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| - Let me start out saying that I heart House of Prime Rib in San Francisco. I think that is the best prime rib I have ever eaten...
My buddy and I arrive at 9 pm and get seated in the "casual business" room. Yes... Its the room to the far right of the main dining room. We both were sporting dark jeans and a nice button up shirt, but he was wearing tennis shoes since we came straight from picking him up at the airport. Either way, casual dressed room is fine with me... =)
The overly pleasing waiter hands us our menu and retreats to grab some bread. We give the menu a once over and decide on the biggest cut... The Beef Bowl Cut. Advertised as "A double sized cut with the rib bone, as served to the Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl teams"... How can we go wrong?
The waiter comes back and takes our drink orders. We tell him that we are ready to order and he tells us to wait. What? Wait?! He proceeds to tell us that the cut and sides order is taken after the appetizers and salad when the cool Hindenburg looking cart magically appears.
He returns and brings the salad. They spin and toss it the same way HOPR does it in San Francisco, but we didn't want to ruin his show so we played along... Ooooo.... ahhhh.... Fancy! The salad is refreshing and a must to stay regular in the morning after so much meat! Haha.
We make haste on the salad with the main course on our minds. Finally... The moment we've all been waiting for... The silver blimp mobile cart! The waiter introduces the master carver, Insert Name Here (really, because his name isnt that important and he isnt going to slice you a bigger piece no matter what clever witty line you throw at him), and proceeds to ask us what cut we would like. "Beef Bowl Cut. medium rare please", and yes we say please because we are polite! Haha.
Some differences... HOPR comes with a choice of mashed or baked potato with the works. Lawry's only comes with mashed. HOPR comes with a choice of creamed corned or creamed spinach. Lawry's has those too.... But for a price. I think it was like $6 or something for a scoop of the creamy spinach. Either way, I had to get it just to taste comparison...
The 25oz bone in medium rare prime rib was humongous. Was I going to eat the whole thing? You better believe it! Or die trying...! We dig in. The meat was tender and flavorful. The au jus sauce was a wonderful supporting character to the show. The raw horseradish was the perfect "you complete me" condiment and boy did it ever...!
Needless to say, we both made it pretty damn close to finishing it. All that was left was the meat near the bone, which I took home with my unfinished mashed potato and creamed spinach. Yes, it was still pretty good the next morning too!
And after every show there is the..... encore! Yes! HOPR always offers you a complimentary second slice, which is a thin cut, but a nice touch... Lawry's? Nope... Would I have eaten it if they offered it? Probably not... But its the thought that counts!
All in all I would like to say that HOPR still reins supreme in my heart but Lawry's does make a suitable substitute in Las Vegas... Well that is until I try another prime rib joint... And no... The prime ribs they serve in the buffets are nowhere close to the real deal.
As always... Check out the picture!
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