Schnitzelhuus, Schwamendingenstrasse, Zurich

Next to the Offene Rennbahn Oerlikon – a true monument to swiss cycling history – the Schnitzelhuus opened. Taking up the german cuisine trends from a number of Currywurst places or such venues as Bayrischer Hof, extending it to Schnitzel seems like a logical evolutionary step. Surprisingly the place is already packed for lunch, hence moving forward a reservation can’t hurt.

The daily lunch special was either a Schnitzel Vienna style or Acapulco. Since Acapulco was explained as a Schnitzel with peppers, corn and curry cream sauce, that did sound a bit too german avant-garde for our liking and we stayed with the traditional one. A small salad makes it our way, slight negative marks for the dried herbs used in the sauce but otherwise a normal small salad in a standard lunch setting.

The Schnitzel was actually pretty nice. It was thin, large and very buttery in taste. To judge the quality two german gentlemen joined me, one agreed with me, one thought it was too buttery. Then again this particular fellow’s favourite restaurant is Crazy Cow, which dubs itself “The total anders Swiss Beiz”. I’ll let the beloved reader be the judge. The meal ended with a bavarian cream, a pudding like dessert with some fresh pineapple. The prices were very german as well, for less than 20 CHF, this is a pretty good deal. I’ll be back in the evening to test the real Wiener Schnitzel with veal.