When we were looking through the menu, a friend asked what was nice at Outback, to the two people who've actually visited the place. Both of the friends said that EVERYTHING was nice, and the Blooming Onion was a must try.
Upon much consideration to a quite limited menu for someone like me who doesn't take beef, I finally decided on the Grilled Lamb Chop. I'm a lamb/mutton fan who likes the taste and smell of it which a lot of people can't stand. There was also can order of the must try Blooming Onion for everyone to share. We just love ordering different dishes to eat, while swapping bits and pieces for everyone to try. Dear ordered The Mad Max, which is described as a serious burger.
After we finished making our orders, the staff served us 2 cutting boards with a chocolate like stone in the picture below.
I was wondering why they brought the cutting board along with the stone. I was curious what did we order that needed a cutting board and a stone. I was pleasantly surprised that the brown coloured stone was actually bread. Chocolate bread I think which was served warm and yummy, along with the butter which was meant to be eaten together.
Just look at how good the bread look, with the butter on it, melting away as the bread was warm while the butter was cold. It tasted so good! Upon finishing the slice of bread each of us got, a friend asked whether was the bread free flow as well. The answer was no, but I could have eaten a few more servings of the bread. I even ate half of Dear's portion as he offered it to me upon him seeing the gleam in my eyes, aiming at his yet to be eaten portion of the bread. Thanks for being such a sweetie Dear!
The Blooming Onion (S$13.90) was served. It was definitely very cute looking and we wondered at how many onions went into the making of this dish. My guess: One very HUGE onion!I was crispy on the outside but the onions inside of the batter tasted very raw. I could tell that it was onions that I was eating there. It wasn't the best tasting onions I've eaten before. If I'm not mistaken, I've been to Tony Roma's in Malaysia where their Onion Loaf was really very good. The onions were sliced too thickly in Outback which caused the onion taste to be much stronger than my liking. The sauce which came with Blooming Onion was too salty. Maybe that was the reason why I drank more than 4 glasses of water that night. ;)
Here's a look at Dear's The Mad Max (S$18.90). I didn't try it as I don't eat beef. The fries were quite good though. It was cut from potatoes into long strips and it was really crispy although I tried it after sometime it was served. Heart the fries.
My order of Grilled Lamb Chop (S$28.90). I usually like my lamb chop with mint sauce (although I dislike the taste of mint in anything else) but I was too shy to ask whether was there mint sauce which I could have. I cut my lamb chop into a smaller piece which could fit my mouth. On first bite, the lamb chop was remarkably quite good. I quite enjoyed the taste of the lamb chop itself that I didn't feel a need to lather it with the sauce it came with or ketchup either. However, when I was cutting it up nearer to the middle of it, I realised that the lamb chop wasn't well done. In fact, I could still see a reddish hue when I cut into it, which looked like blood flowing out of a rare piece of meat.
I don't have any picture of the lamb chop after I'm cut it up but I didn't like the taste of it after that. I didn't make an order for my lamb chop to be done medium rare. I don't know what's the norm for lamb chops but I think I would rather have some forewarning that it would not be well done, and I would still be seeing some reddish stuff coming out of the piece of meat. The steamed vegetables and rice which came with the lamb chop was quite ok but not worth any much mention.
To finish my lamb chop, I ended up dunking it in the sauce served together with the lamb chop or ketchup. I usually don't dunk my food in the sauces as I think the food should be able to stand on its own without all those condiments like ketchup or chili sauce.
As it was for a birthday celebration, the staff of Outback was very nice and willing to sing a birthday song while presenting the cake to the birthday girls/boy. Following the different birthday rendition which was sung for my friends, there was a repeat performance for at least 3 other tables. Guess a lot of people share the same birthday. ;)
I'm not sure what did the total bill come up to but from the price of the Lamb chop which I had, I can say that it wasn't cheap and therefore I expected better from Outback.
The prices were quite steep and I wouldn't be back here if I had a choice in it. I think that this would be more suitable for a big group of friends to meet up and have dinner together as the restaurant wasn't too crowded and it was big enough to fit all 8 of us together quite easily.
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