Black Forest Inn ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
- Tyler Andrew
- Oct 13, 2016
- 3 min read
Whether a foodie is born or made, is scientifically inconclusive. Every foodie however has their origin story, to which their pre-existing life ambitions acquired tasteful purpose, and food became their calling. It may not have been an over night transformation from an eater of being to an eater with meaning, but every foodie can probably recall that transitional moment when food became much more than a need to live and became something to live for. It was my uncle and my mother who brought the appeal of food into my life, giving me a personal interest in cooking and baking when I was young. My Uncle later provoked my culinary skills and interest of working in the kitchen, but to also to go explore food around me. Shows like Diner’s, Drive-ins and Dives, The Best Thing I Ever Ate and Man Vs Food showed me locations that left impacts on people’s palates. I would always say to myself “I wish I could find that place”, but all those shows were American based. For years I longed for a show that could do exactly this but in Canada. Sure enough, the universe answered, and You Gotta Eat Here came about. Finally, a program to my cause. A show to give me direction. A map for my conquest! I was determined that the food listings on this show would be my mecca, and from their it grew. My Uncle and I shared the same motive to explore these joints and as such we would share our food experiences with one another and recommend to one another new places to try out. I’ll declare that if anyone is a bigger foodie than me, I’d be him. So it might not surprise you that when we get together to go on a Beast and Feast food outing, we don’t go to one location. We go to THREE! Forget bar crawls, these boys are about food crawls. And crawl we did, right to our couch afterwards, sleeping off one of the best food comas ever.
The food crawl took off with meaning as our first location to chow down at was the Black Forest Inn. This place was the first restaurant I saw on YGEH, that was within reasonable distance of me visiting. It was the flicker to the flame that is my exploitative eating habits today, and here we were, essentially eating at the place where it all began.
The Black Forest Inn is one of the best restaurants to get your Austrian and German food cravings under control. Since 1967 this restaurant has built up its reputation with Chef Wolfgang sending out Schnitzel that is good as it is big. Weiner Schnitzel, Rham Schnitzel, Jaeger Schnitzel, Schnitzel Erzherzog Johann, Schnitzel a la Holstein, Paprika Schnitzel....holy Shitzel that's a lot of Schnitzel! With this many varieties your guaranteed to have a favorite for everyone.
Mine, the Wiener Schnitzel, was just all round delicious. Flavorful and tender. Not over breaded and the right amount of seasoning. There is nothing I would have changed about it. Not even the size, despite half of it was hanging over the plate it was so big. The menu has lots of Austrian and German options, but serves up continental food also. My uncle ordering a Hungarian stew with incredibly tender meat and a rich, meaty broth. It would have been nice to try some of their sausages on the menu but I still wanted to leave room for more food. I'd certainly like to go back and try them.
The food, the atmosphere, even the staff sell you on the experience of dining in a cozy European inn, and if it wasn’t for the two other food joints we had ahead of us I might have checked in for the night.
Pros:
Great Schnitzel
Fair prices
Cozy and comfortable atmosphere
Cons:
Nothing
RATING:
Budget✔
Experience✔
Aesthetics
Size ✔✔
Taste ✔
Lets be real here...Schnitzel has a hard time looking aesthetic. It's just not in its cards. But given the admirably outrageous radius of this meat mat, its getting double the ranking for size! 5/5 stars for the Black Forest Inn!
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