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| - Holy mackerel. This place is crazy. As in, crazy good. Like, lose your Scheisse good.
Now, I'm the type of girl who prefers a salad over anything meat-oriented any day of the week, in general because I prefer green things and am vaguely health-conscious (or at least pretend to be). EXCEPT, of course, when I'm at the Schnitzel Haus. It's a good thing that I live nowhere near Parma, or else I'd have to start measuring my weight in multiple powers of 10. This is because the portions are ENORMOUS and the beer is FANTASTIC. Let me start with the beer.
I'd had Franziskaner before and was really looking forward to it on draught (not 'draft,' right?), but they were out, sadly. HOWEVER, my brief despair was immediately transformed into delight at the alternative: Koenig Ludwig. DELICIOUS. Get it on draught, and you'll be smitten forever. We also tried the Warsteiner Dunkel on draught, which was pretty amazing--but hefeweizens are my weakness, so long live Koenig Ludwig.
The potato pancakes (Kartoffelpuffer? is there a better word than that in the world?) are huge and make me lose my mind in their deliciousness. I can only compare them to what I've tasted in Eastern Europe, and these are by far the best I've ever had. They served them with applesauce, but since I am a little Hungarian at heart, I requested sour cream . . . and immediately died with delight. SO GOOD. The various sauerkrauts are also fantastic.
And the schnitzel, WELL. It's the house of Schnitzel, so it speaks for itself. Just delicious. Even my dad, who is notoriously sparing in his compliments (normally he'll grunt if you ask him whether he likes the food), said the schnitzel was "very good." I mean, that's basically a triumphal hymn accompanied by brass fanfare and an organ processional. With Tchaikovsky's 1812 cannons in the background.
To echo a few concerns, service can be somewhat spotty, but we were there last Friday evening, and the young bloke who served us was great, so no complaints there.
Of course, there's another big asterisk next to this review: we didn't have anything green on our table, and (this goes without saying) meatless diets will have a tough time here. However, if your diet allows, go enjoy a hearty German meal and delicious, delicious beer!
Prost!
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