Luke's Chop House is located at a discreet corner on the 3rd floor of The Heeren. Open the doors and you are brought into a whole new world, one that speaks of timeless elegance and sophistication that Gatsby would approve of, where you feel like you're one of the few in the know. Describing the interior of the place wouldn't do Luke's Chop House any justice, I suggest that you visit it yourself.

More importantly, if you're not looking to spend a bomb and you still want to impress your date, I think visiting Luke's during lunch would make an ideal choice. Their special lunch menu, which isn't available online, consists of only a few items: Steak and Fries, The Original "Travis" Burger, "Lunch Only" Vegetable Burger, Luke's Lobster Roll and Grilled Fish & Nice Little Salad.

If you're all the way at a Chop House, why go for anything other than a steak right? The Steak and Fries ($39) served here isn't your usual but is in fact, a marvellous piece of peppercorn crusted tenderloin served with fries, salad and laurel leaf bearnaise. Each bite into the steak left me more convinced that I didn't need the bearnaise, as nice as the bearnaise was. While the tenderloin is one of my least favourite parts of the cow due to the lack of flavour, the peppercorn crust definitely helped make up for it and I think Luke's did a really good job with it. The fries were also seasoned with rosemary and old bay, deep fried to a crisp on the outside while still retaining a well-cooked potato texture on the inside. I finished the entire pile of fries, enjoying each fry with the lovely bearnaise sauce.

Now that I have confidence in Luke's, I can't wait to return again and splurge a little by trying items on their normal menu.