A Beefy Affair.
Sunday, September 01, 2013
So as the blog title suggest, this post will be dedicated to the beefs! Well, we've been eating quite a bit of meaty meals lately, and quite a few of them are steaks-related, so *tada* it inspired the photos as well as the post =)
First up, is a steak meal found in the heartlands of Hougang. There's this rather famous western food stall that seems to have the best business of the lot. I used to always order their chicken chop instead because the steak pricing is kinda much higher than what I would want to pay for a meal. But after trying the steak set recently (we tried it twice already =X), and maybe because I started working, I find the price still quite okay. Maybe because the meat tastes nice and it's worth the money too! Oh, and another thing I found nice about the set was the potato although I liked the small potato balls and rosti much better.
Moving on to another heartland (not too sure if this area is considered heartland or not), we came to this restaurant that has a super nice exterior. They have a few branches across the city but we came here because it's on our way home and also the least 'popular' area (= less crowded). Amazingly, we were the first customers for dinner time for the day, although the restaurant didn't get overcrowded over the time we were there too. It was definitely a good thing because we managed to get our grills changed quite regularly which makes the meat much nicer to eat! Being a fussy me, changing of the grills is actually one of the significant factor that affects my consideration whether to go back to the place again or not. So this place, is definitely a go-back-to place in terms of grill management. Of course, service is another thing and this place has really good service (he says), which I agree although I find it quite weird having 2 person stand by the table throughout the whole meal. Although this also translates into a never empty water cup, which is good in a way ;) One thing which is not favorable is the steep pricing of the meats. We ordered over a $100 worth of food, so I think the basic fare for one will be not below $50 for a decent meal. But what you pay for is what you get I guess, cause this has got to be the best bbq (perhaps even meal) that I have ever eaten in ma life! Every piece of meat that we got was really good looking and delicious tasting *yums* man! See, I even went to search for the Japanese delicious word because it's that good!
On another hand, I also liked the design and classic black & white concept because it makes everything look so classy and atas. The only things not black and white are the charcoal and meats, which also comes in intricately cut slices (yes! the charcoals too!) that makes it feel like the whole thing was prepared with alot of heart, and maybe that's why they taste and cook so good too! Heh heh heh...So the first thing we got was a trial platter. Yep you read it right, it's a trial only. I don't understand how do people trial this amount, and decide to call the main platter, and then still go on to call other types of food. Won't full one meh?
Moving on, we got to eat beef tongue - I dubbed the most dangerous dish of the meal. Most of the time when I was eating, I didn't really know its my tongue or the beef's, so that's why I think it's a really dangerous dish. Order on your own risk. The taste was unique though, maybe just be careful can already.
This dish is interesting in a way that I have never eaten bacon that looked like this before. All the bacon I ate before came as long this slices, which are exact opposites of these small fat chunks below. I find them rather peppery for my liking, but luckily (as mentioned above), I didn't worry at all because I could drink all the water I need. *thumbs up*
The following 2 dishes came from pigs so they aren't exactly beef, but other than that, that taste really good too! This next dish is pretty interesting to eat and the waitress told us that they are taken from the pig chins-area and is quite thick. It's called smth smth smth jowl.
The last meaty dish is this, although I can't rmb the name of it, but I remembered that they're thin slices and abit hare to cook. Okay to eat and my least favourite of the lot though.
Aha! There's this very cool lemon squincher that is available there too!
Yep, and we all know what can make him smile so happily, even as he busily cooked the meal...Later on, we went to a nearby supermarket and saw this celery-looking stick which we realized is quite similar to some pokemon if he held it in a certain way. For comparison's sake, see below.
So that's all for my beefy encounters!
I shall continue when I have more time!
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