2nd April 2011, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
It has been quite while I have not update this blog. I am a "superman" currently, I am always flying around in Asia for business trip. During these trips, I encountered cuisines, most of them are just "not too bad", the few of them are excellent to my demanding taste bug. One such cuisine are Indian cuisine. Indian cuisine is absolutely amazing. Only fresh ingredients are used for the northern India curries, and dried spices are used in southern india curry. Curries from both regions are absolutely delicious, and these let me consider that our South East Asia curries are "Donkey" curries. I will do understand more on India cuisine before I return to India to introduce them to my readers.
During my last trip to Chatsworth, California, I encounter a great steakhouse and this restaurant is mentioned in Zagat To Go (iPAD version of Zagat Survey), and it earns 24 for food, 23 for decor and 24 for service by the Zagat inspectors. I personally think that these are good scores. I decided to pay this restaurant a visit.The decor is nice, comfortable and classic. The bar was also in the restaurant and showing sport programs on several television sets, the diners were cheering for their favourite team. I personally likes to enjoy my dinner quietly. I must admit the noise from the bar affect my dining experience there. However the service of the waiter and Maitre'D were great, they paid great attention to details. They cleared my table once I had my complimentary breads and raviolis and they left my table with any single food particles on my table. Their excellent service manage to gain a lot of points from me.
My starter was the Roasted Mushroom Raviolis. I had my first raviolis in this restaurant in my life. Raviolis were the Italian version of Chinese dumplings. The fillings were mushroom, spinach, salt and pepper. The spinach was fresh, the mushroom brought the earthly flavour and complement to spianch and the seasoning was prefect. The raviolis were tasty. Which version I like better, the chinese dumpling or the Italian ravioli? I like BOTH.
My main course is a rare Filet Mignon Petite. The plate has no sauce, no meshed potato, no peas. There was nothing on the plate except my steak and chopped parsley sprinkled on the plate. This reminded me of a saying from Chef Gordon Ramsay, "Keep it simple, but good. Forget about pompous sauces, and over-the-top creations. I like good food that is simply cooked, without pretension, but with a lot of heart and flavour" (Source from: More and Beyond, A Collection of Recipes from the Singapore Airlines International Culinary Panel). And this was what describe this steak. I got what I order, a rare steak which was full of flavour, well seasoned, tender, juicy and absolutely delicious.I will definitely return to this restaurant, just for the great attention-to-detail services and delicious steak.
Address: 6373 Topanga Canyon Boulevard., Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Website: http://www.flemingssteakhouse.com/
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