Ph: (02) 9544 0644
Fax: (02) 9527 4033
Website: http://www.hogsbreath.com.au (please visit for more locations around Australia)
I am a picky steak eater - I still claim the best I've had was down the road at the pub and it cost me $6 including a salad and thick-cut fries.
Although I can also reliably depend on Hog's Breath Cafe to make a steak that is largely acceptable and where I can eat more than 50% of it (including the fat which is remarkably tender).
Hogs Breath is best known for their Prime Rib steaks - slow cooked for 18 hours and then sealed in the final stages of cooking. The rumoured secret is that they oven bake their steaks so that the meat (and sinew/fat) is tender - and melts in your mouth (almost!).
I used to frequent the one located in Bondi Beach which has since closed down, so this marks my latest adventure down to Cronulla:
I think Hogs Breath has had a makeover in recent years - staff uniforms and a new menu. Pictured below are the Hoggies loaded potato skins - this one was 'The Sicilian' – Marinated Tomato & Basil salsa topped with cheddar, grilled to golden brown. Add spicy salsa to turn up the heat. It is not a very thin potato skin, there is still some potato (about 0.5cm) that forms the base for these bruschetta-like appetisers.
Below: Salt & Pepper Calamari - these are evenly battered and fried and quite delightful. In between mass production and gourmet, so a decent compromise.
Below: My main which was supposed to be Prime Rib Steak (but they ran out of it, so gave us some other steak, which was not too dissimilar) - Byron Bay Chilli Prime Rib Traditional Cut with extra order of avocado. This was a new flavour and since I am such a chilli addict and this Byron Bay chilli sauce won awards, you knew I had to go there. Very nice - sauce was a tangy compliment to this decently texture steak. You can also choose between salad/steamed vegies and curly french fries/mashed potato.
You may ask why the hell there is half a sliced avocado sitting there. Everything tastes better with avocado! And believe it or not, it tastes great with steak too. Hogs breath is like a build-your-own steak - you can add extras such as sauces, avocado and a variety of other condiments/ingredients (its in the instore-menu). There are also 3 sizes of steak - lite (smaller size), traditional and a lmega cut which is 33% bigger.
I would have had a photo and post on the famed 'Missisipi Mud Cake' which is meant to be heaven on earth but our waiter lost the dessert order so we were left hanging out for 20 minutes for nothing, so decided to wrap-up the bill and go. Maybe next time!
