THE STEAK THREAD, served a la Man

[Short Grain]

thebraketester said:

It wasn’t quite aged enough for our taste but still had loads of flavour.

Oh Yes!!

[Welshbeef]

Actually had steak for the first time in a while last night - and it was simply sirloin from Budgens of all places.

I wasn’t expecting anything but wow - the Mrs did wonders with the cooking of it.






Going to have steak again today 2.

[craigjm]

Short Grain said:

First time in America, had steak and eggs for breakfast, just because I could, it was on the diner menu!
The waitress did look at me as if I was a bit strange, and she may be right!!

I don’t know why... it’s a massively popular breakfast dish over there

[Spydaman]

Lidl steak a la man for not much more than a tenner for two including wine.

[Ridealong]

I was in Australia and the exchange rate £1 = $1.8 meant the Wagyu beef was reasonably priced, so I thought why not.

[anonymous-user]

Waitrose are doing wagyu anyone tried it yet?

[caseys]

Thesprucegoose said:

Waitrose are doing wagyu anyone tried it yet?

I'll report back. They've given me some £8 off a £40 spend ... which means my steak is coming from there for the next couple of weeks.

[matrignano]

That Ozzie wagyu doesn't look like a porterhouse, sirloin maybe

[thebraketester]

Tonights offering.... 1.3KG porterhouse from Turner and George. Makes the last one I posted look a bit small

[craigjm]

Looks like it’s had a big bite taken out of it

[SpeckledJim]

Ridealong said:

I was in Australia and the exchange rate £1 = $1.8 meant the Wagyu beef was reasonably priced, so I thought why not.

Prompted by this post, I've just learned that beef can still be wagyu if grown outside Japan. I thought it was specifically a Japanese thing.

Every day's a school day.

[21TonyK]

SpeckledJim said:

Prompted by this post, I've just learned that beef can still be wagyu if grown outside Japan. I thought it was specifically a Japanese thing.

Every day's a school day.

Unfortunately though, this does mean its no guarantee of quality. Often "Wagyu" is so far from the real stuff its no better than any other decent steak. Pretty sure in Aus the wagyu is pure bred but in the States its definitely a cross.

This is why you see Wagyu burgers etc in Aldi et all.

[anonymous-user]

SpeckledJim said:

Prompted by this post, I've just learned that beef can still be wagyu if grown outside Japan. I thought it was specifically a Japanese thing.

Every day's a school day.

like aberdeen angus. you want kobe to be sure of true quality.

old beef is the new thing nowadays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7z_qeQRmKQ

[thebraketester]

Another cow based triumph.

[PorkInsider]

thebraketester said:

Another cow based triumph.

[paulguitar]

I had this recently at Bobby Van’s just off Wall Street in NYC.

It is a ‘Filet Oscar’, which is a 16oz filet mignon topped with crab meat and spinach. It was outrageously good and as a lover of both seafood and steak the perfect dish for me. I scraped the crab and spinach off the top of the steak and it was like having a whole extra bonus dish!

Cost as much as a tank of petrol.

[Halb]

Had a 230g ribeye from Aldi tonight...one of the best ones I've had for along time.

[Psycho Warren]

This thread is making me feel so hungry!

[Ridealong]

matrignano said:

That Ozzie wagyu doesn't look like a porterhouse, sirloin maybe

AFAIK Porterhouse is the American/Australian word for Sirloin.

[Ridealong]

SpeckledJim said:

Prompted by this post, I've just learned that beef can still be wagyu if grown outside Japan. I thought it was specifically a Japanese thing.

Every day's a school day.

If the cattle is bred/raised in Japan it's is Kobe, if bred/raised outside of Japan usually in Australia it is called Wagyu, which I first saw it on sale in Harrods.