Second Breakfasts

The full title of this should probably be second breakfast and 1 kilo schnitzel.

As I didn’t write last week, due to exhaustion and ill health, the former caused by the latter, I will catch you all up on my two favourite things from this fortnight.

First of all.

Monster Schnitzel at the Red Brick Hotel.

August was free upgrade month at the Red Brick Hotel.

This meant if you were getting the chicken schnitzel, or the parmigiana, you could get it upgraded to their Monster Schnitzel for free. This meant, you got a kilo of chicken schnitzel, instead of five hundred grams (I guess).

I have known about this since I last went to the Red Brick Hotel, and have been wanting to try it since. I was afraid the whole thing would be really dry. It wasn’t though.

The schnitzel itself was pretty good, and surprisingly so was the salad.

When I was ordering it, I was asked if I wanted gravy. I asked if they had hot chili sauce. They gave me the choice of plain chili sauce, or the sauce you get with the wings. That sauce in the middle of the plate is the buffalo chili sauce. It was really nice, dipping the bits of Schnitzel in the sauce. I did try some of the schnitzel on it’s own first, and it was great on its own.

 

Out of all of the ways you can eat a chicken, schnitzel is my third favourite. First is Korean fried chicken, and the second is a whole roast chicken. This means that I have eaten a lot of schnitzels, and this was definitely one of the better ones.

The worst one I ever had was from a take away shop, I don’t remember which one but I think it was in the city.  It wasn’t expensive, but I remember thinking I felt ripped off. The schnitzel itself was dry, about a quarter of the size and width of the one in th photo and, unless you possessed a jaw that could chew through a gobstopper, was incredibly difficult to chew. Fortunately, I can chew through a gobstopper. It took me a while to eat it, and I am pretty sure I ate the whole thing to feel like I didn’t waste my money.

Many years later, and I still feel ripped off.

Second Breakfast

On Saturday, I went on a failed search for a certain type of chili. I was informed after first breakfast and a hike around the Rocklea markets, that there was very little chance of finding what I was looking for at this time of year. A few doughnuts and an iced tea later and we were on our way to Market Square.

After another futile search for these chilis, we decided to go and eat.

At the back of Market Square, next door to a fruit and veg shop, is a place called Taste Gallery. We decided to give it a shot. They had congee. I am not 100% certain how much it cost, but I know it was pretty cheap.

We got our bowl, some chickens feet, some sort of breakfast crepe thing and went off to find a table. The place was pretty full and we had to share a table with a mother and daughter (I think they were anyway). The tables are big enough that this wasn’t an issue, with the amount of food we had.

I don’t think I have had congee before, and if I have it wasn’t like this. I got shredded pork congee and it was really good. I only added chili and chili oil to mine, but I saw people piling up shallots and other green things and a whole range of stuff I want to add next time. There will be a next time.

After the congee we got some pan fried soup dumplings. I am pretty sure there is a universe rule, which is that at some point you have to burn yourself with a pan fried soup dumpling. Which we all did.

I loved the whole thing. Eating a whole bunch of little things with friends is one of my favourite ways to eat breakfast. I also want to go there one night for dinner as they have so many things I love to eat on their menu.

One last thing

The last thing I want to mention was this wonderful can of coffee. There were different types of justice league coffee. Batman was on the black coffee, the Flash was on the caramel macchiato and Wonder Woman was on white chocolate coffee.

I just googled it, and discovered there are three more. The shop we were in only had three. If anyone knows where I can find all of them, I will happily try and review all six.

 

 

Please?