This weekend my wife, Zarina & I accepted an invite from our eldest daughter, Jann with her husband, Faiz and 3 of their 4 children Ilfi, Fayyadh & Ilyan for a family retreat up north in Prai, Penang. The journey by road from Cyberjaya to Prai took us about 4 hours with brief stopped over to perform prayers. Traffic on Friday afternoon was quite heavy but flowing steadily along the highway. At 7.30 pm, Jann & Faiz decided to break the journey for dinner at Pak Mat Western Cafe at Simpang Ampat in Bukit Mertajam. It is a stall style Malaysian Steakhouse specializing with tomahawk steak, lamb and chicken grill.
The food are delicious with reasonable price, and the atmosphere of stall style has spacious dining hall. The tomahawk steak sliced from the rib primal of a beef animal, with rib bone being grilled in front of the cafe caught my attention. I noticed many customers brought young families to dine and colleagues celebrating officemates' special birthdays. It is celebration mood! I enjoyed drinking its brew coffee served at Mat Coffee stall within these busy premises. (www.patmatwestern.myfoodcourt.infot)
I had learned how to grill various fish and seafood at my favorite outlet, Zam Ikan Bakar Restaurant in Cyberjaya. So, I requested the master chef at Pak Mat Western ‘how to cook a tomahawk steak’ heated on a large frying pan, griddle on heavy-based pan over a high heat and sear the steak for 05-10 minutes on each side, including the fat cap & bone edge. This rib-eye steak, with a longer bone left in, is ideal for sharing. It's named for resembled to a tomahawk axe. A tomahawk has a shorter handle than an axe & a lighter blade, making it suitable for throwing precision task. (www.tomahawks.axe.uk)
Pak Mat Western Cafe has outlets throughout the country. It is famous for the frozen meat slices that we can buy & cook BBQ at the comfort of our home.
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