Keen's Steakhouse

So mutton is actually real. The only reference to Mutton I was aware of was from Billy Crystal's character in The Princess Bride when he refers to a nice MLT: mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean...

Mutton is sheep and apparently old sheep. Meat from young sheep is called lamb but the meat of an older sheep is mutton. Mutton is old and wise and not as delicious. Our mutton was half delicious lending from perhaps a younger rebellious side to the sheep we were eating. Perhaps this particular sheep had an earring and liked to surf. Half of our mutton (you can see this in the picture below) was soft and tender and delicious and the other half was a bit tougher and less tasty. Overall, mutton is good.

We also ordered crab cakes and were treated to authentic crab. I think I'm continuously surprised by authentic crab because of the vast number of california rolls I've eaten in my life.

Keen's steakhouse is fancy and really good; pricey but worth a visit.

72 W. 36th Street
(between 5th Ave & Avenue Of The Americas)
New York, NY 10018

crab cakes

sliced mutton