Peter Luger, the classic New York steakhouse, requires little by way of introduction, so I will stick to some of my favorite moments in the 8+ times I've had the privilege to dine here over the last decade:
- After my first visit - a birthday dinner for my roommate James - staggering from the restaurant to our decrepit and ridiculously overpriced Williamsburg apartment about 5 blocks north, where I Iie prone in a food coma, a pattern that I will frequently fall into after a visit to Luger's.
- My friend Anthony picking up a still well-fleshed T-bone and gnawing on it, to the deep admiration of our dining party.
- Leaving work for a long lunch to try out their famed hamburger ("it's not chopped ham, it's chopped steak").
- Hearing that the T-bones that were taken home in a doggie bag were actually given to a dog, a giant German shepherd named, honestly, "Beef."
- Learning from the not-at-all-surly-and-actually-quite-lovely waiter on this visit that the most he's ever seen any party eat was when two skinny Swedish guys polished off a steak for 8 along with an order of tomatoes and onions, bacon, and shrimp cocktail.
Given that last item, our menu for 6 people (4 of us are of the Chiu / Chang clan, so multiply the eating capability of the group by 1.75) was not so embarrassing after all:
Appetizers- Tomatoes and onions
- Bacon, cut extra thick
Entree and sides
- Steak for three, medium
- Steak for four, medium rare
- French fries
- German fried potatoes
- Creamed spinach
Before
During
After
Coffee, yes. Dessert, no. The apple strudel, cheesecake, hot fudge Sundays, and (in)famous Schlag are fine, but not compelling enough to save room for, and, personally, I would rather leave with the taste of steak on my palate than with a satisfied sweet tooth.
Bliss. Call me if you want to go.
Hot damn... Where is that 'like' button?
My brain is still trying to wrap itself around the concept of "a steak for 8"
Posted by: Gillen | July 04, 2010 at 03:22 AM