I honestly dont' remember when it was that I had Pepper Lunch before we began patronizing their Parkway Parade outlet at the beginning of this year.
So long it must have been that it would probably have been years and years ago.
Why it is that I stopped having their meals, I can't recall.
Maybe it was at a season where we were heading more into having protein than carbs, and with Pepper Lunch, well, what they serve really does have a lot of rice.
My longtime friend tells me that we stopped having it because they used to be prepared in a very oily, greasy way that did not make good the dollar nor the diet.
But they've since changed, she said, so after donkey years, goodness knows how long, back it was to Pepper Lunch again we went.
If both plates look the same to you, well, they are- almost, anyway.
Pepper Lunch serves up meals with the main ingredient of Salmon, Chicken or Beef.
I'm not so huge a fan of chicken when it comes to the grilled style- give me steamed or fried- but salmon and beef, yep, I can.
Coming here, we could take Salmon- the slice looked substantial- but what with it being so long a time since we last ate, we decided we'd restart our meals here with beef.
Here's the funny thing: What sort of beef it is, I don't exactly know,
I don't pay attention to the names of dishes we order but if I'm not wrong, the first time we ordered a Striploin Steak, and the second time, we had the regular Beef.
Beef, in and out of itself, will of course be just what it is, but of course, one has to consider the texture, the marbling, the richness of taste, and the chew.
Can I say I like one over the other?
Maybe.
The striploin, of course, had a lovelier texture in terms of the chew as compared to the regular beef, but mixing it all up didn't make the regular beef have any lesser a taste nor texture.
I actually like the accompaniments that sit on the same plate as the main.
The striploin had rice and mushroom and corn and broccoli plus mashed potato, and we added egg.
The beef had rice and corn and we added scallops.
Between one and the other, which do I prefer?
Honestly, I can't tell.
The beef pieces might have been smaller in the latter plate but mixed together with the rice, the slight smoky grilled BBQ made every spoonful feel full of gentle, satisfying warmth.
Perhaps at another time I might try see if I can have additional pieces of beef- the portion seemed to be a little small if it were for two.
But I'm also interested in the other dishes I saw on the menu.
Like the Beef Sukiyaki.
And the Beef Pepper Yakiudon.
I like Udon.