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Thread: Getting a $$$ Steak at a fancy steakhouse is the most overrated dining experience SRS

post 1488738271 03-27-2017, 08:11 AM
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And that's why I learned to make my own steaks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSGTsjkHzM4
post 1488738321 03-27-2017, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted By allianc3⏩
I don't know how you fools can compare the Texas Roadhouse to a menu like this:

http://www.bourbonsteakdc.com/pdf/BSDC_DINNER.pdf
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post 1488738391 03-27-2017, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted By Techriding101⏩
brb overpriced steak
brb overpriced drinks

brb marinate steak in the same chit every other place does that leaves you dehydrated for 15 hours

How to cook the perfect steak

salt & pepper rub

sousvide for 1 hour at temp of your choosing

sear in butter, 30 seconds each side
Wrong. Eat steak raw like nature intended. Good luck making a steak tartare yourself though.
post 1488738411 03-27-2017, 08:13 AM
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[QUOTE=bezarker post_id=1488738271][img]http://i.imgur.com/6zVX3cO.jpg[/ig]

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And that's why I learned to make my own steaks...[/QUOTE]
You need to learn again, wtf brah that thing is over cooked as fuk.
post 1488738421 03-27-2017, 08:13 AM
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The best steaks come from podunk little chit hole towns.

The kind of place where most people are in blue jeans and boots
post 1488739261 03-27-2017, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted By SlootFlute⏩
I've been to alot of fancy steakhouses

And to be honest, most of the time I can cook a better steak at home...

Not saying that they're bad, it's just for the price you pay, it doesn't live up to the expectation..

The only steak that lives up to the hype is kobe... Absolutely melt in your mouth perfection..

A steak from Texas Roadhouse is on par with most of these '$$$$ Steakhouses'
Agreed.

Get yourself a lump charcoal BBQ, know how to use it and throw in some good quality cuts...

Greek salad, potato salad and a big ass fat porterhouse. AW YEAH BABAY
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post 1488739751 03-27-2017, 08:25 AM
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I like going to longhorn steak house. My NY strip is always cooked to perfection. For sides I have the mac and cheese(hnnnng), and loadaded mashed potatoes. I also enjoy people serving my food and catering to my needs.
post 1488739811 03-27-2017, 08:26 AM
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Steak itself is the most overrated thing ever, not just steakhouses. I like it, it's fine, but it's not the GOAT. And the more you pay, the less I like it. A Roadhouse sirloin is about the best money to flavor ratio out there for steak. And no matter how good it is, it's still better with Heinz 57 sauce. Steak snobs ruin the experience when they start bitching about you putting sauce on it.

Exception: Brazilian steakhouses. Holeeee fuk. They should have a small dining room in the back for assisted suicides. What a way to go.
post 1488740521 03-27-2017, 08:33 AM
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Repped OP. You're absolutely right.

And the reason is because steak is something that requires minimal "done" to it to make it good. Basically salt and cooking it to the right temperature is all that's required. There's no reason someone can't replicate that at home.

So why pay $40+ for a steak at a restaurant when you can buy a ribeye at the grocery store for $8/lb and do it yourself? And even better, you can probably cook it faster at home than you'd get it at a restaurant. On a grill you're talking about 2-3 minutes per side before it's done.
post 1488740671 03-27-2017, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted By Vhagar⏩
The best steaks come from podunk little chit hole towns.

The kind of place where most people are in blue jeans and boots
Can confirm, I make an amazing sirloin and wear blue jeans with cowboy boots every day.
post 1488741161 03-27-2017, 08:38 AM
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I think expensive steakhouses are hit or miss. Some of them are amazing, others are a waste of money. I think del Frisco's is always worth the money. I went to a place that was twice as expensive for my birthday one year that wasn't as good, though. Half of the steak was melt-in-your-mouth amazing, but the other half was so chewy it was almost inedible
post 1488741171 03-27-2017, 08:39 AM
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Had bone in rib eye last night. Used lump charcoal. Seasoned it with the Shula's recipe, I got off the internet and olive oil. Came out perfect.

Here's the rub recipe if you guys are interested. I don't use withe pepper. Black works fine, you can use Lawry's seasoning salt instead of kosher.

