Ministry of Steak

My verdict on Ministry of Steak is ** out of 5 stars.

Ministry of Steak is a new place at Serangoon Garden, which sells western food at cheap prices ala Ashton (think one main + two sides).

Went over there on a Saturday for lunch with the folks. As we don't eat beef (I suppose their beef must be quite good considering the name), we ordered grilled cajun chicken, grilled salmon and dory fish. The sides were butter rice, onion rings (X2), garden veggies, potato salad and pasta salad. And we had a soup of the day - Cream of Mushroom. They also served those vintage bottled root beer (i hearts bottled root beer). The waitresses were mostly young females, like Secondary or JC age ala Frolick.

My Cream of Mushroom came with a piece of garlic bread, 3/4 soaked in the brew. I would have preferred the garlic bread to come at the side so that the bread wasn't that soggy. My mum liked her cajun chicken, saying it was tender. Unfortunately, the fish orders took so long to arrive. My mum was halfway done with her chicken when my dad's grilled salmon arrive. It had a good lemony cream sauce. When my mum was done with her chicken, the waitress brought my sides saying that the chef had overdone my fish. =( I love my potato salad. The onion rings were a tad soggy.

When my fish finally arrived, it was rather dry. I didn't finish it. I also saw other diners who ordered fish not getting their orders. Guess the screw-up in the kitchen made everybody else's fish orders late.

Final verdict: While my opinion may be biased because I don't eat beef, I think I would stick with the Ashton at the nearby coffee shop although they don't have air con.