Steak Corner: Appetisers Reign Supreme in Dokki

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Steak Corner

- 15/10/2012

Steak Corner: Appetisers Reign Supreme in Dokki

35 Michel Bakhoum St.
International
01116444411

reviewed by

Angie El Batrawy

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Steak Corner: Appetisers Reign Supreme in Dokki

Located on Dokki’s Michel Bokhoum Street, recently opened restaurant, Steak Corner, adds to the long list of Cairo eateries that claim to be specialists in that wonderful delicacy of steak. It’s also added to a number of rather heavy-handed names; Steak Out, Steak Time, Le Steak, etc. But we care not for the name a restaurant bears; we only care that it delivers on its promise.

A more than welcoming waiter made us feel like we owned the restaurant when we entered and we were afforded the option of choosing to sit absolutely anywhere. The interior is predominantly decorated around a silver and white colour theme, and a waterfall with lit greenery adds a nice ambiance.

Several TV screens are dotted around the area, as well as several Samsung logos on the walls, as if it’s a sponsor – weird.

Steak Corner’s menu is rather large and offers a variety of dishes. A selection of olive and cheese breadsticks provides an appetising prelude to your meal. We started with a pleasing minestrone soup (8.99LE) which came piping hot with fresh vegetables, before embarking on the restaurant’s unique appetisers, including vegetable pie filled with a mix of onion, carrot, cabbage and courgette (10.99LE) – the dish is also available with seafood (15.99LE). Also among the interesting appetisers are the cannelloni options, which come in mushroom and spinach (16.99LE), chicken (19.99LE) and seafood (24.99LE).

For mains, we plumped for the steak with spinach and pine sauce (69.99LE) – cooked well-done. As first time eaters of a spinach and pine sauce, any apprehension at the peculiar dish faded away with the first bite, especially with the steak, which was cooked perfectly to our instructions.

We also went for grilled chicken with creamy sauce (45,99LE) made of mushroom, lemon, pepper and mustard. The chicken was grilled and cooked to a perfect tenderness; the combinations of the sauce brought out the flavour fantastically.

For dessert, we wholeheartedly settled for the chocolate fondant with ice cream (23.99LE). The combination of the thick, warm chocolate goo and creamy ice cream is the stuff dreams are made of and would please the fussiest of dessert lovers. To wash it all down, we went for the Morning Kit Kat (18.99LE); a mixture of vanilla ice cream, milk and of course, Kit Kat pieces. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a disappointing note to end on; it was watery, a little warm and devoid of any strong flavours.

Despite this, our first visit to Steak Corner more than warrants a second visit – if only to try out more of the restaurants excellent, creative appetisers.