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Wiener Schnitzel
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Ah! The Wiener Schnitzel. A large flattened piece of veal delightfully coated in egg and seasoned breadcrumbs. Add in a portion of your favourite potatos (either chips or roasted) and you have one filling meal. They'll always add in some sort of salad or vegetables to round it out. Lemon wedges are also provided to squeeze over the veal.
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German
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Sauerkraut
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Translated direct to \"sour cabbage\", but don't let that put you off as it is popular for a reason. Finely cut cabbage that has been fermented. Your meal may already come with Sauerkraut, but if it doesn't you can always order a side dish.
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German
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Chicken Wings
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Chicken wings – barbecue marinade, spicy chilli marinade and even southern fried coating are predominant in American restaurants. Small wings and even tiny drumsticks are served, skin on with a delicate marinade and a selection of dips, such as barbecue, chilli, blue cheese and lime and pepper. Sometimes chargrilled and other times cooked in the oven and oozing in sauce. Starter portions are usually quite large!
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American
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Meat Loaf
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A staple dish in the USA, meatloaf is usually cooked in the oven and consists of a combination of meats such as minced beef, pork or chicken, laden with onions, herbs and spices and usually served with a gravy or spicy tomato sauce. Sometimes served with fries and salad or even coleslaw or roasted vegetables and even mashed potato, a classic meal eaten in households all over the US.
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American
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Burgers
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What is an American restaurant without burgers? Every US café and restaurant in Australia will serve burgers and plenty of different varieties and toppings. Usually come with bacon, cheese, barbeque sauce, jalapenos, lettuce and tomatoes inside a seeded bun. Other varieties include chilli burgers (served with minced beef) ranch burgers served with blue cheese and Italian burgers served with crisped up pancetta and mozzarella. Side dishes are usually fries and salads.
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American
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Caesar Salad
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Originating in New York, way back in the early 1900’s this salad is served in every restaurant in the US. Crisp Romaine lettuce is served with a parmesan and garlic mayonnaise, anchovies and croutons, with more grated fresh parmesan on the top. Some restaurants also serve this dish with a boiled egg, or serve as a Chicken Caesar Salad.
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American
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Fries or Chips
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Still predominant on menus, chips or fries are served in so many different ways now. Fat chips or skinny fries, curly fries, straight cut or skin-on wedges are all served with various meals or on their own. Some of the fries are served just salted, but others are seasoned with spices such as Cajun, to make them that little bit hotter. Usually served with dips or sauces such as barbecue sauce, ranch dressing or just plain tomato sauce.
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American
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Pancakes
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Served as part of a breakfast or as a dessert, you cannot escape pancakes in all forms and fashions in an American restaurant. For breakfast, which tends to be all day in American restaurants in Sydney, they are served with thin and crispy rashers of bacon and maple syrup. For dessert, they can be served with fruit and syrup, ice cream and even extra cream. Banana pancakes are one of the most popular served.
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American
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Bratwurst
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A lightly spicy but soft textured sausage is accompanied by fermented cabbage, a traditional German dish. Bratwurst can be made of pork, veal or beef, and is usually cooked by frying or poaching in beer.
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German
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Pork Knuckle
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This classic German dish (Schweinshaxe - The Austrian version of this dish, called Stelze) with pork knuckle and potato dumplings is a great option if you've got an apetite. Enjoy it as you would at a Bavarian beer garden: with a cold glass of your favourite ale.
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German
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Apple Strudel
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A strudel is a type of sweet or savoury layered pastry with a filling inside. The traditional Apple Strudel is filled of cooked apples, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, and bread crumbs. It can be served warm or cold drizzled if liked with a Vanillla Sauce or a big scoop of ice cream.
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German
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American Beers
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Some of the larger American restaurants serve all types of beer including stouts, ales, lagers, wheat beers and special brews, sometimes up to 40 different types. The bigger restaurants will also tend to have custom brews, which are usually smooth and wheaty. Cider has also become popular, even though in the US it is not so prevalent. Bottled beers are also readily available and will almost always be American.
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American
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Manhattan
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One of the most famous American cocktails, this is normally promoted in most American-style restaurants. Cocktail list is usually pretty comprehensive, but the Manhattan is probably the most asked for. A mixture of whisky (usually rye whisky), sweet vermouth and bitters, it is stirred or shaken with great gusto and then strained into a cocktail glass. Sometimes it is served as a longer drink over ice in a highball glass. Decorated with a cherry or a slice of lemon, most restaurants will serve variations of this cocktail with other elements.
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American
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Berliner Weisse
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Originating in Northern Germany and very popular in Berlin, Berliner Weisse is an unusual wheat beer that is both cloudy and sour in taste. It is often mixed with a paler beer or a lager to sweeten the beer up, but is also mixed with a fruit syrup, such as raspberry or a sweet green syrup, which not only sweetens the beer, but also turns it into extreme bright colours.
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German
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