The Chop House is a
casual dining eatery under the umbrella of Wooloomooloo Group. The
same HongKong group that set up Wooloomooloo steakhouse in Swissotel
the Stamford, which I have a memorable experience with their tomahawk
steak a few years back. (You can check out the review here).
We have been wanting to
try out this place since its opening, but there is always something
that block our path. Anyway, since Little Devil's ('LD') BFF have a
craving for lamb chop, we finally pop in there.
At first they allocate us
in the centre dining area, seated at a table for 4 but the size is
about 1 square metre which is more appropriate for table for 2. The
atmosphere was gorgeous, with the view of Sentosa through its floor
to ceiling glass windows. It is very romantic atmosphere, but
anticipating the space to place our food, we request to be move to a
bigger table.
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| The Centre of Dining Area & The Bar |
We started the dinner
with Crispy Calamari ($14) and Mussels Mariniere ($19). The calamari
is tender yet slightly springy, coated with crispy batter. Seasoning
is inconsistent, where some part can be bland while the other can be
very salty. The Mussels Mariniere are perfectly executed where you
can taste the wine in the broth. Unfortunately it was missing
something to soak up the beautiful broth such as a bread or fries.
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| Crispy Calamari |
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| Mussels Mariniere |
For Mains, LD ordered
Australian Grass Fed T-Bone Steak (400g, $49). T-Bone steak consist
of two type of cut, short loin (the small part) and tenderloin (the
larger part), which created a challenge in cooking both of them to
the right preference (ha.ha, one of the challenge in Master Chef
Korea). As usual, LD loves her steak medium rare, and they only
manage to deliver medium rare on the tenderloin side, but overcook
the short loin part to medium. The meat are tender and juicy, and the
creamy mash potatoes that come with it just so smooth, creamy and so
delicious. Honestly, the mash potatoes are actually better than the
steak, so we ordered another side of creamy mash ($7).
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| Australian Grass Fed T-Bone Steak |
For my main, I have the
USDA Prime Ribeye (200g, $36). It is cooked to medium rare as
ordered. The meat is slightly chewy, not as tender as I expected from
USDA prime ribeye. Sautéed potatoes are good and so does the
accompanied peppercorn sauce. Portion is slightly small 200 gram, I
wish they offer the 300 gram version. For the price I'm paying, I
find the New Zealand standard steaks are so much better compare to
the USDA in term of tenderness and price point.
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| USDA Prime Ribeye |
LD's BFF ordered
Australian Double Lamb chops ($31). She said it was quite
disappointing as the meat is tough and one of them are charred.
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| Australian Double Lamb chops |
For additional sides, we
have the French Fries ($7) and creamy spinach ($8). Fries was double
fried, probably with duck fat as it has that distinct crispiness and
did not become soggy through the dinner. While the creamy spinach
with onion is just smooth and tasty.
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| French Fries, Creamy Spinach & Creamy Mash |
The Drink menu here is
very extensive. Our choice for the drink of the night is Cool Mint
($8) – lychee, lychee juice, mint sprigs, ginger ale, and soda.
Serving is quite huge, about 500ml.
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| Cool Mint |
The food menu offer quite
extensive range, but it seems that the burger and their beef lollipop
(braised beef shank size for 4 person) would be the better option
compare to the steak. We decided to skip desserts here as we find
what's on offer not enticing enough. The service is very good
throughout and their service staff are very accommodating.
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| Time to Pay or Chop Chop Chop!! |
Overall, we find the food
that we had during this visit did not really wow us. It just seems to
be odd where the sides dish are so much better than the main meal. In
this case the creamy mash, creamy spinach and French fries are the
star, instead of the steaks. I'm not sure if we will return, maybe
when we can't find better creamy mash in other place, we might just
unconsciously return here. Cheers!!
Food
& Drink: 7/10, Creamy Mash (10/10)
Value:
6.5/10
Service:
8/10
Ambiance:8.5/10
Budget
per Person: $51 - $80
Singapore 098585
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