The Place Located at Mandarin Oriental Singapore on the same level as Melt Cafe, steak lovers would probably have heard of Morton’s The Steakhouse, an American brand from Chicago which has been in Singapore for 20 years this year. The steak restaurant is not managed by the hotel, though it has been in the same location since day one. The interior of the restaurant is very dim, yet retaining the classic American chic at the same time, which makes it quite a romantic dining destination in my opinion. The Food I recently visited Morton’s to try some of the dishes from its new Spring Menu, with some noteworthy ones for me. For a start, the Nueske’s Bacon Steak with Peach Bourbon Glaze (S$20) is very impressive, and it almost stole the thunder from the beef for me. The presentation is nothing like the bacon I am used to seeing. Instead, the dish is a thick slab of shiny bacon meat, a thick cut of apple-smoked pork belly (12oz) that is prepared in the same manner as a traditional steak. Tender and fatty at the same time, the coat of sweet peach-bourbon glaze is not superfluous at all. Another new appetiser [...]
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