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2010-06-08
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For a place called CraftSTEAK their steak is probably the worst part of the whole meal! Let's start with the good things first....The bread was a bit hard, but decentThe side dish of garlic mushrooms was quite good!But then....1) This place is way too crowded and loud for a restaurant of this (attempted) calibre2) The steak...my my....how can I describe it? Burnt on the outside, raw on the inside, tough, flavourless....I really think I could have had better at Steak Expert or any old cha chaan
Let's start with the good things first....
The bread was a bit hard, but decent
The side dish of garlic mushrooms was quite good!
But then....
1) This place is way too crowded and loud for a restaurant of this (attempted) calibre
2) The steak...my my....how can I describe it? Burnt on the outside, raw on the inside, tough, flavourless....I really think I could have had better at Steak Expert or any old cha chaan teng!
I had ordered a Wagyu Flat Iron and I cannot imagine anything that can depart further from what I know Wagyu ought to be. Now, for 250, you don't expect to have melt in your mouth meat, but I did not expect to have a BIG FAT TENDON stuck in the middle of my steak, and various little ones crawling all over the rest of it. About 1/3 of my steak was inedible because I couldn't even saw through it with their steak knife. Besides that, there was no marbling whatsoever. The crust was basically black charcoal.
My boyfriend had a fillet, but fared little better. His was raw in some places, cooked in others, full of spice and flavour (too salty!!) in places, and bland in others. The meat quality seemed ok, but it was totally wasted from their burn the outside and leave the inside raw cooking methods.
As for the sauce, the portions were somewhat small, although the mushroom sauce was quite nice and fragrant. My herb and garlic butter however tasted far too much of parsley.
All in all, this dinner really deserved a D+ at most.
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