in it, and not much bacon, but the cheese itself was melting and delicious.
Haus-made black forest cake w/ Kirsch-Cherries, dark Chocolate-$11
Quite a lot of cream rather than sponge in this cake. You can definitely taste the sourness and alcohol from the liquor they used, and this cake wasn't only slightly sweet. Interesting difference compared to normal black forest cake which is sweet (like all cakes).
Haus-made apple strudel w/ Vanilla Sauce and Whipped Cream-$10+$2
The pastry was soft and since it was served warm, it was a delight to eat (even if it was a spoonful). The waiter asked us if we wanted ice cream, but didn't tell use there was a surcharge to it, and it didn't say the price on the small dessert menu that we got. Not really worth $2 for one scoop, but at least they scooped it nicely. Couldn't really taste the vanilla in the vanilla sauce since it got mixed in with the cream. Apart from that, the service was good.
I also like trying out sausages because I just feel like they're something I don't have very often, and also I feel like so much preparation and love goes into making them.
ReplyDeleteWow, all that cream on the Black Forest cake. I actually really love cream haha, so that looks really nice.
Would have been great to spend this day with you guys!