This is how it’s done, Shula style:
1 cup kosher salt
4 teaspoons ground white pepper
4 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons granulated garlic
2 teaspoons thyme
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Rub on room-temperature steaks just before grilling. Store unused portion in airtight container. Makes about 2 cups
post 1488741311 03-27-2017, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted By LMAOatYou⏩
lol texas roadhouse is not equal to fancy steakhouses. However I do agree I could cook the steak to the same quality with a more expensive cut than just some steak from the grocery store. However it is also just about the experience. If 100 dollars is really that big of a deal to you than you are poverty as fuk.
Texas Roadhouse isn't a "fancy" steakhouse. It is the Applebees of steakhouses. And I don't ever see Prime beef in regular grocery stores, usually just Choice, so unless you have the beef hookup and a high temp searing oven,I don't know how you could make a steak at home that competes with Ruth's Chris or Mortons style steakhouses (and those are just nationwide chains). I think that a lot of you guys are eating Texas Roadhouse and Outback and considering it a "fancy" steakhouse, that is why you believe that you can prepare the same meal at home.
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Originally Posted By JevBROOO⏩
LMAO at all these conformist tryhard miscers trying to out-alpha each other by claiming they love raw steak

all u elitists who claim undercooked meat is better... smdh

BRB eating a proper well done steak instead
BRB no food poisoning
BRB no ring worm
BRB i can actually digest it

although 99% of miscers will sit there for hours chewing on their raw beef claiming its delicious whilst they really want 2 cry and vomit on the inside
I've eaten raw steak since I was very young somewhat regularly. Never has a single issue, I guess your perceptions say something about the crappy access to meat and food prep you have.
post 1488741861 03-27-2017, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted By JevBROOO⏩
LMAO at all these conformist tryhard miscers trying to out-alpha each other by claiming they love raw steak

all u elitists who claim undercooked meat is better... smdh

BRB eating a proper well done steak instead
BRB no food poisoning
BRB no ring worm
BRB i can actually digest it

although 99% of miscers will sit there for hours chewing on their raw beef claiming its delicious whilst they really want 2 cry and vomit on the inside
brb rare steak crew

brb joocy as fuk

brb tasty as fuk

brb dont spend 6 hours trying to chew it

brb never had food poisoning
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post 1488742831 03-27-2017, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted By JevBROOO⏩
LMAO at all these conformist tryhard miscers trying to out-alpha each other by claiming they love raw steak

all u elitists who claim undercooked meat is better... smdh

BRB eating a proper well done steak instead
BRB no food poisoning
BRB no ring worm
BRB i can actually digest it

although 99% of miscers will sit there for hours chewing on their raw beef claiming its delicious whilst they really want 2 cry and vomit on the inside
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post 1488744911 03-27-2017, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted By RonaldMcflurry⏩
I don't ever see Prime beef in regular grocery stores, usually just Choice, so unless you have the beef hookup
Surely meat markets/butcher shops aren't that hard to find? I don't even buy ground beef in my regular grocery store unless I happen to need it on a Sunday. You can do so much better.
post 1488745271 03-27-2017, 09:15 AM
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can confirm, medium rare is the GOAT
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post 1488746991 03-27-2017, 09:32 AM
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I only cook prime at home now if cooking a steak, but I know it is hard to find in a lot of cities. I usually get prime strips for $16-18/lb at my grocery store.

Yes, there is a tremendous difference.
post 1488747321 03-27-2017, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted By JevBROOO⏩
LMAO at all these conformist tryhard miscers trying to out-alpha each other by claiming they love raw steak

all u elitists who claim undercooked meat is better... smdh

BRB eating a proper well done steak instead
BRB no food poisoning
BRB no ring worm
BRB i can actually digest it

although 99% of miscers will sit there for hours chewing on their raw beef claiming its delicious whilst they really want 2 cry and vomit on the inside
Originally Posted By JevBROOO⏩
here comes the wannabe alpha raw meat brigade

enjoy your salmanella
Ring worm? Salmonella?

