This time, I’m introducing two restaurants. One is The Cut Steak, located on the 6th floor of iapm.&Fries. This place has a strong American vibe, and as the name suggests, it specializes in steaks and fries.
They offer lunch sets, which basically include a main course plus an all-you-can-eat salad bar. The salad bar features a variety of pre-mixed salads, assorted fruits and vegetables, croutons, and more that you can mix and match freely. There’s also soup, and everything tastes pretty good. You can just grab a plate and serve yourself:
Chicken leg—very tender and tasty.
For the main course, I chose the Australian ribeye, ordered medium, but it was clearly overcooked. The plating was nice though~~ I picked two sauces: mushroom sauce and Secret Sauce, both of which were delicious. The fries on the side were great too, but I didn’t dare eat too many…
Served with a selection of salts.
The seating by the window is quite nice, but the seats further inside aren’t as comfortable—the tables are small. Both the large tables by the window and the outdoor terrace require advance reservations.
The other restaurant is called Hao Huang, with three locations in Shanghai. Two of them have only private rooms and no main dining hall. The cuisine is primarily Cantonese, with some local Shanghai dishes as well. The menu is presented on an iPad, but it doesn’t support ordering—you can only view it. The food is well-prepared; the flavors are a bit rich, but very tasty. Considering the quality of the food and the ambiance, the prices are very reasonable.
The restaurant is a premium brand under Hong Zi Ji (Red Chicken), so their signature dish is still the Red Chicken~~
This cod is absolutely delicious…
The seafood rice soup is also exceptionally well-made, with a fascinating texture~~ and great flavor.
Even for just two people, you get your own private room, complete with a restroom, windows, a lounge area, and a TV. Although the decor is a bit dated and old-fashioned, it’s still a fully private room—far superior to those tiny cubicles you find in Japanese restaurants…
Photos in this post taken with SONY NEX-5R + 35mm f1.8 / 16-50 f3.5-5.6, post-processed in Lightroom.
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