“I'm really upset about the schnitty”: Karl tees off on outrageous price hike
Karl Stefanovic has labelled Sydney as “nuts” after hearing a pub is charging $46.70 for a basic chicken schnitzel, chips and salad.
Stefanovic was reacting to news from a reporter at Five Dock Bowling Club.
“That's why Sydney has lost the plot. It's not even good there... I'm really upset about the schnitty. How many bread crumbs?,” he said.
“That's why we stay home and make our own food, parmies, schnitties - $40, that's crazy.”
The reporter, Luscie McLead, said the schnitzel without the sides costs $28.90.
If you’re after chips, you need to pay an extra $6.90, and adding a salad would cost you an additional $8.90.
The bowling club also charges an extra 10 per cent surcharge on weekends and public holidays.
McLead said buying all the ingredients from a supermarket to make the same dinner for a family costs almost the same as just one meal from the bowling club.
“To put it into perspective, I went to Coles, bought the ingredients, $56. Karl, you could make it home,” she said.
Karl agreed, saying, “Just whack it in the air fryer and Bob's your uncle.”
A venue just down the road from the bowling club charges $24 for a chicken schnitzel, which includes two sides.
Five Dock’s Bowling Club defended its high prices, saying it isn’t a bowling club, it’s a “private restaurant.”
“The only thought behind keeping the building name as Five Dock Bowling Club was as a reference for people to know its location and whereabouts, as the site first opened in 1933, not to denote the offering,” owner Pierre Moio told Daily Telegraph.
“We are not a registered club. We don't have poker machines, we are not subsidised by gambling. We are a private restaurant.
“There are enough places offering $15 meals nearby. We made a conscious choice to be different and maybe that attracts a new market.”
Recent data from the Consumer Price Index found Australians were paying 9.4 per cent more for food and non-alcoholic in November 2022 when compared to the same time in 2021.
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