Jäger Haus
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:32 pm
I just read Gourmando's post mentioning that he'd gone to Jaeger Haus. After typing a response, I decided I'd start a new thread in case anyone was searching for info. Here's his take.
My DC ordered the schnitzel, and you are so right on the gravy - not the gravy that I've had, not in Germany and not when Chef Horst makes it during his Oktoberfest up at Middendorf's. I had the Sauerbraten, and it had the same watery style gravy. Kraut and red cabbage were supposed to come on the plate, but something must have gotten lost in translation because the spaetzel was the only thing on the plate other than the meat.
"The spaetzle needed some nutmeg and something else to add a little zing." Yeah, you rite. It needed anything to give it some taste, any taste. Most bland. We could only eat a couple of bites it was so awful.
In their defense, we ordered a potato salad plate as a starter, and the bohemian potato salad was absolutely delicious. In fact, we saw two people order a quart container of it to go before they left the restaurant. Next to my Warsteiner beer, the potato salad was definitely the highlight.
Another good thing they've got going for them is they serve Lavazza coffee, and their coffee prices are extremely low. If you work or live in the area, JH would be a great coffee haus for you.
As far as the service goes, the day we were there (a Sunday around noon), there was one cook and one waitress - that's it, no one else. Every table was full, and there were three people sitting at the bar. About half way thru our stay, a young man came in and began helping out with the cooking. Still no help for the waitress though, who was also acting as bartender and barista.
Does this place have a future? I'm not sure - I think it will be tough. I think I'll stop back in for a cup of Lavazza while I wait for them to dish up a quart of Bohemian potato salad to go.
I ate there about three weeks ago. Despite the story on the first page of the menu about how the owner went home to Germany to learn all his mother's recipes or some such drivel, I, too, was basically unimpressed with the place.As the first stage of heat exhaustioon set in, I decided to retreat to my vehicle and return to the Quarter in October. But not before strolling into the vaunted Jaeger Haus on Conti. As I entered, there was some German guy correcting his boy's table manners auf Deutsch. This was looking promising, although no one else was there. The only thing missing was some dog too tired to lift its head off the floor. Then I spied - Thank God!! - Erdinger Weissbier on tap! Served appropriately in the requisite 0.5 liter weizen glass. This was the only really good item. The only other beer on tap was Stella Artois (WZT!! - that's German for WTF?). No Pils or Dunkel or Helles on tap at a German restaurant? Unglaublich!! Despite the heat, I couldn't resist ordering a jaegerschnitzel - the sacrifices I make for y'all! The basic schnitzel cut was fine enough, but the mushroom gravy was pathetic, watery, flavorless and lifeless. Service was indifferent - but I would be too in this heat. Did I say it was hot? The spaetzle needed some nutmeg and something else to add a little zing. The short story? This is not the new Kolb's. But I give them an A for at least trying. Anyone opening a German restaurant in NOLA has got to be an optimist!
My DC ordered the schnitzel, and you are so right on the gravy - not the gravy that I've had, not in Germany and not when Chef Horst makes it during his Oktoberfest up at Middendorf's. I had the Sauerbraten, and it had the same watery style gravy. Kraut and red cabbage were supposed to come on the plate, but something must have gotten lost in translation because the spaetzel was the only thing on the plate other than the meat.
"The spaetzle needed some nutmeg and something else to add a little zing." Yeah, you rite. It needed anything to give it some taste, any taste. Most bland. We could only eat a couple of bites it was so awful.
In their defense, we ordered a potato salad plate as a starter, and the bohemian potato salad was absolutely delicious. In fact, we saw two people order a quart container of it to go before they left the restaurant. Next to my Warsteiner beer, the potato salad was definitely the highlight.
Another good thing they've got going for them is they serve Lavazza coffee, and their coffee prices are extremely low. If you work or live in the area, JH would be a great coffee haus for you.
As far as the service goes, the day we were there (a Sunday around noon), there was one cook and one waitress - that's it, no one else. Every table was full, and there were three people sitting at the bar. About half way thru our stay, a young man came in and began helping out with the cooking. Still no help for the waitress though, who was also acting as bartender and barista.
Does this place have a future? I'm not sure - I think it will be tough. I think I'll stop back in for a cup of Lavazza while I wait for them to dish up a quart of Bohemian potato salad to go.