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| - Gallagher's Steakhouse was the only restaurant open after we missed out Craftsteak reservation due to the Fox rent-a-car debacle (see review below). My buddies and I decided that the night is too young to hit the casino floor and we were somewhat hungry so off we went to New York New York to try Gallagher's infamous dry aged steak.
All of us were alluded to the 21-day, dry aged New York cut, that raw steak dry aging outside of the restaurant was just speaking to us. We had mashers and Steamed Asparagus w/ Hollandaise for sides. When the steak was revealed, I was surprised how big a New York cut can be, it was almost like a Porterhouse cut from some steakhouses! My steak was perfectly made (medium), and upon first bite the flavor form being dry-aged 21 days is absolutely present. And the presence of that flavor is still apparent up to the middle of the meat, unheard off especially on less fatty cuts of steak. I guess one trade off with have a wonderfully flavored steak is toughness. Yes, this New York cut is tougher than the usual New York cuts I have had from other restaurants. That's some tradeoff because for me, texture is equally important as flavor in steaks. Also their steamed asparagus were overcooked, less apparent (but still overcooked) when our server exchanged it for a new one. The machers were simply delicious.
Combined with my buddy's uber expensive Caymus prime red wine, our dining experience at Gallagher's was awesome. Yes, I would probably come back to check out the rest of their cuts, all of their cuts are aged (well, the rest are wet-aged) anyhow.
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