Recently awarded a Michelin star, this Australian barbecue restaurant is famous for its highly raved Onglet ($26/100g). Charcoal-grilled to a beautifully pink, succulent bite, the hangar steak is served on a bed of robust burnt onion sauce and topped with pearls of creamy bone marrow – truly decadence at its best.
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Known for its consistently high standards in food, modern Australian grill Burnt Ends makes our list for this pièce de résistance — the Onglet ($26/100g). Also known as hanger steak, this lesser celebrated cut is known for its big beefy flavour. The version here sees the meat charcoal-grilled to a succulent bite, served with melt-in-the-mouth bone marrow and a robust burnt onion sauce that elevates the beef's delicious smokiness. We recommend that you order it medium rare. A 200g piece is good to share between two diners, so it leaves you space to try other amazing meat-centric plates like the Burnt Ends Sanger ($20) and Beef Marmalade and Pickles ($14). Pro tip: Reservations are a must at this ever popular establishment. Also check if the onglet will be on the day's menu.
Avg Price: $80 per person
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This smart grill house in the Keong Siak enclave is the place to go for all things smoked. We are putting our money on the egg-cellent appetiser, Smoked Quail Egg and Caviar ($15). Although pricey, the dish is worth every cent. Expect a perfectly smoked, chilled quail egg, with a molten liquid centre, and topped with a dollop of caviar. It's the perfect mix of savoury and sweet, and just the thing to get the party started.
Expect an intimate yet casual meal at this 17-seater counter that's made the list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants (not to mention the top spot on Burpple’s Hot 100 in 2015), and watch as the chefs work with the massive dual cavity oven and elevation grills. The Burnt Ends Sanger ($20) reigns supreme, with smoky, juicy pork shoulder that's been cooked for 10 hours, topped with red cabbage slaw tossed in chipotle aioli, nestled between two fluffy, buttery brioche buns. Be sure to share this as you'll want to save space for other dishes. Another signature mainstay on the menu (it changes daily) is the Quail Eggs and Caviar ($15), it is simple yet complex. Steak-lovers, go straight for the Onglet ($26/100g) — a charcoal-grilled hanger steak charred to perfection and packs a punch of flavour with the accompanying burnt onions and bone marrow. Have as many desserts as your stomach can handle, but don't miss the perfectly balanced Pineapple, Rum and Vanilla featuring roasted pineapple, pistachios, French meringue, Tahitian vanilla ice cream, and dark rum glaze. For so much quality, the prices are certainly not steep here.
Burnt Ends is famous for their pulled pork burger and sharing plates, but they do steaks equally well. The Onglet ($26/100g) is a very well executed piece of charcoal-grilled hanger steak – charred to perfection, wonderfully tender and packs a punch of flavour along with the accompanying beef jus. The Rump Cap is excellent as well: cooked flawlessly and served with burnt onion sauce and and bone marrow. Also great is the Mayura Cube Roll ($60/100g), that as Tastemaker Veronica Phua puts it, is "buttery to the nth degree" and "expertly grilled with nothing but a sprinkle of sea salt – the epitome of a perfect steak".
If you haven't yet tried the Pulled Pork Sanger at Burnt Ends, you're missing out. Imagine this: Brioche bun. Cheese. Pickled jalapenos. Red cabbage slaw. Tangy chipotle aioli. Smoky, juicy, tender pork shoulder that's been cooked for 10 hours and lovingly pulled. Brioche bun (again). Sink your teeth into all that and you'll be catapulted to heaven with the combination of textures and flavours. Pure satisfaction. Beware, it can get pretty messy!
