lightspeedzone.net » Steak http://lightspeedzone.net/blog mao with a memory of a goldfish in a big goldfish bowl aka Singapore Wed, 11 May 2011 11:20:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 TBone @ Eng Hoon Street http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/tbone/ http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/tbone/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 15:13:00 +0000 lightspeed http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/?p=498 TBone… which stands for Tiong Bahru One … or Tbone for Tbone steak? Just a play on words as this place is suppose to specialise in steak…. Opened since last Oct, Aly and Vivian have always wanted to try out their meats…. We took the chance to go there today… I dropped them off and [...]
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TBone… which stands for Tiong Bahru One … or Tbone for Tbone steak? Just a play on words as this place is suppose to specialise in steak….

Opened since last Oct, Aly and Vivian have always wanted to try out their meats….

We took the chance to go there today… I dropped them off and then went to hunt for a parking lot, when I got there, Vivian and Perry were seated outside….
I was thinking why the heck outside… weather was so hot these days lol… no more seats inside?
Thinking back I should’ve checked out the scene inside… Now I still have no clue how it looks like inside :-s or if it was air conditioned or something …. :-s

Garlic Bread … mixed with some slices of cheese and veggies…
Really soft …and oily :-s
Cheese slices was a nice touch ;)

Portobello Mushrooms ($15)
Roasted with herbs, garlic and oil … and I must say… it’s REALLY alot of oil …
This tasted pretty good though despite the oil … garlic bits were nice as well… I love roasted garlic…

The dish tasted almost like escargots with butter and garlic you get at Jack’s Place though… :P

Perry’s Black Angus Australian Tenderloin 220gr ($39)
Choice of Black Pepper or Mushroom sauce, Perry chose the latter

Served with fries and a choice of salad or vegetables… Perry chose salad…
As usual, not much complaints from the man :D

Vivian’s Sirloin Australian 200gr ($26)
She chose black pepper sauce and vegetables
“Pretty good” she said ;)

Aly’s Black Angus Australian Tenderloin 220gr ($39) ……

with mushroom sauce and vegetables … no black pepper definitely for her :P
She didn’t comment much on the food … hmm….

My order of Ribeye Bearnaise Sauce Sauté Potatoes ($34)

Okay… I know it looks gross, like someone just puked on it… :-s
Meat was pretty tender, I had wanted it done medium, when it arrived, the waiter annouced it was medium rare :-s …. Er… what the??!!
Anyway, it wasn’t that rare thank goodness…. Was the meat really done medium rare or did the waiter or waitress screw up? I’m still wondering now ….
The Bearnaise Sauce tasted like they took a whole tube of Pringles Sour Cream and Onion and mashed it up into this sauce…. tasted exactly the same to me….
I guess I would’ve preferred it without the Pringles sauce lol…. but it wasn’t too bad…. just that it wasn’t too good as well.
The potatoes were pretty good though…. except… that it was on the oily side…

One other thing…. everything I had was salty … midway through the meal, I couldn’t speak as I was starting to lose my voice due to the salty meal … seriously!!!! :-s

Vivian wanted to try this
Chocolate lava cake and Ice cream ($10)

Ice cream… nothing special…
Cake? What cake? Too little cake…
Only the top layer was cake, everything else underneath the 1cm of cake was chocolate lava
Chocolate lava? Tasted too much like chocolate fondue :))

I only had a small taste…. not too much a chocolate or cake person… so can’t really comment much…
Verdict on the dessert? Lousy according to the girls :P

Total bill… About 200 bucks…
Too expensive…. in my opinion … for salt …

I had to go to nearby Tiong Bahru market for a drink after the meal as I was extremely thirsty from the food
Perhaps it was my choice that left me in that state, but looking at the oily dishes and chunky bits of salt on their chunky fries left me thirsting for more water…

Somehow the experience left me drawing parallels with the much cheaper Botak Jones.
I do admit that the steak itself was done pretty well plus the quality of the beef was good, but for that kind of money, I would’ve expected everything else to be lots better.

Back for more? Nope. I think I’ll be much happier at the western food stall at the market…
I know! You can’t compare the 2 … but what the heck … :))

TBone
42 Eng Hoon Street
252 North Bridge Road
Tel: 6220 2927
http://www.one-concepts.com/tbone/index.htm


Summary

Menu Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Food Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Value for money Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Ambience Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Service Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

]]> http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/tbone/feed/ 0 Uno Beef House with Tong & Kelly http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/uno-beef-house/ http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/uno-beef-house/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:40:08 +0000 lightspeed http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/?p=427 Met Tong and Kelly for dinner after our rounds at Chinatown … Trying to take better photos of the place from the previous meal here… but still sucky eh? Garlic Bread …. ordinary … The steak is the real deal here …. I just love the cows here … cheap and good !!! Extra onions [...]
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Met Tong and Kelly for dinner after our rounds at Chinatown …

Trying to take better photos of the place from the previous meal here… but still sucky eh? :P

Garlic Bread …. ordinary …

The steak is the real deal here ….

I just love the cows here … cheap and good !!!

