Hello, foodies of Hive. I hope you all are doing well today.
Today, I will share another review of the food that I had today with a friend of mine.
After quite some time, my friend, Erfan, and I have been pondering where to spend a little money since our semester break had started. He craved some beef while I only wanted to dine at a bougie restaurant. So, I decided to surf my socials to see a good restaurant and that's when it hit me. I had a plan with my other friends about going to this steak house which got cancelled for unforeseen issues but this time I knew I could make that trip. So, I called my friend and asked if he wanted to go to Meat Theory, it was hyped to be the best steak house according to our popular food bloggers. Moreover, they started an ad campaign to provide a free pitcher and a side for sharing their offer through my social media only on Mondays. This was perfect since Erfan wanted some steak and I wanted to see if the hype matched the quality.
Their facebook page is right here.
The plan was simple. We would go there late in the evening since we both had our lunch in the afternoon. I had to do a bit of convincing since he planned to read some mangas which were super addictive. I told him there would be no point going later if the offer was discontinued like the other restaurants do... that got him!
Before we left, I forwarded the platter menus. Somehow, we both chose the same one, the Cattle Battle. This amazing platter promises an invigorating ultimate beef satisfaction with Sirloin 300g, Tenderloin 250g, Skirt Steak 200g, Gourmet Beef Sausage 160g, Beef Cheese Walls 200g, and Canadian Bacon(Halal). So, a total of 1.11kg of beef which would cost about $52. Of course, we were willing to split it even, that way it would cost about $26 each. For the pitcher, there were only 3 options: Coca-Cola, Sprite, and Fanta. Fanta has too much food coloring and I'm not having Coke even though sprite is also the same as Coke... so I chose Sprite it was.
This platter was supposed to be for 2-3 people, we thought we could finish it... we were wrong. We needed a bit of time to choose the sauce and sides since none of the usual sauces were here. I am used to having honey mustard and pepper sauce which they did not have. My friend and I elected house special and Jalapeno mustard. As for the sides, we had 2 Gochuganj Rice, mashed potato, and vegetable saute.
Yeah, we had an extra side on top of the free pitcher and a free side with a platter that takes 2 people to finish...
Here is the sad part. When we got off our Uber and made our way to the place, we discovered that there were 2 separate elevators and the second one directly led to the restaurant. We took the first one and the employee of the other restaurant thought we were going to theirs... so, with a smile, he opened the door for us and said, "Come in sir". I was very disheartened to think that I would have to say no to the guy but Erfan came up with a brilliant solution. He politely asked if that restaurant was Meat Theory". The guy said no and pointed us to the staircase since that elevator would not take us there. So... he left and we came up.
The place was good and clean. I saw that the place had a few open chairs in front of the front desk, I asked if there were any other vacant places and he led us to this empty area. It had the tranquility of silence and a private space for my dark humor to come out with this guy.
Moreover, the view from up here was simply the best. you could see how nicely a traffic jap had situated and the bring lights reminded me of my childhood when I used to see similar bright lights outside my window.
Erfan remarked and asked if there was anyone from the people stuck in the traffic would look up and go, "Gosh, is someone enjoying there while I rot here?". I cracked up... and truly wondered if there was any curious guy down there...
Our conversation went to different areas. From health benefits to politics to looking good. That's when this guy asked for a good pic since somehow he has low self-esteem. So, I tried to click a good one, and boy did it come out good.
For our free side, we asked which one was their best. He suggested us the Beoseot Ganjeong, a mushroom dish, and added that it was their best seller. Then, we asked for the beef to be medium rare but he did tell us that the tenderloin would be rare and that could not be changed.
20 minutes later. The first dish that was served was an amazing sweet and sour mushroom. It tasted heavenly. Both of us were drooling over it and couldn't resist taking another one. I asked if he wanted to save it for the main course... he agreed. So, with a gentleman's pact formed, we took 1 piece every 5 minutes...
And then the main dish was laid out. I honestly thought it would not be that like the other places but they proved me wrong... very wrong. We were asked to start from the middle. He reasoned that if that went cold, it wouldn't be very enjoyable, everything else could be reheated.
This was the meal I was dying for. The rice was a spicy one with hints of garlic and chili. Their potato mash was super buttery to the point that it tasted like butter. The sauteed veggies were not burned and were properly prepared. The sausages were roasted to perfection and the cheese wall was too good. The tenderloin and skirt were medius rare as they should be and the whole experience was too good.
By the end of our glutinous feast, we barely had the stomach for the pitcher. Lastly, after giving ourselves a generous 20 minutes of rest we made another deal. A game of rock, paper, and scissors. Loser had to finish the last piece of steak as we both were at our limits... and I won. With a disgruntled face, he picked up the fork, sank it into the steak piece, and chewed it up.
Before we had our bacon piece, Erfan popped an idea. He wanted to make 2 meatballs.
These were not your ordinary meatballs; it would be a ball of meat, covered with a layer of meat, and within it would be a different variety of steak pieces topped with potato mash and the honey mustard sauce. Of course, the base of it was the Gochujang rice... without that, this would have been a disaster.
The perfect scoop for the end of the meaty delight.
And after 50 minutes of eating, we finished our food with none of the food left, we surmised that this platter was meant for 3 people. We barely managed to finish it and would bring out another friend should we come here again.
We left the place shortly right after calling our Uber. It did not take much longer to reach my home as the streets were empty by the time we left the restaurant, thankfully.
And with a full belly, the sleep is going to be even more relaxing and definitely not healthy.