Which is why, when Ate Ning called me with an invitation for dinner at the hotel's J&G Steakhouse last week, I cleared my schedule for Thursday. Bonding with my sister over a free dinner at a luxury hotel…you can’t say no to that, right? ☺
Upon entering the hotel grounds that night, I couldn’t help but stare in awe at what I was seeing. The gardens and path leading to St. Regis Dubai was simply grand, making me feel like I was approaching a palace. The lobby was just as magnificent with two marbled staircases and an impressive chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
I just love the gold accents on the staircase! |
Compared to the brightly lit hotel lobby, the lighting in the J&G Steakhouse was dim, but we didn’t mind because it fit the ambiance anyway.
While waiting for our food, we were given warm bread and butter.
To stimulate our appetite, we had these:
Prawn & Salmon Gyoza |
Roasted Rainbow Carrots |
Foie Gras |
Our entrée was, naturally, the Tomahawk steak; and as our medium well done steak was being wheeled in on a trolley towards our table, we couldn’t believe our eyes. Weighing 1.4kg, it was huge!
As we calmed down from our shock, Gökhan then proceeded to tell us all about the quality Queensland beef, explaining the different parts as he cut the meat.
We tried them all (the different parts, I mean) and I have to say the meat from near the bone was the most flavourful of all. We enjoyed this with generous servings of Smashed Peas, Shallot & Smoked Butter and Truffle Macaroni & Cheese.
Regretfully and as you can expect, our tummies didn’t have much space, so we couldn’t finish the entire thing. An order is for 2, but in our opinion, it could probably feed 4 to 6 people.
In between bites, Ate Ning and I would talk about whatever what was going on in our lives. And since she's a doting aunt to Caila and Sophie, I updated her with their latest antics and kalokohans.
Despite being full, we simply couldn’t not have our favourite part of the meal. Dessert was Warm Chocolate Cake paired with Coconut Milk Sorbet topped with Pepper Tuile.
It was absolutely yummy and we devoured it as if we hadn’t just filled our stomachs a few minutes earlier ☺ It was the perfect end to our sumptuous meal.
oozing with chocolate from the inside |
Thank you for the experience, Ate! Sa uulitin! ☺ |
J&G Steakhouse
St. Regis Dubai
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
Phone: 04-4355577
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