Showing posts with label steak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steak. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Restaurant "Surprise Donkey"

With a name like Surprise Donkey I was hoping that donkey would not be on the menu, and that the waiter would not be waiting for me to take my first bite before yelling "surprise - jokes on the foreigner". Instead the food was delicious, combining different meats and cooking it in a western style. I had some deep fried chicken and a steak with fries. I also manged to convince the 2 Japanese girls that were with us to try something less Japanese. The most interesting thing with this restaurant (besides the name and the tasty food) was the menus. Just check out the size of this bad boy!

Monday, 14 September 2009

Angus Steak House - Piccadilly Circus

This steakhouse is close to the exit of the London Underground station of Piccadilly Circus and is one of 2 steakhouses in the area that I saw. Its slightly pricey but the atmosphere is good, and you can easily go there alone since they have smaller tables for 2 that they use for individuals (I don't want to call it for singles because sometimes you are alone in a town that you are visiting and just want to eat nice food).

I ordered the entrecote aka Sirloin of 10 oz, with mashed potatoes and spicy pepper sauce. The presentation was beautiful, and the food came to me within 10 minutes of placing my order. There were also complimentary mini baguettes. I ordered the meat as medium and as you can tell by the colour it was done to perfection. It was so juicy and tender and the potatoes has the most wonderful colour and texture to them.
HOWEVER... as the steak got thicker the meat became rarer, until it was almost like it was still alive. I had eaten almost all of the steak before coming to this part of it and was satisfied with the meal. Therefore I wasn't bothered about sending it back to get re-fired or get a new one. I did however point it out to my waiter, who was kind enough to go take it to the manager and the head chef.

The manager came out personally to apologise and offered me free dessert. For dessert I received strawberry cheese cake and a shot of espresso (worth about £7-9 all together).The dessert was amazing and the espresso was as expected.

My meal came to £22 pounds including a drink so it was slightly expensive but for London and Piccadilly Circus quite reasonable. I recommend this restaurant for all who like big steaks and on any other day without the raw meat I would rate it 4/5 overall.

Food: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Atmosphere: 3/5
Price:3/5

Overall: 3.75/5