Open just three months, Bistecca Tuscan Steakhouse on Mohamed Sultan Road specialises in authentic Tuscan cuisine, including bistecca fiorentina – charcoal-grilled T-Bone steak that weighs in at more than 1kg.
The deliciously tender fillet steak
I’d like to go with a huge group of people, just so that we could order everything on the menu. There are plenty of options for non-steak-lovers, but both of us were in a beefy mood, so we decided on the fillet steak instead of the bistecca. We could then order our steaks as we preferred (mine was medium rare, D medium). The beef is organic, dry-aged Australian Wagyu-Holstein. Highly marbled, the thick fillet steak came out perfectly cooked, and so tender you could have used a butter knife to cut through it. And it tasted so good that you didn’t either of the two condiments that each steak comes with. The steaks don’t come with anything – we were recommended the mashed potatoes but decided on char-grilled asparagus with lemon oil which came out as five thick spears, perfectly cooked so that they still had some crunch to them.
Char-grilled asparagus with lemon oil
We shared a starter of heirloom tomatoes, rocket, burrata and parma ham. I think tomatoes are one of the basics that any good restaurant should have access to, and the heirloom tomatoes in our starter tasted like they had just been plucked off a vine basking in the Southern Italian sun. The acidity and sweetness from the tomatoes was perfectly balanced with the creaminess of the burrata, the pepperiness of the rocket and the saltiness of the parma ham.
Chocolate lava cake with candied orange peel
We wisely shared the first course, because we then had space for dessert. I had the chocolate lava cake with candied orange peel and D had the chocolate mousse tart with salty caramel. A small and beautifully sweet way to end a splendid meal.
Chocolate mousse tart with salted caramel
A true taste of Italy that took us back to our recent trip to Florence, this is definitely a place we’ve earmarked to go back to for more.
Bistecca Tuscan Steakhouse
25 Mohamed Sultan Road
Tel: +65 6735 6739
May 5th, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Looks wonderful. Your food photos are always great. Funny thing is, you do such a good job with them I always think it’s one of our meals in France!
May 6th, 2012 at 4:04 am
Awesome review – that dessert looks as delicious as those knives look scary 😉
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
May 6th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
We have a restaurant here that serves these massive “steaks”.. I think they’re roasts, lol, we order them “family style” and share.. it’s my favorite dinner out:)
May 7th, 2012 at 5:34 am
Your meal sounds wonderful from beginning to end. I’m glad that it is time to start cooking as your post has made me very hungry.
May 7th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
1kg t-bone steak, wow thats a meal!
May 7th, 2012 at 7:37 pm
There’s just something about eating off a carving board!
May 9th, 2012 at 11:02 am
I felt very butch 🙂
May 9th, 2012 at 7:09 am
I could skip the desert, but I will take the steak (rare please) and the asparagus.
May 9th, 2012 at 11:02 am
What if the dessert were wrapped in bacon ?? 🙂 It really is a carnivores heaven in there. Think the desserts and “lighter” meals are there for those who accompany them haha
May 12th, 2012 at 11:47 am
I love the way the steak was presented! Great photos 🙂