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[The Bogan]

Whilst the brewery had good beer, I didn't rate the pork knuckle, the meat was good, but, there was no crackling, the skin was just thick and chewy

Will return at some stage for the beer, but, I will wash the beer down with chips

Another upsetting factor was.....no sauerkraut, I even asked the staff about it, none even knew what sauerkrauteven was, in what world do people serve pork knuckle without sauerkraut, they did serve apple slaw with it, which was nice, but.......#sauerkraut the world

[GTSBoy]

21 minutes ago, The Bogan said:

Another upsetting factor was.....no sauerkraut, I even asked the staff about it, none even knew what sauerkrauteven was, in what world do people serve pork knuckle without sauerkraut, they did serve apple slaw with it, which was nice, but.......#sauerkraut the world

Does that German restaurant still exist in the old place out the NW end of Goulburn? When I say "out the NW end of"...I am really being vague. It was 1997 when I was last there, and the only point of reference I can recall is that it was on the opposite side of the main drag from the big merino. And when I say "opposite side of the main drag", I don't mean "on the main drag". It was either a couple of streets back from there, or might have even been out in the sticks a bit further. Was an old farm building or mill or somesuch. And when I say "the big merino" I might actually be thinking of a completely different part of town, because I just looked on maps and the big bugger is not where I remembered him to be!

The food was good, consisting largely of various German mystery-meat sausage/loaf things and kartofflen.

[The Bogan]

17 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Does that German restaurant still exist in the old place out the NW end of Goulburn? When I say "out the NW end of"...I am really being vague. It was 1997 when I was last there, and the only point of reference I can recall is that it was on the opposite side of the main drag from the big merino. And when I say "opposite side of the main drag", I don't mean "on the main drag". It was either a couple of streets back from there, or might have even been out in the sticks a bit further. Was an old farm building or mill or somesuch. And when I say "the big merino" I might actually be thinking of a completely different part of town, because I just looked on maps and the big bugger is not where I remembered him to be!

The food was good, consisting largely of various German mystery-meat sausage/loaf things and kartofflen.

I would say no, why, because my daughter, who also lives in Goulburn, hasn't recommended us going there

Pity, as we miss all the German joints around in Sydney, actually, the restaurants are the only thing I really miss about Sydney, and a special mention to Ishibanboshi at Bondi Junction, their Kara-age Don is heart cloggingly deliciousness (always added a special boiled egg...or 2) 😋 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

The German place in Cabramatta was rock solid, fresh pretzel cooked to order back then. Then it went all quiet, after all the poker machines were removed, then I believe it closed for good.

I did drive past the other week and noticed outdoor lighting a big screen, but no idea what is there now.

 

[MBS206]

There's a good German place in Brisbane if youre up for the drive 😛

[Duncan]

There was a great one on Victoria Rd in Gladesville too back in the day.

I can only assume GTSBoy is thinking of the mill up on the wollondilly, no restaurant there any more but they have restored the original steam engine on site and run it every few months, have an annual steampunk festival etc

@The Bogan, you came to the wrong town for restaurants. we have a few reasonable asian and indian options but the Paragon is as good as it gets otherwise. That brewery is apparently just opened, been meaning to give it a go some time. The Highlands have plenty of fancy options but I suspect you are more a hearty eater than fancy eater

[The Bogan]

43 minutes ago, Duncan said:

There was a great one on Victoria Rd in Gladesville too back in the day.

I can only assume GTSBoy is thinking of the mill up on the wollondilly, no restaurant there any more but they have restored the original steam engine on site and run it every few months, have an annual steampunk festival etc

@The Bogan, you came to the wrong town for restaurants. we have a few reasonable asian and indian options but the Paragon is as good as it gets otherwise. That brewery is apparently just opened, been meaning to give it a go some time. The Highlands have plenty of fancy options but I suspect you are more a hearty eater than fancy eater

Definitely a hearty eater when we go out, I consider these meals my cheat day as I've been watching my calories in and calories out pretty hard since my little fun size stroke, I've gone from a fat boy of 89 Kg, I'm only 165cm tall/short, down to a almost semi lean 73 Kg over the last few years, I'm currently around 17% body fat which my doctor is very happy with, but, my goal is to slowly get down to and maintain 15%,so yeah, I want all of the protein, carbs, fats and sugars when I go out for a binge

[GTSBoy]

56 minutes ago, Duncan said:

Paragon is as good as it gets otherwise

I like their veal scallopini.

[The Bogan]

Decided to upgrade my pressurised plastic coolant expansion tank for a fancy pants alloy version

The OEM versions can get brittle, even the new plastic one I got when I first got the car is a starting to show signs of "stress"

I wasn't cheap, but it is basically unbreakable