Anthony where is Vic? [On The Road: Houston]

Vic and Anthony’s Houston acclaimed steakhouse and recommended by the locals. Four locations in the USA, traditional steakhouse style playing with dim lights and wood panels. Prime beefs and premium cuts balanced with seafood options in the menu. 

Bar candles

Dining

I started the night with a lobster bisque. Great flavour, dense, thick, good aromas, nice balance, it’s finished with cognac giving a nice touch, overall excellent. Then moved to a 12oz prime filet. Perfectly cooked medium rare, nice seasoning, it was seared to perfection, a great steak. 

Bisque

Filet

Nice place, great steaks, service was friendly, another excellent steakhouse in Houston. 

Perfectly cooked

Anthony reminds me the Seinfeld episode “Junk Mail” 

Jerry: What do I have to do to put you in this van today?

Kramer: Well, I don't really have any money. But it says right here, interesting trades considered

Jerry: You put that in!

Kramer: And I'm glad I did

Jerry: You want to trade me an undershirt?

Kramer: No, I want to trade you screen legend Anthony Quinn's undershirt. He took this off to do sit-ups in the park and I nabbed it

Jerry: That's disgusting

Kramer: Well, it's my final offer

Vic & Anthony's

T: +1 713 228 1111

Steakhouse

Approx Damage: $60pp

Area: Downtown

Houston

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Steakhouse Adventures: Burke's Burger

I love to come to Chicago, this time I decided to go Burger hunting, the last one I had was a while ago so I did a little research and one place took my interest David Burke’s Primehouse. The place is in the James Chicago hotel, offering modern American cuisine since 2006, as any good steakhouse hand selecting their beef USDA prime, and a menu under control of executive chef Rick Gresh. 

Primehouse

Inside

I went for the burger but always had a peek to the menu and spotted a must, a Wagyu beef sashimi as starter and the Greshburger. The sashimi a some sort of carpacchio really thing slices of Wagyu beef with Himalayan salt, mushroom chips, and a truffle mayo. It was sublime, the flavour is great, a perfect start for the diner. Then the burger, 40 day dry aged shaved prime rib, smoked mozzarrella, on a potato bun, morroccan ketchup, with onion rings. The flavour was excellent, the beef and prime rib perfectly cooked medium rare, the mozzarella played perfectly with the beef not overpowering the amazing prime beef, the sauce complemented, finally the onion rings were great, nice battered and huge. 

Wagyu Sashimi

Closer look

More close

Greshburger

Excellent burger, next time I will go for a steak I’m sure they are amazing, and definitely more Wagyu sashimi. 

Burger time

Burke reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Package” when Elaine is having problems with doctors. 

Elaine: I need to see Dr. Burke right away. This rash is spreading 

Attendant: He can't see you Miss Benes, he's busy 

Elaine: Oh come on. Have some compassion. Okay well I hope it's contagious

David Burke's Primehouse

T: +1 312 660 6000

Steakhouse

Aprox Damage: $60pp

Area: Magnificent Mile

Community: Near North Side

Twitter: DBPrimehouse

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Forrest Life is Like a Box of Steaks

One of my last destinations for work was Huntsville and Decatur in Alabama, who would have guessed, my first thought was looking for Forrest Gump, but not even a signal there, probably he was running somewhere. I asked for some recommendations to our work colleagues that live in the area, one of the options was a Steakhouse, so I guessed what could go wrong with a steakhouse, if I survived Toledo Ohio, this shouldn't be so bad right? 

Steakhouse

The place Connors, two locations, one in Tennessee the other in Alabama, fresh seafood, and premium steaks, pasta, sandwiches, and apparently a famous steak seasoning. 

Inside

Checked the menu and went for the safe option, crispy calamari, and a Delmonico Prime Steak with mash and mac & cheese. The calamari was surprisingly good, had a nice spicy flavour, and the battered was quite different to the ones I regularly have, not a light battered this one was more dark and peppery, some parmesan cheese on top which I never figure it out as didn’t work at all, and a zesty homemade cocktail sauce, overall good dish. The steak was good but not perfect, it was perfectly cooked medium rare, prime ribeye, good flavour for the meat, but the Delmonico was too sweet, at the beginning was interesting but later as I kept digging in the flavour became too sweet. 

Crispy Calamary

Steak, mash, and mac & cheese

I think the restaurant has potential, wouldn’t order the Delmonico again, I prefer the one I got in Capital Grille in Houston. 

Seasoning reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Pitch” 

George: Why don't they have salsa on the table? 

Jerry: What do you need salsa for? 

George: Salsa is now the number one condiment in America 

Jerry: You know why? Because people like to say "salsa", excuse me, do you have salsa? We need more salsa. Where is the salsa? No salsa?

George: You know it must be impossible for a Spanish person to order seltzer and not get salsa. "I wanted seltzer, not salsa"

Jerry: Don't you know the difference between seltzer and salsa? You have the seltzer after the salsa!

