Prior to arriving in Vienna, I was using the internet at my Berlin hostel and chatting to my mate Timmy K. He'd visited Vienna the year before with his folks, and recommended that I try this restaurant, "Figlmollen?.... Figl-something... well it was good. Best Wiener schnitzel I've ever had. The lamb is also A++!"

Timmy K knows his food, so once we got to Vienna, I was very keen to follow his recommendation. However, with his vague instructions, I wasn't sure if I'd even be able to find it. So imagine my delight when we stumbled across Figelmüller during a big day of shopping, just off the main shopping street. Figelmüller is extremely famous for its fab Wiener schnitzel, and since its inception in 1905, a couple more branches have opened up across town. The addresses are all at the website below.

Figelmuller

Here is their famous (and enormous) schnitzel.


The Schnitzel is large

We ordered 2 Wiener schnitzel, a potato salad (the recommended accompaniment), and a cucumber salad. Timmy K was right, the schnitzel was awesome. It's pounded super-thin, and lovely and crisp. There are other items on the menu, but I don't see why you'd ever want to go past the schnitzel!

Clarice: Between mouthfuls...I love your friend Timmy K!
Sarah: Chomp chomp... Me too! Chomp chomp


Potato Salad


Soda Zitrone & Cucumber Salad

Cucumber salad may not be traditional, but you need something to cool you off in the intense Austrian summer. And speaking of cooling off, soda zitrone is one of the nicest and most refreshing drinks you can get in Vienna. It's just fresh lemon juice and soda water, and you can get it everywhere. I must have drunk at least 3 litres of the stuff during our 2-night stay in Vienna. Brilliant. They give you sugar which you can add yourself, but I like it plain and sour. A good, refreshing, resolutely un-sweet drink is just what you need whilst wolfing down a massive piece of fried meat, or plate after plate of sweet treat in Vienna's finest teahouses...