Extra onions courtesy of Aly :P

Uno really does a mean steak … you gotta try it … :D

Fai’s beef stew… I’ve yet to try this… although I did steal a few bites from Fai :P

My opinions on this place is still the same…great food at a great price ;)


Uno Beef House
Block 51 Toa Payoh Lorong 5, 01-60
Tel: 9677-6007
Open: 12.30 to 11pm, closed on alternate Wednesdays

Summary

Menu Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Food Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Value for money Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Ambience Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Service Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

]]> http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/uno-beef-house/feed/ 0 Astons Specialties @ Katong http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/astons-specialties-katong/ http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/astons-specialties-katong/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:20:28 +0000 lightspeed http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/?p=376 After reading so much about this place on various blogs and forums on the internet, we decided to hop down and sample their food. A view of the shop from opposite … The long queue which was forming at 630pm…. The place’s not too big… really tiny to be precise … therefore…. go early to [...]
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After reading so much about this place on various blogs and forums on the internet, we decided to hop down and sample their food.

A view of the shop from opposite …

The long queue which was forming at 630pm….

The place’s not too big… really tiny to be precise … therefore…. go early to avoid long waits queueing ;)
There’s a menu on the left and the monthly special Wagyu Steak!!! 200g, Grade 7/9 @ $58.90nett with 2 side dishes
Was wondering if I should blow some $ on the wagyu steak that everybody’s raving about ….

Iced Lemon Tea and orange juice!!! ;)

Ahhh…. mushroom soup (… Fai’s nemesis :P ) that came with Kelly’s salmon spaghetti

Kelly’s order of Salmon spaghetti ($7.90)… she wasn’t really hungry… and believe it or not … I helped her to finish some of it… me —> salmon! :P

Aly’s order of Prime Ribeye steak … with her choice of onion rings and seasonal vegetables ($11.90) ;)

Looks good ya? But Aly didn’t like it much… she had wanted it done medium … she found it tough… hmm….

Potato salad ($1.50)… this was good… we really liked the dressing …. a tad too small though … MORE!!! We want MORE!!! :P

and more it was for me (just the potato salad though) …
My order of Prime Tenderloin steak … done medium …. with my choice of onion rings and potato salad ($22.90)
Steak wise… er.. look at the size of it!!! :-s I could eat 2 plates of this :( Sheesh …

Tasted pretty okay… NOT fantastic though … I kept thinking of the tenderloin I had at Uno Beef House (see previous posting) which was half the price, tastier and was a bigger portion… :-s

Maybe I should’ve just ordered the Wagyu steak which came highly recommended on the internet…. but then again, with the disappointment of this, I’m skeptical, especially when the wagyu steak costs twice as much :-s

Fai’s order of Beef Jack Burger ($5.50)
Portion was really small too … erm… where’s the beef patty?!!! :P :P :P

Fai…. making a face for ordering something for kids … (no …really … it’s for adults…. I hope… :P )
“Although small… it tastes really good though” he quipped …. ya … right…. gimme a break :))
Self consolation is no consolation dude :P


Astons Specialties
119 East Coast Road s428810
Tel: 9147-4627
Opening hours 12pm to 3am
Closed on Monday

Summary

Menu Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Food Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Value for money Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Ambience Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Service Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

]]> http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/astons-specialties-katong/feed/ 0 Uno Beef House @ Toa Payoh http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/uno-beef-house-toa-payoh/ http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/uno-beef-house-toa-payoh/#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:04:38 +0000 lightspeed http://lightspeedzone.net/blog/?p=364 Aly ate at this stall many years ago but didn’t know where it shifted to…. A search on the internet returned not only the new location, but rave reviews as well. We arrived early (as advised by many) and managed to get a table easily. Stood in front of the stall for some time, torn [...]
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Aly ate at this stall many years ago but didn’t know where it shifted to….
A search on the internet returned not only the new location, but rave reviews as well.
We arrived early (as advised by many) and managed to get a table easily.

Stood in front of the stall for some time, torn between the tenderloin or the sirloin :P :P :P

Chicken soup!!! Came with a slice of garlic bread, nicely toasted :)

Mushroom soup … pretty bland in my opinion…. too diluted…

With a dash of pepper… (or lots of it … :-s )

Aly’s order of sirloin steak ($8) … nice big piece of meat… done medium…served on a hotplate…. when sliced through, blood oozes out :P

My tenderloin ($10) …… done medium …. Portion was pretty good…. big piece of meat… I hate getting a small piece of steak and being charged $20 or so and having the need to go for supper after.

I must say… this has gotta be one of the best steaks I’ve had for a long long long time… The meat was tender and juicy and not too bloody, sauce for the steak was lovely to taste.

The potato ball was interesting, not just some boring fries or baked/mashed potato… this was mashed on the inside, and fried on the outside ;)

The steaks here are comparable or even better than some upmarket restaurants in the city, for a few bucks more than your regular food court/food centre western food stall, you get superb quality steak at half the price of what you pay at restaurants.

This is one place I’m definitely going back to… excellent!!!


Uno Beef House
Block 51 Toa Payoh Lorong 5, 01-60
Tel: 9677-6007
Open: 12.30 to 11pm, closed on alternate Wednesdays

Summary

Menu Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Food Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Value for money Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Ambience Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Service Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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