(Don't) SKIP THE JACK !

As I always said time and time and again…, I loveee meat! :D:D Especially when it comes in steak form.  There’s always something about the ground and Smokey flavor that makes me crave for more.

Today is Sunday, Church day! And we usually have some nice dinner after. And this small street restaurant called Skipjack is one of my favorite cheap steaks of all in town! It sits right in front of Stadion Bulungan, in the Cosmo supermarket parking lot, just next to Yoshinoya. Not too fancy, small but quite nice and cozy. Since it’s a “Warung Steak Jepang” so the place ambiance and menu, “scream” all over about Japanese style, steak and Japanese flavor..?! Love!

 It’s my second visit here, I was impressed with the sauce and side dish but couldn’t quite enjoy it coz I had tummy cramp at that time. And I expect (still) the best Smokey flavor in my mouth on my second attempt. My favorite cut of steak is always been Sirloin, because of the layer of fat all around the meat chunk (oh forget diet..what diet?!?). Here they serve only limited cut of steak Sirloin, Tenderloin and Rib Eye from NZ and US the price range from Rp 75.000 – 230.000, it a fair price considering what served on your plate. What so good about this place is, your’re not gonna get just some regular steak with BBQ or mushroom sauce. They have variety of sauce, Japanese style of course that really mouth watery! There 4 style of sauce: BBQ Classic, Mushroom, Chimichury ( it’s basically mix of finely chop garlic, parsley, oregano, olive oil top with white or red wine) and Wasabi Butter (this is the star sauce).  Although Wasabi Butter is the star (must admit it quite delicious) but I’m just not into wasabi, so my pick is always BBQ classic sause and Chimmichury coz I just love the acid on my steak dancing with the classic BBQ all together melt in my mouth…yuuummm…You can choose max 2 sauce at the time.

And the oomph factor of all is the side dish, Green Japanese Salad (boiled Japanese spinach with balsamic and soy sauce top with sesame seeds)…oowh…that warm smokey ground taste so refreshing to balance out the fat from the steak. For side dish you also get to choose two dishes, mine is this heavenly Green Salad and French Fries (I know boring right?) but that’s the way I like it.  And I order Coca-Cola with ice for drink, it’s almost religiously, every time I eat steak I always drink coke on ice, somehow between the soda and caffeine in it just neutralized the fat and pack flavor in my mouth.

Not more than 15 minutes, my plate is already empty…all gone in my happy tummy…! And it is still the same as the first time I taste it…..believe it or not, you better not (want) to skip on Skipjack!