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2011-06-22
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Dinning in Wooloomooloo was an impulse, we did not make any reservations nor research on the menu ahead of visit. There was vacant tables on a normal weekday, but the nice spots - window seats and the roof top was fully reserved. Since the purpose wasn't for a romantic dine out as I was with my family, I decided to focus more on other aspects e.g. services and their dishes.The ambiance is unrivaled, dark wooden inferior with modern furnishing, a extravagant wine rack next to the entrance, lively
The ambiance is unrivaled, dark wooden inferior with modern furnishing, a extravagant wine rack next to the entrance, lively Jazz Music(would be great if its live) but most of all - a panoramic view of Victoria Harbour! All the servers in view were English speakers, seemingly no Chinese employee at all. Most of servers had an attitude and some were rather unknowledgable on Wooloomooloo's dishes, which you could read on to the later paragraph 'Steak Chapter' for details.
1) Wooloomooloo Salad $165
Steaks Chapter
For a person who is going to the steakhouse, it is pretty normal they will get some nice steaks. I am no expert in steak, so I tried to seek some opinion from the presumably-knowledgeable waitress for the differences between the Aussie Black Angus and the US Angus. She said one was grain-fed and the other was not which was mentioned on the menu, so I asked more specifically about the texture. Her answer kind of shocked me as she showed no expertise in the food they are offering. This is what she said - "I could not explain what is the difference between the texture of the steaks.' Okay...I will just take the Aussie Angus then. I think I should research them up when I have time.
1) Australian Angus Rib Eye - 12-ounce $380
I had my Rib Eye in medium rare but it came out looking only 30% cooked. The steak was SO red and the rawness kind of freak us out! We thought of sending it back to the kitchen, but we found there was no watery blood upon cutting the rib eye, we decided to taste it first. Well, surprisingly the steak turned out to be pretty acceptable. The texture was best at the edge, where the meat were more tender with a scent and tint taste of charcoal! The beef taste wasn't strong enough too.
The best part of the steak was not the flesh but the fat! The fat was grilled to solid form and the texture was magically like mozzarella cheese! The taste was butter like, from the hollandish sauce I guess.
The hollandaise sauce was okay, it was creamy enough but slightly too sweet.
3) Roasted Half Spatchcock Chicken $310
4) Side Dishes
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Service was disappointing, which I did not expect in Wooloomooloo. Please do train up your staff just in case customer are trying to seek for a professional opinion. The Australian Angus Beef's was okay, the fat parts was amazing. The game bird was just average, not really special at all. I reckon you should not visit Wooloomooloo in Wanchai unless you could reserve a window seat or roof top seat, otherwise don't! The service, food and the price just do not worth it.
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