Quick in and out and back

"How about steak at The Ship?" Miraz texts.

I am on a quick visit to KL this week. He is looking after me so is Julie who offers friendship and assistance. I am lucky to have friends like them.... the same with Mitch and Jonathan who do not ask for anything in return.

"We are both hungry and we can eat a cow"; I am game for a steak on a Sunday night. So off we go and of course I come prepared with our Penfolds. This one is a Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz.  Vintage 2003. I have kept it for 9 years and now we are pulling the cork out. I went to Dan Murphy's a few days ago to check out the Penfolds Bin 28 but they only sell the vintage 2007. It would have set me back $35.99.

At The Ship I am so shocked when the "captain" says "Sir, the corkage is RM24.99". OMG. I have to accept it, in dejection. That is obviously too much when i judge it by Australian standard. Lucky I bring this bottle of wine from Oz! 

Anyhow we enjoy our escargots, grilled sirloin and our 28 very much. Although we agree that the steak we had in Bintulu (ala Marco Polo restaurant ) was much more substantial, and less "chewy" than this one. And the escargots are not piping hot which they should be.

Beggars can't be choosers; we know from long ago when I stayed in Bintulu for 6 months and Miraz & yours truly scouted everywhere and tried many steaks. But I am also sure that there are fine dining restaurants in KL that offer much better steaks but they will not be at 53 bucks a slab .... maybe 2 to 3 times more costly but I don't see the point of doing that whilst I can get fresh (not frozen) scotch fillets at A$15 a kilo. 

I digressed. The point is we have had steaks on a Sunday night in rainy KL this time of the year and had a nice bottle of wine with friends...... on a night when I should have been at home in Oz. Oh well.

It does bring back memory of my free-and-easy days ........