We have a new contender for Hong Kong’s biggest and most outrageously expensive steak award. A totally comprehensive search is hazardous to health and has not been attempted, granted, but up to now it was a safe bet that either Morton’s of Chicago and Ruth’s Chris steakhouse served the biggest hunk of dead cow.
Morton’s heavyweight menu on the fourth floor of the Sheraton, Nathan Road, boasts a 24-ounce Porterhouse for HK$748, with a 48-ounce Double Porterhouse for $1,496. That’s nearly a kilo and a half of meat for just two people. Equivalent to a full size chicken.
Close behind comes Ruth’s Chris: their Mody Road outlet dishes up a whopping 40-ounce Porterhouse for two at $1,220. This makes the 32-ounce $798 dry-aged Canadian bone-in steak for two at Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, third floor, Elements, Austin Road, look decidedly puny. But now comes a new contender for the Most Muscle on a Plate Award. Enter stage left Carnevino, above Gap on the fifth floor of LHT Tower on Queen’s Road.
A relative newcomer to the restaurant scene, this Las Vegas steakhouse brings us a 32-ounce dry aged Ribeye for two at $1,568. Pound for dollar that costs most. But before you blow nearly half the helper’s salary on a beefy pig-out, remember dieticians recommend a daily protein intake of six ounces. It’s hard to fathom why this trend for mega steaks continues when even French haute cuisine trends are heading healthwards. So, is Carnevino’s the biggest, most expensive steak in town?
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