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2014-05-25
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Came here on a Saturday nigth with a group of eleven friends to celebrate me and another friend's birthday as we both had a birthday in May. I chose this place because I wanted to try it and the original place, Le Fils et Maman, couldn't accommodate more than eight people. We reserved a table so we didn't have to wait but the place was pretty busy when we arrived.Located on the third floor of the new fancy Soundwill Plaza Midtown, in the back street of Tung Lung Street, is a a very spacious stea
Located on the third floor of the new fancy Soundwill Plaza Midtown, in the back street of Tung Lung Street, is a a very spacious steak house. Soundwill Plaza Midtown is the start of making Tung Lung Street, the once cheap eats of locals who want al fresco late night dai pai dongs or upstairs drinking bars to a more upscale dining area run by Harlan Goldstein, Wooloomooloo, etc. There was even a Lamborguini shop downstairs.
There is outdoor seating. Since we had a group of eleven, they asked if we would rather sit outside as there is more room, but seriously .... in this heat? No. So, we insisted we just have one friend sit at the end. The table had more than enough room for at least twelve, so it was not a problem. There are several long tables for six that include a beer tap that you purchase a card and pour yourself beer. Another reason I wanted to try this place as I was curious how it worked. But since we had a big group. we couldn't get one of those tables. But we asked anyways if it was possible for us to still try it. The waitress asked a higher up and said since one table was not used, we could go ahead and do it! So YAY! Play with the beer tap we go! CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!How it works is you purchase a smart card with a minimum amount of $300. You use that card to operate the beer tap. You pour your own beer until all the money is used up and you just top off with more money. And carry on. They require a minimum of four people to participate but only three of my friends joined in as the others wanted cocktails or craft beers which they had a fine selection of. The waitress still said it was ok. The beer served at the beer tap machine is Heineken and Tiger only.
The machine was located at the end of selected tables. Since this table was outside and no one was using it, the restaurant let us use this one. The waitress gave our friends three ice cold beer mugs to start.
You basically, take your beer card, tap on the words "Tap" to select your beer. Then you pull the beer tap and icy cold beer comes streaming out. Then take your beer card, tap on the words "Tap" to stop. The waitress said froth is not included in the charge and it will automatically stop when it reaches the top. Unsure how that works exactly. Each of my three friends got at least two rounds of beer each from their $300. So, they paid happy hour prices for a non happy hour time slot. They were happy campers.Then comes the food. A friend wanted the soft shell crab burger but the waitress said it was only available before 5 PM. SO SAD! So we chose other things. Some shared among a group and some not.
Chicken fajita. I tasted a bit of that. It was ok. Chicken was moist and the tortilla was soft. But it was bit under seasoned. But we're in a steak house! BRING ON THE COW!
Mixed grill was $450 but was enough for two people. It included two pork sausages, two lamb sausages, one steak, one lamb chop, grilled tomato. They didn't ask how we wanted our steak but it was still medium rare so quite good anyways. The lamb chop was also not asked how we wanted it but still medium rare and good. The whole platter was a meat paradise.
Ordered a few snacks. Mushroom with garlic toast was tasty enough. Though the toast was a bit dry.
Breaded fried chicken was crispy and amazing bar snack. It came with different BBQ sauces for dipping.
But this is what we were waiting for. The 4 kg beef shank! Limited availability, we asked if they still had it and they said they had ONE MORE LEFT! So, we ordered that before we ordered anything else. The menu said it was enough for 3-4 people but the waitress said all eleven of us would get a healthy portion. And she was right! It was huge! I had not birthday cake but man! OH MAN! This was like cutting into one. This cost $1280 but it also came with three side dishes. We chose creamy corn, sweet potato fries and tator tots. Actually quite a good deal. The meat was soft and fell off the bone. The gravy was one beefy sweetness. It had a bit of mashed potato on the bottom to hold the it upright so it would fall. And the mashed potato was dripping in gravy.
The sweet potato fries were really sweet. I didn't like it but then I don't like sweet potato in the first place. Boyfriend happily munched away at it. Though he did comment that they got soggy quite fast.
The tator tots were piping hot. And soft so you can't use a fork to pick it up. You had to use your hands. Really good. I haven't had tator tots in forever. Not since high school cafeteria food. Brings back good times.
This I never had before. Creamy corn. A friend saw it on the menu and that was the first things she wanted from the sides we chose. This was really really good. Sweet corn and creamy like mashed potato. I'll have to figure out how to make this on my own.
One friend ordered a burger. It came with tator tots as well. The burger looked juicy and nicely medium rare. Friend said it was a good burger. Worth the price as it did come with a side dish. BLT burger doesn't even do that. You have to add on to get fries and it comes out around the same price anyways.
As it was my friend and my birthday celebrations, boyfriend told me that he wouldn't bring a cake as the cake cutting fee was a WHOPPING $150!!! You can get a real cake for that! So, he decided to order two desserts from the restaurant and they were so nice to write our names in chocolate with happy birthday and lit a candle. We shared the desserts.The apple streudal in tortilla shells were a bit nonspectacular. Unsure why call it a streudal when it's not in streudal pastry. Anything else is just apple pie filling and in a tortilla shell, it's just apple turnover. But I love apple pie filling. I can eat it without any pastry so it was still yummy.
Hot chocolate brownies were very chocolately and hot though a bit over done and not moist enough to be considered a brownie. Still chocolate lovers loved it among us.
Service was great. The waitress was amazing, friendly and helpful. She even told us the food was enough and no need to over order. One of my friends, an avid cyclist, noticed we were seated near the bar and had a tv. He asked if he could watch the Tour de France and the bartender happily changed the channel for him so he could watch it all night. Such great service!I will definitely be back. To try the lunch sets which I saw ranged from $88 - 118 and to try the soft shell crab burger as it wasn't available in the evenings.
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