Cube steak pilaf, butter shrimp rosé pasta: 37.5 Signature Mia

If you're looking for a Western-style restaurant with atmosphere for pasta or pizza, it helps when the menu has plenty of options. One place that comes to mind is 37.5 Signature Mia Branch.

You can enjoy everything from brunch to pasta, pilaf, steak, and pizza all in one place, making it a good spot for a group to visit and each order to their taste. This time I ordered the cube steak pilaf, butter shrimp rosé pasta, and gorgonzola pizza for a properly hearty meal.

All three menus had clearly different personalities, which made them a good combination to order together. Here's a rundown of everything from the meat-loaded pilaf to the rosé pasta with plump shrimp catching the eye, to the gorgonzola pizza with cheese and almonds.

A wide menu selection, true to a brunch restaurant

Rather than focusing on just one type, the meal menu options are quite varied. It's good for brunch in the morning or at lunch, and the lineup also suits ordering pasta, pilaf, pizza, and more for a proper meal at lunch or dinner.

Especially if you're visiting with 2-3 people like this time, it's nice to order one rice dish, one pasta, and one pizza and place them in the middle to share. That way you can alternate between different flavors and textures.

How hearty is the cube steak pilaf?

The first menu is the cube steak pilaf.

The moment the plate arrives, what catches your eye first is the generous portion of cube-cut steak sitting on one side. Cut into bite-sized pieces, you can pair it directly with the rice without the hassle of cutting the meat yourself.

The composition is quite substantial. In the center sits a generous portion of stir-fried rice topped with crispy garlic chips and spices. Beside it is a heap of cube steak, and on the other side sits a salad with various vegetables and cherry tomatoes.

I liked that it's not a simple pilaf of just rice and meat — you get vegetables on the same plate too.

One bite of meat, one spoonful of pilaf

The cube steak pilaf is most satisfying when you eat the meat and rice together in one bite.

Putting a big chunk of steak on top of the seasoned pilaf adds the meat's savory flavor, making it even more filling. Eating garlic chips in between adds a crispy texture and nutty flavor on top of that.

Broccoli and cherry tomatoes are also mixed in throughout the rice, so the texture never gets monotonous while eating.

After eating a lot of meat and fried rice, adding the salad on the side refreshes your palate once again. It's a Western menu, but since it includes rice, it would especially suit anyone who feels pasta or pizza alone isn't quite enough.

Butter shrimp rosé pasta with a strong shrimp presence

Personally, the menu that caught my eye the most just from its visual was the butter shrimp rosé pasta.

With generous rosé sauce and several large shrimp piled up in front, the shrimp's presence is significant, true to its name.

37.5's butter shrimp rosé pasta is a dish of butter-seared shrimp paired with rosé sauce.

The shrimp's surface shows signs of searing and pepper, and the plump flesh remains intact, making you want to pick up a shrimp first before digging into the noodles.

Cheese and herbs are added on top of the pasta, along with vegetables like broccoli, which lightens the feeling of the rosé sauce being too heavy on its own.

Thick yet smooth rosé sauce

The heart of the butter shrimp rosé pasta is, of course, the rosé sauce.

Rosé, which combines the freshness of tomato sauce with the smoothness of cream sauce, is one of the pasta sauces with relatively few dislikers. Eating it together with the shrimp's buttery flavor makes the pasta even richer.

The sauce coats the noodles thoroughly enough that the noodles alone aren't bland, and cutting into the large shrimp and eating it with the noodles brings out its springy texture clearly.

If the steak pilaf leans savory and salty, the butter shrimp rosé pasta leans softer and richer.

Since the two menus don't overlap with each other, it felt like a good combination for a group to order together.

Gorgonzola pizza with an appealing pastry-like feel

Even after eating rice and pasta, pizza can't be skipped. This time I chose the gorgonzola pizza.

Looking at the pizza as it actually arrived, the center has plenty of melted cheese with sliced almonds scattered evenly on top.

The edge crust in particular stands out. Unlike a typical thin pizza crust, it has a crispy, layered texture, making the texture difference between the cheesy center and the edge quite distinct.

Lifting up a slice lets you enjoy gorgonzola's distinctive flavor, the savory cheese taste, and the crunch of almonds all at once.

Why it keeps you reaching for more, right to the end

The gorgonzola pizza isn't the type to hit you with a strong punch right away — it's more the type where the savory flavor builds the more you eat.

Even though there's plenty of cheese on top, it has a different character from pizzas with a strong tomato sauce. So even after finishing the rosé pasta, the flavors don't overlap much.

The sliced almonds also play a subtly important role. Biting into almonds among the softly melted cheese adds savoriness and texture.

There's fun in eating even the crust all the way to the edge, so if you usually enjoy eating pizza crust to the very end, this style will satisfy you even more.

If you like sweet flavors, you can enjoy it paired with something that complements gorgonzola's distinctive savory cheese taste, or eat it plain to taste the cheese's own flavor more clearly.

Why ordering all three together made such a good combination

The advantage of the cube steak pilaf, butter shrimp rosé pasta, and gorgonzola pizza I had this time is that the main ingredients and flavors of each don't overlap.

• Cube steak pilaf: meat and fried rice at the center, making it hearty
• Butter shrimp rosé pasta: moist and rich thanks to springy shrimp and smooth rosé sauce
• Gorgonzola pizza: savory cheese and crispy crust at the center, a completely different texture from rice or noodles

There are also pink pickles that come as a basic side, good for eating a piece or two in between to clear the cream or cheese flavor lingering in your mouth.

Rather than sticking to one menu the whole time, alternating in order — a spoonful of pilaf, a bite of rosé pasta with shrimp, a slice of gorgonzola pizza — meant I never got tired of it, right to the end.

A Western restaurant well suited to dates and family meals near Mia Sageori

37.5 Signature has a strong brunch image, but looking at the actual menu lineup, there are plenty of options for visiting for a proper meal too.

Just for pasta alone there are various styles like oil, cream, and rosé, plus pilaf, steak, and pizza, so it's not hard to match everyone's preferences when a group visits together. The official website also runs a wide range of menu categories including brunch, salad, pasta, risotto, steak, and pizza.

The three I chose this time also didn't lean toward one flavor direction, making for a satisfying combination.

If you're looking for an atmospheric Western restaurant for a date near Mia Sageori, want to share a variety of dishes with family, or need somewhere for brunch and a meal with friends, this is a good candidate to consider.

What I thought after eating

If I had to pick the heartiest menu of this meal, it's the cube steak pilaf. With a big steak, pilaf, and salad all on one plate, ordering just this alone gives you a full meal's worth.

If you like a soft, rich pasta, the butter shrimp rosé pasta suits you well. Most of all, with plenty of large shrimp piled on top, enjoying the shrimp together with the pasta is definitely fun.

The gorgonzola pizza is memorable for the cheese's savoriness, the crunch of the almonds, and the texture of the layered crust.

Ordering all three together lets you taste meat, shrimp, and cheese all at once, with a variety of types — rice, noodles, and pizza — making it a particularly satisfying combination when visiting with a group.

If you're looking for a good pasta spot, pizza spot, or atmospheric Western restaurant near Mia Sageori, 37.5 Signature Mia Branch is worth checking out. Its strength is having a wide range of options beyond brunch, including hearty meal menus.

To sum up, the cube steak pilaf was great for enjoying meat and rice heartily, and the butter shrimp rosé pasta stood out for its combination of plump shrimp and smooth rosé sauce. Adding the savory gorgonzola pizza on top meant enjoying three distinct flavors and textures all in one sitting. A good combination to use for dates, family meals, or gatherings with friends near Mia Sageori.