Die, die, must try! -- Eating outside Singapore

[phaleesy]

Peter Lugers NYC - Brooklyn

Peter Lugers Brooklyn branch is located just beside the Williamsburg bridge. Nearest subway station is Marcy Avenue.

Bread
We like the onion bread. I tend to eat very little bread. I want to keep my tummy empty for the meat. I also tend to stay clear of carbs.


Starters

Thick-cut bacon
Thick and nice. But a bit charred sometimes. Cannot eat the charred bits since that's carcinogenic.


Prawns
Fresh, juicy, fat and succulent.


Sides
Tomatoes
Nice clean taste. We always order this to complement the meat.


The main event
I come to NYC just for this!


I like my meat rare.



Evidence of our gluttony
First sitting


Second sitting


If I was at home, I'd pick up the bones with my fingers and gnaw everything through. At the restaurant, I use cutlery. Depending on who I dine with, sometimes someone might help me get the meat off the bones.

Special sauce


We use this with everything! Since I eat steak in the UK nearly everyday, I decided to buy some sauce home this time.

How I refrigerated the bottles in the hotel room
http://www.sqtalk.com/forums/showpos...89&postcount=4


Dessert
Key lime tart


and sin...

I had a little bit of sin and left most of it untouched.

[jhm]

My first time trying a Shake Shack burger (which I understand is a mixture of brisket and sirloin) and the burger was well worth braving the elements for. The hot juices really do flow out when you have the meat in your mouth!

[phaleesy]

Shake Shack NYC

I go to Shake Shack Madison Sq Park whenever I'm in NYC. It was a recommendation from a friend of Taipeiflyer. Great burgers. Possibly the best I've eaten. Succulent juicy meat, sweet buns, nice cheese. Any idea what makes this combination so good?






I usually have the root beer float. On this trip, I decided to try the Purple Cow. Tastes like bubble gum to me!



The Madison Sq Park branch has no indoor sitting area. Only desperate and very hungry souls would brave the elements to eat here on a cold and wet wintry morning.



I kinda like it when it's cold. I hate the queues in summer. I just wish it was not so wet.




Creatures big and small...No difference lah! They're all so hungry…





The little one's ears are wet!

[jhm]

ONe of them paid with coins from the US mint on one occasion, something to do with gaining points when she exchanges coins from the mint, bank, whatever.

Some people have got thousands or tens of thousands of miles by doing this.

Buy coins from the US mint for delivery postage free. Deposit the coins in the bank. Use the money in the bank to pay for the coins from the US mint. Repeat and repeat. No cost to you other than driving to the bank!

[phaleesy]

IIRC you can also purchase a USD$50 or USD$100 Gift Certificate from their website and use it to pay for your meal and, thus, gain those precious points/miles.

Thanks for letting us know. HUGE AL is such a clever one.

I've lost so many BD miles and some of the US residents lost out on their SPG points. ONe of them paid with coins from the US mint on one occasion, something to do with gaining points when she exchanges coins from the mint, bank, whatever.

[xtramile]

The duck meat texture/quality was better at Gold Mine - very juicy and succulent. The one at Four Seasons was a little tired - the skin/fat was a bit chewy and overall not in its best condition. However, the soy sauce at Four Seasons was better.

Stargold ... those pictures! You've just activated my drool machine ... big time !

I miss Gold Mine and their yummy (comlimentary, may i add? ) soup !

[HUGE AL]

Cash only.

IIRC you can also purchase a USD$50 or USD$100 Gift Certificate from their website and use it to pay for your meal and, thus, gain those precious points/miles.

[jhm]

Having eaten there four times now and it being mentioned a few times in other threads but not this one:

Peter Luger, Brooklyn, New York - for their amazing steak of course! Their thick cut bacon is pretty good too as a starter. I don't bother with any sides as I'd rather eat more meat. So I just order bacon (1 or 2 slices) to start; steak (for three if with another person with an appetite) and a plate of tomatoes (five slices, each very large); and dessert (the cheesecake or the key lime pie). Cash only. The staff are gruff but I've never found them rude - in fact, I find them genuine and warm unlike other places where I get the feeling the staff are only saying what they must say.

