"that's the biggest piece of veal i have ever seen"

last week, i was in the mood for german food. however, i couldn't write about it right after because i suffered from a food coma- typical.

james and i went to zum stammtisch in glendale (queens). originally we were planning to go to koenig's in floral park, the site of both myself and my sister jill's sweet 16. one might think it's weird that two filipino girls had their sweet 16s at a german restaurant. but my mom's philosophy is good food = good party.


trying to broaden the horizons, i did a google search for german restaurants in queens, and zum stammtisch was the first to come up (koenig's was second). and off we went on the jackie robinson parkway.


james and i 1/2 and 1/2ed it: i got the jagerschnitzel and james got the "pick 3" (three types of german sausages- we chose one of each obviously: bratwurst, knockwurst, and some other one that neither james nor i can remember. rest assured it was good).


the jagerschnitzel was "A lightly breaded veal cutlet smothered in a hunter sauce made from fine imported mushrooms and special seasoning". i don't eat veal all that often (miranda hobbes from sex and the city thinks its a politically incorrect piece of meat), but james likes it, and i really like anything with mushrooms so i splurged.


so the food came out- and the veal was the biggest piece of veal i have ever seen. so if you put the veal up to the computer screen, and multiplied this image by 15, that's how big the veal was:


now portions wasn't the kicker for the restaurant. the food was really great as well. we ordered a side of potato pancakes (one of my FAVORITE things- stay tuned for the blog about how i think i am a reincarnated potato obsessed irishwoman), and each entree came with red cabbage and potatoes. we also got beers of course, which probably contributed to my food coma.

the other nice thing about the restaurant was that i felt like i was sitting in my non existent german uncle's living room. with the exception of koenig's, other german restaurants (been to only three- and one was germany at epcot) i have been to was more like a beer garden, so the homey feel was pretty awesome. aaaaand our waitress was german.

definitely a repeat restaurant and i place i would take out of town guests that like german food. but german food isn't something you can eat often. it's like the special meal you eat once in a while when you are in the mood for it- and it never fails to fulfill what you were looking for...

vielen dank zum stammtisch!!!