So the deal with beef is that there aren't really any pathogens in it you need to be worried about. The surface can develop them after the fact, but that's why it's acceptable for the outside to be cooked and the inside rare. The surface ends up cooked and the inside there's nothing to worry about.

The reason tartare works is because they're not using sections of beef that had surface exposure.

And the reason ground beef can end up with pathogens is that the surface gets distributed all throughout the beef. That's why most restaurants won't serve you a rare or medium rare burger. The pathogens might have had a chance to spread throughout the meat, so the middle isn't as safe.
post 1488748781 03-27-2017, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted By Dan_S⏩
And the reason ground beef can end up with pathogens is that the surface gets distributed all throughout the beef. That's why most restaurants won't serve you a rare or medium rare burger. The pathogens might have had a chance to spread throughout the meat, so the middle isn't as safe.
Former butcherbrah here.

This is also why they use dry ice to grind meat in packaging plants. The meat will not only have surface bacteria but the heat generated from being ground up causes more to fester/form. So they pour dry ice over the meat as its grinding.

I thought it was interesting
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Originally Posted By Messiahtype⏩
I only cook prime at home now if cooking a steak, but I know it is hard to find in a lot of cities. I usually get prime strips for $16-18/lb at my grocery store.

Yes, there is a tremendous difference.
Smart man. Impossible to find where I live.What grocery store stocks Prime?
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Originally Posted By RonaldMcflurry⏩
Smart man. Impossible to find where I live.What grocery store stocks Prime?
I score mine at Metropolitan Market in Seattle. It's down the hill from me. Eat at least 2 prime strips/week since moving near there.
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Originally Posted By RonaldMcflurry⏩
Smart man. Impossible to find where I live.What grocery store stocks Prime?
Costco has prime and they will cut whatever you want. The one I go to anyway.
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we have a titty bar here in town whose owner also owns a cattle ranch

the thought of eating at a titty bar disgusted me but i caved one time and it was a perfect steak for 1/4 the price of a steak house

if you go during happy hour, all 65 beer taps are $2.25 a pint

not to mention titties

it's impossible for me to go somewhere more expensive for the same thing after that

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Originally Posted By AgRyan⏩
Yeah I'm all for Texas Roadhouse (them rolls hnnnggg), but most of their meat is USDA Choice instead of Prime like you'd find at a quality steakhouse. Prime meat is much better no matter what kind of cut you get.
USDA Choise LMAOOOO

i'll take you out to a proper steak dinner before we get down to bedroom acrobatics unomsaiyan

personally, I agree with OP. Most steakhouses, you're paying for the dining experience as a whole, not the quality of the steak/meat. My mom still makes the best steak i've ever had, closely followed by my uncle. But sometimes I'd rather go out to eat some jack in the box cuz i don't wanna listen to her spout racist remarks over dinner lol
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Best steak undr 50 is Weatherspoons 14 ounce Aberdeen Angus. srs. (14 for the steak/chips/mushroom/tomato.
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In the UK most pub food/steaks is better than expensive resturants
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Originally Posted By Layne205⏩
Steak itself is the most overrated thing ever, not just steakhouses. I like it, it's fine, but it's not the GOAT. And the more you pay, the less I like it. A Roadhouse sirloin is about the best money to flavor ratio out there for steak. And no matter how good it is, it's still better with Heinz 57 sauce. Steak snobs ruin the experience when they start bitching about you putting sauce on it.

Exception: Brazilian steakhouses. Holeeee fuk. They should have a small dining room in the back for assisted suicides. What a way to go.
Sirloin is probably the worst cuts of steak. Of course you need to drown it in steak sauce.


I'm not a steak elitist. I actually prefer to cook them at home and average 4 steaks per month at home.

But you need a good cut of meat and the right sear for them to be truly 'great'. Until you eat a steak so tender you can cut it with just a fork you probably haven't had an actual good cut.


The perfect steak should be tender and juicy in the middle with a nice crust on the outside. Hggggnnn.
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
Actually agreed.

Cooking a steak perfectly just requires a charcoal grill and a meat thermometer.

The one thing I can't beat a steakhouse with is their sides. Ain't no way I can match their twice-baked potato HNNNNG.
There is a noticable meat quality difference between what steakhouses purchase, and what you find at the supermarket.
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