Connors

T: +1 256 327 8425

Steakhouse
Aprox Damage: $40pp

Huntsville

Alabama

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The Capital Grille

I was looking for a good steakhouse in Houston and my friend recommended going to The Capital Grille. You enter the place and is like a private cigar club, art deco, chandeliers, mahogany, and dim lighting. Prime dry aged steaks all over the menu, thanks god I already knew which one to order, Chef Jim Nuetzi classic cuisine creations, and more than 5000 bottles of wine in their list, is that enough? 

The Place

Dinner

For starter I got the classic Caesar Salad, hearts of Romaine lettuce, croutons, anchovy fillets, Reggiano parmesan, and their version of the Caesar dressing. Excellent, top notch, what you would expect to get from a steakhouse. As a main no questions, the Delmonico steak, bone in ribeye, 22 ounces, medium rare, just exquisite, juicy and cooked to perfection, the moist from the ribeye marbling just excellent. Apparently the Delmonico style was made popular by a restaurant in New York in mid-19th century, you won’t guess the name… Delmonico’s Restaurant. As a side got parmesan truffle fries, amazing fries tossed in shredded Gran Padano, kosher salt, and white truffle oil.

Caesar Salad 

Delmonico 

Fries

I’m pretty sure there are plenty of excellent steakhouses in Houston but The Capital is probably one of the top ones I’ve been. 

Not sure why, but Delmonico remind me the Seinfeld episode “The Shower Head” 

George: Hey, hey, how was Florida? 

Morty: Well, we just bought a new place down there. 

Estelle: I know, we were looking at the brochure. 

Morty: What? 

Helen: Why, you thinking of moving? 

Frank: Not really. 

Morty: Because if you are, you shouldn't. There's nothing available in that development. 

Frank: Are you telling me there's not one condo available in all of Del Boca Vista? 

Morty: That's right. They went like hotcakes. 

Frank: How'd you get yours? 

Morty: Got lucky. 

Frank: Are you trying to keep us out of Del Boca Vista?

Jerry: I know this doesn't seem like work to any of you, if you could perhaps conduct your psychopath convention down the hall, I could just get a little personal space.

The Capital Grille

T: +1 713 623 4600

Steakhouse

Area: Galleria

Neighbourhood: Uptown

Houston

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Burger Wars Episode XXVIII: Goodman Greatest Burger in the Capital

While working from Blackfriars a couple weeks back I decided to take a short break and go to have lunch in Goodman. The place is top of the list of different bloggers and critics as the best or at least runner up for best burger place in London. Their idea was to bring New York steakhouse to the British capital in two locations, Mayfair and City, serving the tenderest steaks with the finest prime beef, and when Goodman says the finest prime beef they mean it, they have a selection of cuts from O’Shea, Australian Wagyu, USDA Prime, and even Black Level.

The Place 

Quiet stool at the bar

Only one burger, The Goodman Burger, which comes with lettuce, pickle, tomato, and chips. As an extra you can add sautéed mushrooms, cheddar, bacon, fried egg or fried onions. Not surprisingly I ordered with extra mushrooms, cheese, and bacon. I also asked to have the truffle chips instead the regular ones.

Menu

Goodman Burger

One item in the specials caught my eye a Lobster Slider. I couldn’t resist getting that amuse bouche.

The Cuts 

Lobster Slider

The verdict, AMAZING! The flavour, the presentation, the smell, everything was spot on. The melted cheddar, with crunchy bacon, and subtle sautéed mushrooms, a perfect combination. Hawksmoor have a pretty big competitor here. The chips were cooked in truffle oil, just perfect, crunchy outside, soft inside, and again excellent flavour. The slider was superb.

The damage, 16 quids for the burger a coke and all the extras.

The conclusion, Oh my god, this is a seriously good burger, is going to be very difficult to choose which one is better between Goodman and Hawksmoor, pretty close neck to neck. For me is a perfect 10 in my scale, it blew my mind.

Perfect reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Airport” where George needs to pick Jerry at the airport because he lost a bet.

George: Hey, thanks for coming with me.

Kramer: Hey, what made you think you could touch that awning?

George: I confused it with another awning.

Kramer: So how we doing on time?

George: We're perfect. I timed this out so we would pull up at the terminal exactly 17 minutes after their flight is supposed to land. That gives them just enough time to get off the plane, pick up their bags and be walking out of the terminal as we roll up. I tell you, it's a thing of beauty. I can not express to you the feeling I get from a perfect airport pickup.

George: What's going on? What are you doing? The Long Island Expressway? What are you getting on the Long Island Expressway for? Do you know what the traffic will be like? This is a suicide mission!

Kramer: Will you relax?!

George: Oh, I had it perfectly timed out: the Grand Central, the Van Wyck! You destroyed my whole timing!