Steak with BLT

I was always planning a dinner with my family at the beginning of the year but it was postponed several times for different reasons. Finally, our family dinner became true and I chose the newly open BLT Steak as the venue.

The opening of this New York based steak house marks the arrival of the French chef Laurent Tourondel and brings up some French-style American dishes and all-round finesse. The restaurant is designed by the architect Hernan Zanghellini, who created a cozy and casual dining space. As HKClubbing.com talks about this new restaurant, "A native of France with the passion and skill of a classically French-trained chef and the sensibility and style of a metropolitan restaurateur, Laurent Tourondel has successfully infiltrated the rarified world of New York restaurants and the American dining landscape, much to the delight of critics and diners alike.

"Bistro Laurent Tourondel takes the steakhouse concept to a new level by artfully combining the highest quality ingredients with the precision only the finest chefs can wield. “I created BLT Steak as a modern steakhouse – one that focuses on the best product and the most exact techniques. That is the key for me, to keep it simple and wonderful” states Chef Tourondel."

The restaurant only provides the best prime steak from US and grain-fed Australian Angus beef, while you can also select from a wide range of burgers, salads and side dishes. You can also find a long wine list too, though most of them may look young to those who knows wine well.

Before our main courses came, we had these huge popovers. They are breads with cheese on top and puff inside, which are very interesting!

We also had a little dish of salmon served with olive oil.

The food came really fast, and the two rib eyes already arrived before we finished the popovers. First is the Australian rib eye, and then the 14oz American rib eye.

I must say the meat was of high quality. My first reaction was that the charcoal smell was very strong! It was all over the two steaks. The outside was very crispy, but the inside was very soft and tender. American rib eye had  finer texture while the Australian rib eye seemed to have less fat. I guess I like the American one more.

My favourite dish was actually this spicy BBQ corn! It was so delicious with all the molten butter on top...wow! We also had some Fava beans though I wasn't very fond of it.

The another main course came and it was the rosemary chicken served in a big pot. It tasted like spring chickens and was not really special. Still, the meat was soft and good, and the sauce went well with the chicken too.

The dessert came right after our main dishes, and the first one is the Crêpe Soufflé which looked like a huge fat pancake. It was served with passion fruit sauce, and you know what? It tasted so good!

The surface was very crispy because of a thin layer of caramel, and the inside was very soft like custard. It was not sweet at all and thus tasted very good with sweet and sour passion fruit sauce. Definitely a very good dessert after all the heavy meat dishes. We also had a Pineapple Soup with White Chocolate ice-cream. I am never a fan of white chocolate but this was not bad at all. it tasted more like vanilla which went well with the pineapple sauce and fruits at the bottom of the big bowl.

You also have some madeleine cakes too for your coffee, if any. Not bad not bad!

Me and my sister ordered two cocktails. The red one is mine, which is called 57th Street Manhattan, while the yellow one is Mango Margarita. Both were pretty strong. Mine just tasted like the alcohol for cleaning wounds! Thank God I could take it without problem but that was like all up to my limit already!

It was a really great dinner. Everything was very well prepared and cooked. The steak was extremely good to me, and I would say it was right after Ruth Chris from my experience. (yet I will go to Lawry's and Intercontinental Steak House for a complete comparison!). The side dishes were nice as complimentary and the desserts surprised me a lot! The service, unlike some of the people wrote online, was not bad. I asked about recommendations and explanation of the steak types, and they were happy to answer us. The manager was helpful as well!

The whole dinner was not very expensive, less than HK0 per head this time. I am sure that I will come back again, and that you will like this place too!