Yes, it's a loud place, with a bit too much clanging around with all the Birthday Busters (a massive ice-cream with a flaming candle brought over by enthusiastic singing from the staff, complete with triangle) and it is heavily country-and-western themed. But the atmosphere is always so great and I have never been dissatisfied with the food. I've got a couple of cowboy hats out of it too!
I'm not going to be eating meat for a month (so many people have asked me why now and I'm starting to wonder...) and I wanted my last supper to be something great:
One of the best dishes on the menu (I think so anyway!) - an Ocean steak: 10-ounce sirloin with 3 sizable king prawns. I like my steaks to be non-fussy - not plain as such, but not coated in dressing or melted cheese and stuff. I want to be able to taste my steak! Though actually, I really like their Ranch steak, which has melted cheese with caramelised onions and mushrooms on top.
It's only been in recent months that I've realised how good it is to have a steak medium rare. I used to have it just medium but with medium rare, you get that extra juiciness and less risk of it being overly chewy.
Oh God, I can taste it now and ache at the thought that I can't have this for at least FOUR weeks now. I was floating between happy and sad as I ate my steak, but this tipped one way drastically when I finished it...
This is going to be incredibly tougher than I thought. Immediately after I finished, I thought, I'm not allowed to eat meat tomorrow - and felt panicked. What am I going to eat for lunch?? Not that I have anything exciting for lunch at work anyway, but it's the routine thing too. I usually just make a sandwich for work but I don't want veggie sarnies every day. (Hm, this isn't a good sign).
I'll figure something out. It'll be fine...It's not like I don't want to do this - I'm actually really looking forward to trying new dishes and cooking differently at home. But having this gorgeous steak tonight has reminded me how much I actually love it.
Goodbye Smith & Western's, I'm sorry but I cannot bear to even look at you during my meat ban. I work near the restaurant too and often get a whiff of it through the windows. I think I might cry when that next happens. I hope you will welcome me back with open arms when I come running back.
How long do you think I'll last?
I'm not going to be eating meat for a month (so many people have asked me why now and I'm starting to wonder...) and I wanted my last supper to be something great:
One of the best dishes on the menu (I think so anyway!) - an Ocean steak: 10-ounce sirloin with 3 sizable king prawns. I like my steaks to be non-fussy - not plain as such, but not coated in dressing or melted cheese and stuff. I want to be able to taste my steak! Though actually, I really like their Ranch steak, which has melted cheese with caramelised onions and mushrooms on top.
It's only been in recent months that I've realised how good it is to have a steak medium rare. I used to have it just medium but with medium rare, you get that extra juiciness and less risk of it being overly chewy.Oh God, I can taste it now and ache at the thought that I can't have this for at least FOUR weeks now. I was floating between happy and sad as I ate my steak, but this tipped one way drastically when I finished it...
This is going to be incredibly tougher than I thought. Immediately after I finished, I thought, I'm not allowed to eat meat tomorrow - and felt panicked. What am I going to eat for lunch?? Not that I have anything exciting for lunch at work anyway, but it's the routine thing too. I usually just make a sandwich for work but I don't want veggie sarnies every day. (Hm, this isn't a good sign). I'll figure something out. It'll be fine...It's not like I don't want to do this - I'm actually really looking forward to trying new dishes and cooking differently at home. But having this gorgeous steak tonight has reminded me how much I actually love it.
Goodbye Smith & Western's, I'm sorry but I cannot bear to even look at you during my meat ban. I work near the restaurant too and often get a whiff of it through the windows. I think I might cry when that next happens. I hope you will welcome me back with open arms when I come running back.
How long do you think I'll last?
YOU CAN DO IT JENNY!!!!!!!!! xxx
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