Monday, August 10, 2009

Barossa, Esplanade Mall



Wow, this prime rib from a watering hole (8 Raffles Avenue,Esplanade Mall,#01-11, tel : 6534 5188) was really not bad. It was in fact a much better deal in the department of both price and taste than the cote de beouf down at Absinthe which tasted quite flat by comparison. In fact it was one of those that made me feel quite agreeable to coming back again for another shot at it.



What made this prime rib a hit for me was that it wasn't overly thick, nicely charred without being overly so and was well flavored with a well measure of coarse grained salt over the top that was just sufficient to flavor the meat with savory goodness. Steak comes with an option of two sides. We picked the cream spinach and an option called apricots & walnuts. The latter turned out to be a chilled rocket salad with apricots, walnuts and goat cheese. Yes, nice crumbly goat's cheese so I would definitely recommend the latter over the creamed spinach which didn't quite match up to what I had imagined (think Lawry's). They had a roasted pumpkin soup with apple and almonds which unfortunately didn't taste like it was roasted to any degree, was totally absent of any apple whatsoever and used cheap sliced almonds that one could buy off the shelves. Avoid that soup. Waste of money.

4 comments:

red fir said...

Awesomeness. Tomahawk steak next?

ratatouille said...

i didn't know that they serve such good looking prime ribs. thks for the review.

The Hungry Cow said...

The prime rib looks delicious! I'm a fan of their ribeye. Slight charred-ness, flavourful beef and coarse salt makes a wonderful combination! :)

LiquidShaDow said...

@ ratatouille
Do give them a try rata.

@hungry cow
I saw your ribeye entry, it looks good despite being sliced up. Will definitely consider their other cuts of cow if I come again.

@ice
that's a very expensive axe (steak)