12/03/2013
Pepper Lunch
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期2樓2018號舖
Shop 2018, 2/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/pepper-lunch-now-sizzling-at-tseung-kwan-o-e2287015
Pepper Lunch serves steaks on a special iron plate (patented in Japan) that keeps the temperature at approximately 80 degrees C (175 degrees F) for 20 minutes.
The steaks are cooked in front of you, where they sizzle in the gravy.
The first time I encountered Pepper Lunch was at Langham place, but they only served beef back then.
Now they offer more variety and they have chicken and salmon too.
Out of all the other branches, I prefer this branch because it is not part of a food court.
At this branch, you seat yourself first, and then decide what to order by ordering and paying at the counter and then the food is brought over to you.
They also have a private section too which is not opened during non peak hours.
The chairs at Pepper lunch have been designed for this place too with the logo silhouette hollowed out on the back of the chair.
At every table there are two sauces: honey brown sauce (Amakuchi) or garlic soy sauce (Karakuchi) to put on the steaks.
In my opinion the garlic soy sauce tastes better because I found the honey brown sauce too sweet.
This was the first time I enjoyed Pepper Lunch because the place did not reek of beef or the heated metal plates.
For the sizzling plates, you can pay extra and get a side dish such a mashed potatoes in gravy which I shall try next time.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:
The soup was pleasant to drink with pieces of seaweed and tofu.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steak:
The steak was nicely sizzled and the Pepper Lunch butter added more depth to it as it was mixed with crispy fried garlic and special sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Curry chicken and mushrooms:
This was surprisingly delicious because the chicken was not dry and it was the thigh part of the chicken.
The black pepper taste was strong and quite prominent against the curry sauce.
On top of the rice, there was sweet and crisp sweetcorn niblets which balanced out the spiciness of the curry and black pepper.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steak and burger with curry sauce:
The burger had really strong beef taste but the curry sauce was slightly different from the chicken curry sauce because this one was sweeter and less spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ice-cream with caramel sauce:
The ice cream was nice and soothing after having piping hot food.
The caramel sauce was quite sweet and the yellow bean powder on the icecream balanced out the sweetness from the syrup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
