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2022-08-13
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Consumption voucher and we decided to have a steak for dinner. Looking over what seemed interesting we decided on a place called 52C Medium Rare. This is actually the temperature of medium rare steak if you use a thermometer when cooking.Located in Jordan, just a walk away from Kowloon Park is a very minimalistic looking building. They serve steak cooked in either yakiniku (over a grill) or ishiyaki (over a hot stone). It's individual dining as you get your own grill or stone to yourself so you
Located in Jordan, just a walk away from Kowloon Park is a very minimalistic looking building. They serve steak cooked in either yakiniku (over a grill) or ishiyaki (over a hot stone). It's individual dining as you get your own grill or stone to yourself so you don't even need to share. They have two floors. The top is for yakiniku. The ground floor is for ishiyaki.
Menu is in English and Chinese. They offer sets along with a la carte.
Ordering is done by choosing what you want on a touch screen display. This is also in English and Chinese with photo of everything.
As the yakiniku area was full, we chose the ishiyaki option. A very hot stone with meat was placed on top. Set comes with a bowl of rice, salad and borscht soup. For the meat option, you choose the cut of beef and how many grams. As we had never been here, we decide to choose 180g option.
The set salad was basic salad greens that were fresh with a drizzle of sesame salad dressing.
The borscht soup was a bit on spicy side with lots of vegetables inside so this was quite filling.
Boyfriend ordered the Beef Boneless Short Rib ($178 for 180g). The beef was very juicy with a good strong beef taste.
I had the Hanging Tender ($158 for 180g) and this was actually better than the short rib as it was more juicy. Literally didn't need to chew as there was a good degree of marbeling. A much better value as well.
We've been to a number of these restaurants in Hong Kong. The concept is nothing new. But what stood out for me was how clean this place was. Majority of these places, the seating is cramped. Usually bar style seating arrangement. Against a wall with all the seasonings above you. But here, you sit at a table so larger groups can eat together more easily. It was also extremely clean. So many I've been to, they have always been greasy from all the oil sizzling off the stone. But here, it wasn't. They really cleaned the tables and area so nothing felt slippery. It made for a much nicer dining experience and the price wasn't any more expensive than their competition. Would be back and try the yakiniku next time.
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