Chicago Steakhouse Signature Steak

8 Sept - Chicago Steakhouse at Orchard Cineleisure
Introducing the Chicago Steakhouse Signature Steak... flambéed and served on a hotplate; Now you see it, then you see on fire... ha ha!! Unfortunately, that was the only thrill. The steak was average... in my view, any steak that has to be accompanied by a sauce is likely to be mediocre. Anyway, the soup bowl was good and the texas wings was so so...

1 out of 5 chili padi is all I would give. The only consolation is that the service was pretty good.




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