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keith157 wrote:

aris wrote:It is a restaurant, not a butchery.

Doh
Yes I was aware of that but you stated you could cook a steak as well as them, my point being would you buy steak of that quality bearing in mind it would likely have to be a special order and therefore very expensive.

Special order from whom? You can buy good quality beef in many good butcheries if you know where to go Costco's aberdeen angus beef is fairly nice. REALLY good well aged steak can cost between 30 and 50 pounds per kilo at a butcher. A 400g ribeye at Gaucho is 28 pounds. But as has been said, no washing up, and an enjoyable meal out.

Aris,
Guess you have just re-emforced the position of "if you want a good steak, buy a good one and cook it at home"

£28 for a single steak is pretty pricey and when you add on the inflation on your wine choice, a topic on which I could rant for days, it does suggest that a good steak out is cost prohibitive.

The last disappointing rib eye I had was £21, still a fair whack for a steak, think I will go all the way and only order fish in future as I am never sure what to do with a fish that isnt salmon or simple to work with.

Steaky goodness only for home consumption.
Cheers
Tiny

Tiny wrote:The last disappointing rib eye I had was £21, still a fair whack for a steak

Thats the thing about Gaucho though, I have NEVER had a bad steak, one that wasnt rare enough once, but that was soon replaced by a fresh one (and a complimentary Malbec).
I would say I do a mean steak (I dont mean in size Keith, before you get started ), but still prefer to eat out at times.

Indeed - I would ony eat steak at Gaucho or Goodmans. I'm sure there are other good steak places around, but those are known to be good. Sure I could make one at home, but I'm not a hermit - I like to eat out!

A Farmers Perspective
Living in Yokel Land, and not having eaten at any of these places, even if I had the money to spend £21/28 on a steak,I could not justify that or afford it!
I like to eat out, just the same as everyone!
Good steak is in the Rearing, Breed,Hanging time,Cutting buy a Good Butcher and the cook.
Everyone talks about Ribeye, that has been some of the the best, and WORST steak I have ever eaten, also ,my favourite Rump, could have been yours?
Good Rump from breeds such as Angus, Dexter, Red Devon etc, if hung for the right amount of time can IMHO be as good, if not better!
I will not get into the Cryovac vs Dry debate!
Hope this provokes some debate?

Cheers
Simon

Where do you eat out, and what do you eat?

Hi Aris
Not in London, obviously, as I live in the West Country, but we do have our fair share of Michelin star places in Somerset.
Pony and Trap in Chew Magna, for one.

If only we had such reasonably priced quality restaurants around here

Simon with reference to the Rib-Eye I bought from "Your Man" that was amongst the best. Not as good as my butcher's but a lot cheaper so on balance darn good meat. We had it as steaks and as a roast at Christmas and will be over for more hopefully soon......

Just as an aside - for many years I didn't my beef from Morrison's, as it was all Australian. No prejudice there, it just wasn’t very good. They changed a while back, but I'd never bought a rib-eye from them, as it was just as cheap, and almost as easy to get it from the farm shop.

Anyway, a couple of months back we got caught with no steaks for tea, and our only real option was to pop round to Morrison’s.

The rib-eyes we got were among the best we've ever had, and cost around £12 for two really big juicy steaks.

BTW, I also agree about wine pricing. My local wine merchant does a fantastic Chilean Merlot for only about £12, and it's heaven with a steak. I've never had a £12 bottle of merlot in any restaurant which was any better than just about passable.

Steve W