Keen's Steakhouse...

Friday was Ben's last day in the office (well, full day anyway), so the celebrate we all went for a steak for lunch. We had originally booked a table at Peter Luger's Steakhouse for last Monday, but Ben was ill with kidney stones so we couldn't go. So Keen's was Plan B.

I'd never heard of Keen's, but it happens to be on of the oldest Steakhouses in New York. It's up on 36th Street, near Macy's and is a bit tucked away but once you're inside it feels very grand.

I think we all felt a little under dressed, turning up in our jeans and tshirts, when everyone else was suited and booted, but our table was upstairs, which felt a little more relaxed.

Back in the day Keen's must have been the place to go to have a steak and smoke a pipe because the ceiling was absolutely covered in old pipes...

Luckily they'd all been cleaned out a long time ago...

Unfortunately, going out with a big group at work usually means ordering a little of everything and having to share... which is OK in some places, but if it's a steak, I'd rather have my own steak on my own plate. However, we ended up ordering some mutton, some sirloin and some fillet and sharing between us all. Needless to stay, it didn't last long...

You can see from the bones that the joints were HUGE - and cooked to perfection, especially the mutton, it was absolutely delicious. It also turned out to be the perfect amount... well, I was certainly full by the end of it, and I was being polite with how much I took.

One of the tastiest bits was the starter, which was pieces of thick cut bacon, I'm not sure how they'd been cooked, grilled probably - but they were just delicious! It reminded me a bit of the bacon we had in Swaziland, that was super thick and cooked on the BBQ... Mmmmmmm mmm!

Keen's was a funny little place, it was really nice though and the waiters were really friendly (despite how rude some of the people at our table were... bloody Americans!), and the steak, although not the best I've tasted in New York, was mighty fine.

Staying motivated for the rest of the afternoon was a bit hard though, with everyone full of meat and beer, all we wanted to do was sleep.