THE STEAK THREAD, served a la Man

[sc0tt]

2 rumps



Cooked with homemade chips



Money shot

[smithyithy]

450g T-Bone, aged, rare; MooMoo Steak & Wine, Krakow, Poland.









Salt and pepper (not a fan of sauce when eating a proper steak, baked potatoes on the side, and a Spanish red to wash it down (I know sod all about wine but it was nice), and some water that wasn't free.

£24, can't complain.

[tobinen]

tedmus said:

Ridealong said:

This week (28th March to 03rd April) at Lidl.
21 Day Matured Dry-Aged, British Beef Côte De Boeuf, 400-500g, £16.99/kg,

Picked a couple of these up yesterday for tonight, smallish ones about £8 each.

That's a more manageable size than the 2 x 1 Kg I bought the other week.

[sc0tt]

smithyithy said:

450g T-Bone, aged, rare; MooMoo Steak & Wine, Krakow, Poland.

Good place, I had the 1kg Tomahawk there.

[smithyithy]

sc0tt said:

Good place, I had the 1kg Tomahawk there.

Bloody hell, I think I'd have struggled

I had a 400g burger at their other place round the corner, really nice both times.

[Burwood]

sc0tt said:

smithyithy said:

450g T-Bone, aged, rare; MooMoo Steak & Wine, Krakow, Poland.

Good place, I had the 1kg Tomahawk there.

Looks sweet, Smithy. 24 notes, can’t complain at all

[smithyithy]

Burwood said:

Looks sweet, Smithy. 24 notes, can’t complain at all

Superb value over there, I was eating and drinking like a king

[Burwood]

smithyithy said:

Burwood said:

Looks sweet, Smithy. 24 notes, can’t complain at all

Superb value over there, I was eating and drinking like a king

20 years ago I went to a 5* steak restaurant in Prague. Silver service, Waiters wore Tails. We had a Chateau which emerged in a silver covered trolley and craved at the table.. The whole 9 yards, cigar to finish. I think the Bill was £80 including champagne. Bloody incredible it was too

http://www.umaliru1543.com/cs/fotogalerie-restaura...

Edited by Burwood on Saturday 30th March 18:11

[C70R]

No photos, but I bought and cooked some lovely Bavette from Waitrose today. Exceptional value, great flavour and texture - effortless to cook right, particularly when served with McCain's 'triple cooked' chips.

[tobinen]

The 1 kg Lidl Deluxe ribeye.

Prep: 24 hours at room temperature in its vacuum plastic.

Seared to caramel colour on all sides in a pan. Fan oven at 140C° for 35 minutes, checking internal temperature at 30 minutes. I thought I'd blown it when the thermometer read 61°C at certain points, but other points were 52°C which is where I wanted it to be. Took it out and rested under foil for 30 minutes.

Accompanied by the best £5 red I've found, the Lidl Joven Rioja 2017

In the end, it turned out OK but a touch over where I'd prefer it. No, I have no eaten it all. This will do for three meals

Edited by tobinen on Sunday 31st March 19:10

[anonymous-user]

I had a Lidl cowboy steak didn't rate it. Aldi steaks are much better.

[48k]

tobinen said:

The 1 kg Lidl Deluxe ribeye.

Prep: 24 hours at room temperature in its vacuum plastic.

Seared to caramel colour on all sides in a pan. Fan oven at 140C° for 35 minutes, checking internal temperature at 30 minutes. I thought I'd blown it when the thermometer read 61°C at certain points, but other points were 52°C which is where I wanted it to be. Took it out and rested under foil for 30 minutes.

Accompanied by the best £5 red I've found, the Lidl Joven Rioja 2017

In the end, it turned out OK but a touch over where I'd prefer it. No, I have no eaten it all. This will do for three meals

Edited by tobinen on Sunday 31st March 19:10

I don't like criticising other people's food but that steak looks.....weird. It looks dry and with a strange texture and the fat hasn't rendered. Not sure if that's because it was vac packed or spent too long in the vac pac or some other reason. I always thought the rule if you have to buy vac pac meat is get it out as soon as you can?

[tobinen]

You may be right and I agree it wasn't very juicy but it was tasty.

Next time I will not leave so long in the bag and see if it turns out better.

[ashleyman]

48k said:

I don't like criticising other people's food but that steak looks.....weird. It looks dry and with a strange texture and the fat hasn't rendered. Not sure if that's because it was vac packed or spent too long in the vac pac or some other reason. I always thought the rule if you have to buy vac pac meat is get it out as soon as you can?

I was thinking the same. I thought if you’re leaving it out to Air you’d cut it out the package.

[ziontrain]

Had one of the Lidl cote de boeuf steaks on Friday, cooked per the packet (1 min high heat each side, then 6 mins low heat each side).

Was bloody lovely, so bought another when I was back in Lidl last night!

[LordGrover]

Enjoyed a cracking if slightly undersized T-bone last night. It had a little white mould on it but a quick google reassured me it would be fine, and it was.



Well,it tasted great and I'm not dead. Yet.

[6th Gear]

smithyithy said:

450g T-Bone, aged, rare; MooMoo Steak & Wine, Krakow, Poland.









Salt and pepper (not a fan of sauce when eating a proper steak, baked potatoes on the side, and a Spanish red to wash it down (I know sod all about wine but it was nice), and some water that wasn't free.

£24, can't complain.

The standard of food in Warsaw and Krakow is excellent. Fantastic restaurants and brilliant value.

One of my favourite food destinations.

[illmonkey]

Little celebration last night. Hawksmoor Knightsbridge, 600g of Chateaubriand. Abso-bloody-lutely! Big fan of their mac and cheese too! Washed down with some 2009 Dom, natch.

[RammyMP]

illmonkey said:

Little celebration last night. Hawksmoor Knightsbridge, 600g of Chateaubriand. Abso-bloody-lutely! Big fan of their mac and cheese too! Washed down with some 2009 Dom, natch.

Oh yes! Their Mac and cheese is quality!

[48k]

Tonight I have been mostly turning this:



In to this:



Fillet steak with mushroom arancini.