[HUGE AL]

The girl has some nice nails.

[stargold]

I think we should have walked from Tottenham Court Rd to Bayswater. But you wanted to take the tube! At least we had a nice walk back later. Did you hit the gym on Monday?

Do I look like the type that would actually hit the gym, regardless of what I say just after the meal?

I felt sick on Sunday night. Monday slightly sick. Tuesday recovered and longing for roast duck. Should have got a takeaway.

Well, I only managed to last 5 days before darkening the doors of Gold Mine again! I dragged along two of my friends for a repeat visit last night.



Comments:

1. Service still pretty poor - just no warmth at all. And they hassled us to leave while one of my friends were still eating, even trying to take her plate away (with food still on it!!) It goes without saying that we got the bill and orange segments well before any of us finished.

2. Duck was good, but not as good as first visit. The observation of "meat better, sauce worse" did not hold as much this time - the meat looked a bit tired and was not as juicy and meaty as first time. Still, better than Four Seasons last Sunday...

3. Other dishes were a bit of a let-down. I think the food at FS is much better overall, as long as you're not completely mad about the duck. If you're just having the duck on rice, Gold Mine is probably the better choice however.

[phaleesy]

OMG Personally, 24 hours later, I'm still nowhere near hungry for roast duck... Maybe tomorrow

I felt sick on Sunday night. Monday slightly sick. Tuesday recovered and longing for roast duck. Should have got a takeaway.

We did remember the bit from the book talking about better service at Gold Mine, but at least yesterday, we had friendlier service at Four Seasons.

Service was sulky on both occasions at Goldmine. Four Seasons was always brash but friendly. Much prefer the latter.

I shall go again in the near future for a more reliable opinion! It's a hardship, but someone's gotta do it... just like eating copious amounts of food on NH F. All for the benefit of SQTalk

You might be doing this pretty soon. I believe a SQT premium empty vessel might be on the way to LHR to load up on roast duck in the near future.

And yes, we literally just walked from Camden to New Oxford Street, had a brief look at Jessops and then jumped on the tube to Queensway!

I think we should have walked from Tottenham Court Rd to Bayswater. But you wanted to take the tube! At least we had a nice walk back later. Did you hit the gym on Monday?

[stargold]

stargold, your pictures are making me hungry for more duck!

OMG Personally, 24 hours later, I'm still nowhere near hungry for roast duck... Maybe tomorrow

I find it of interest that in the novel Mile Hi! Club by Janet Chew, it seems the Four Seasons has fallen out of favour with the SQ crew, though.

Gold Mine seems the preferred choice now due to a bit of an attitude problem at the former.

You forgot to mention that as far as service goes, we prefer Four Seasons. Lots of leng lui's and leng jai's there to banter with unlike the staff at Gold Mine who seemed rather serious (and in a hurry to get rid of us even before giving us the bill!).

We did remember the bit from the book talking about better service at Gold Mine, but at least yesterday, we had friendlier service at Four Seasons. Still, not sure whether I'm ready to start calling the waitresses leng luis...

Was the taste test done in 1 sitting? If so

Yup - finish at Four Seasons, walk 50 metres and order our next food at Gold Mine. Bear in mind it was barely 3 hours after finishing a rather substantial lunch with the others!

Another vote for Gold Mine's roast duck.

I shall go again in the near future for a more reliable opinion! It's a hardship, but someone's gotta do it... just like eating copious amounts of food on NH F. All for the benefit of SQTalk

Wow, the test was carried out later in the day? That's impressive.

Lunch was excellent -- great choice of restaurant, jhm.

Lunch was indeed very nice - good choice, jhm! And yes, we literally just walked from Camden to New Oxford Street, had a brief look at Jessops and then jumped on the tube to Queensway!

[jjpb3]

Wow, the test was carried out later in the day? That's impressive.

Lunch was excellent -- great choice of restaurant, jhm.

[StarG]

Another vote for Gold Mine's roast duck.

[SuperJonJon]

Was the taste test done in 1 sitting? If so