It was the golden age of steakhouses: 1930s Manhattan, when fat-cat businessmen patronized leather-and-wood steakhouses for prime cuts of steak. The Manhattan Steakhouse at the Shanghai Marriott Hotel Hongqiao recreates that age and those steaks. Nostalgic black and white photographs of Manhattan cover the walls. Brown leather upholstery, thick white table cloth and over sized plates add to the overall feel...
“You've been away from Manhattan for too long and you are on an expense account. The quality of meat is workable, the environment as you'd expect for a hotel, the help is well intentioned but do not quite understand the concept.
Choice of rock salts. Opened the "mushroom rock salt" container and it was empty.
"Oh, we will be removing that container next week, we cannot keep them full," she said.
Well then, problem solved I guess!
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