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| - Chop Steakhouse (Toronto Airport location) has always caught my eye as a very distinctive building: it stands out as a off-black, blockish structure, with the words CHOP in large lettering. It looks like something that you might build in Minecraft (I liked the look!). Plus, the name of the restaurant is so focused: Chop: one syllable, like: Meat. The reviews by fellow Yelpers piqued my interest in Chop as a steakhouse to consider. And, happily, I have now dined at Chop and hope to dine there again.
My Mother wanted Steak for her Mother's Day dinner. My thinking went something like this: Mom; Steak; Crab; Bread; Veg; Price; Park; Go; Chop.
Chop was half-bar style and half sit-down steakhouse style dining. With my Mother along, we chose the quieter dining option when we made reservations. Our dinners were excellent - all of us at the table were very pleased! My Mother felt pampered by the attentive, but not overbearing, service.
Just to get it out of the way, all the sides of bread, veg. and starters were very well prepared and none of us could find anything to criticize. Even the servers were professional, polished and friendly. Now: on to the meat and the crab!
Smoked Rib-Eye is their signature dish (according to our very pleasant waiter), so my husband ordered it without hesitation. It came as he ordered, perfectly medium rare, and oh my it was so good! I tried a bite, and I think that it's worth going to Chop for that one cut of beef!
My Mother and I each ordered the crab/steak combo. It was a special of the month, and featured 6 crab legs, along with a top sirloin steak. Top Sirloin is not my favourite cut, but as a rare steak (which is how I ordered it) it was very tasty. My Mother likes her meat medium-well (WHY??) and she's used to waiters who really balk at it. So she said to our waiter, "Waiters hate it when I say this, but I would like my steak rather well done." Well, at Chop, the waiter didn't even look disapproving: he just took the order and the steak came, looking grey and lifeless, just as my Mother likes it. She reported that it was excellent. I could not even think about tasting it! I just ate mine, which was beautifully red, juicy, flavourful and rare. We also both enjoyed our 6 crab legs.
My daughter ordered rare (thank goodness!!) NY striploin (her go-to order at an unfamiliar steak house), which was also very satisfying and cooked just to order. But that Smoked Rib-Eye ... I am still thinking about it, and have begun to wish that I had a smoker at home.
I suppose that I will just have to save some money and go back to Chop.
It is not inexpensive, but, relative to other higher-end restaurants, not a bad deal for a steakhouse: based on my great experience, you get what you pay for!
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