Mad Cow

Eating habit in the past 2 weeks has been quite beef-oriented. Captured here for those I can recall, and probably some other non-beef dishes if worth mentioning. In chronological order:

~ Mon Ami Gambi: Classic French steak frites and Patio seating. A French steakhouse first opened in New York. Typical French steak, charcoal grilled rib eye with very good fries. Excellent Butter Lettuce Salad, with apple, walnut and gruyere cheese. (http://www.monamigabi.com/)
~ LG: a Dry-Aged prime rib specialty restuarant at Palm Springs. Same as before, ordered their "Jewel in the Crown" (something like that) which is actually a 24oz. dry-aged Porterhouse steak: half tenderloin half NY strip sirloin. (http://www.lgsprimesteakhouse.com/)
~ Cafe R&D: A nice place with Patio seating serving simple menu, at large sandwiches and salads at Fashion Island. They serve Reuben sandwich (corned beef, swiss cheese on toasted rye bread) without sauerkraut but their own mayo-cabbage, taste good. Also good is their Ahi #1 Tuna Tartare: Tuna tartare seasoned with spring onion, seasame oil and pepper, come with a whole avocado and toasted ciabatta. The avocado must be at right ripeness to allow the chef to slice it thin, and spread out the slices like a fan with the top still attached. Bravo. We also ordered Tuna Sandwich and Roasted Chicken Salad, which were ok by their look.
~ Cafe at Neiman Marcus: Actually it has a name, something like Bar blahblahblah, yet I forgot. Imagine it is a place like the cafe at Lane Crawford in HK, where you see only women (99%), indeed wealthy housewives, chat and eat and time out for their bustling shopping maniac. Friends are saying that actually they do fashion show in the restaurant too: models wearing design brands walking around the tables but not on runway. While they won't disturb your eating, you're welcome to inquire and order if found anything interesting. Anyway, back to food. They serve you bread and mini chicken broth to start with. The bread is superb: a super-sized butter brioche come with strawberry butter. The brioche smells butterly and fluffy. The strawberry butter is a miracle served on chilled plate: tastes exactly like HD strawberry ice-cream but melts only in your mouth. The cheeseburger is above expectation with voluptuous slices of tomato and relatively inexpensive among menu items.
~ Omaha steak: Yum! (http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2006/10/good-steak.html)
~ Lawry's Carvery: Lawry's (heard that they're opening their first store in HK) has been a good place for prime rib. This time tried their casual outlet which also serve hand-carved made-to-order sandwiches. Had a Carvery Prime Rib Original - Artisan bread with prime rib, carved to your specification. (http://www.lawrysonline.com/)

A few more places that we didn't have beef:
~ Stage Deli: At Caesar Palace in LV. Good Fish & Chips and Belgian waffle.
~ Ten Ten: A Cantonese restaurant with very good steamed lobster, steamed fish and roasted duck. Can skip mango pudding and sago sweet soup though.
~ Taiko: oh my sesame chicken!
~ Burger King: Yes, didn't have burger because their broiler was out of order!(http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2006/10/king-without-burger.html)

Time to bed... jet lag just kicked-in...