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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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Grilled Chicken
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Not in the mood for steak? Chicken is another good option. Normally marinated before cooked with herbs and spices and served with veggies or salad and chips.
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Barbeque
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BBQ Ribs
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Delicious lip smacking pork ribs, marinated in barbecue sauce or sometimes a chipotle or chilli sauces. The ribs are usually marinated for a few hours and either slow oven roasted in more sauce, or flame-grilled to give that lovely smokey flavour. Can be served in American style restaurants or steak houses. Frequently served with coleslaw, fries and side salad.
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Barbeque
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Steaks
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How can you go wrong with a delicious chargrilled steak? Australian beef has a rich and intense flavour to delight and invigorate your taste buds. Normally served with veggies or a salad and chips.
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Barbeque
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Vegetable Kebabs
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Most barbecue restaurants will offer a vegetarian option such as veggie kebabs, or chargrilled stuffed capsicums, all cooked on the barbecue with lashings of garlic and herbs, lemon or lime and usually with a kick of spice. Combinations of vegetables such as baby potatoes, courgettes, peppers, onions, mushrooms and baby corn are favourites on the kebabs.
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Barbeque
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Corn on the Cob
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Whole cobs or smaller ones are always served from the grill in barbecue restaurants, presented covered in chopped fresh herbs and butter. Usually comes with a jacket potato and plenty of dips such as barbecue, sweet chilli or honey and soy. Delicious either eaten as a main course or as an accompaniment to a juicy steak.
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Barbeque
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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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Bottled Beers
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A huge selection of bottled beers are always available in barbecue restaurants, and generally tend to be the American kind. Beer is also available on tap, served ice cold in frosted glasses, even in wintertime!
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Barbeque
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Bottomless Drinks
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Mose barbecue restaurants serve bottomless soft drinks. Be careful not to drink too much so you don't ruin your appetite for your yummy meal.
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Barbeque
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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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