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Restaurant Steak Prices...Ok What?
- Thread starter Soapbox Killer
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$220 for a "nice" steak meal for two??
Am I just spoiled because I live in New Orleans? We don't specialize in steaks, but we have so many fantastic restaurants that are well under $100 for two.
Am I just spoiled because I live in New Orleans? We don't specialize in steaks, but we have so many fantastic restaurants that are well under $100 for two.
NYC is filled with good restaurants where you can eat under 20 bucks. Fact of the matter is, here there is a wide berth of food options, which is part of the reason why the food scene is great. NO might not specialize in steakhouses, but I'd wager, without looking, that a good steakhouse there aren't that much cheaper, if at all.
You definitely don't need to have pricey steakhouses in order to have a great food scene, but a few here and there doesn't hurt.
I need to get around to it one day. Honestly, you don't need to be railing regular steaks every other day, nevermind a cut of Kobe straight out of Hyogo, lol.
There's also the fact that for those prices, there are more interesting meals that aren't as prestige-driven as eating a Kobe steak.
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Authentic kobe beef is pricey as hell. IIRC there's only like a dozen or so restaurants that are certified to sell it (other places use the wagyu variant). This was my bill a few years ago from one of the those restaurants for a 6 oz steak:
Holy All My Jesus!!!!! And that was 1 person.
I'm personally more shocked that one person can eat all that in a single sitting than I am about the $$$. That's literally more than I eat in an entire weekend. Lol
A really good butcher with really good aging shows what you can do.
many steakhouses don't.
The good ones though are worth it, tho again, if you can get their meat, you can accomplish much of it at hone
many steakhouses don't.
The good ones though are worth it, tho again, if you can get their meat, you can accomplish much of it at hone
Beat place for food in the western world... You have better choices that "just steak". Love New Orleans, it's music, it's culture, and it's peerless cooking culture. I'm jealous (love living in Seattle, but it's effectively a food desert in comparison)
We have some decent steak houses where I live, but my wife will tell everyone that she doesn't like them becuase I cook the best steak in the city *humblebrag*. But seriously, I it is tough to find a spot that doesn't just buy medicore meat from Sysco then try to pass it off as gourmet steak. All you need is salt and pepper and finish with butter in a cast iron. Sure you can get fancy with a green egg or sous vide, but why? Salt, pepper, butter is all you need. And will beat the pants off Ruth's Chris.
By the looks of it, the partner had a steak salad and baked Alaska, and the kids had mac & cheese, fries, and ravioli.
This is my favorite steak place. The Buckhorn Exchange in Denver. The Buffalo Prime Rib is where it is at. This place is also pretty expensive as you need to buy sides separately but that prime rib is the best hunk of red meat I have ever had.
200 bucks for a signature experience isn't that crazy. People do it for things they care about quite often.
If very fatty and tender beef imported from the other side of the globe isn't your jam, that's perfectly fine. It's a luxury item, and by no means a necessity.
Eating a steak salad right before eating a Kobe steak? Oh, you card.
An oz of Glen 12 for 15 bucks isn't even that bad of headcracking, either.
If very fatty and tender beef imported from the other side of the globe isn't your jam, that's perfectly fine. It's a luxury item, and by no means a necessity.
Authentic kobe beef is pricey as hell. IIRC there's only like a dozen or so restaurants that are certified to sell it (other places use the wagyu variant). This was my bill a few years ago from one of the those restaurants for a 6 oz steak:
Eating a steak salad right before eating a Kobe steak? Oh, you card.
An oz of Glen 12 for 15 bucks isn't even that bad of headcracking, either.
I've never had kobe/wagyu beef, but from the looks of it, I'd assume it's a very different experience, ao I don't know if you can compare it like that.This was $80
In terms of fine dining, you get MUCH more bang for your buck by doing a coursed meal at a 3-Michelin for around the same price per person. Would likely be way more memorable than that steak.
Quality has its price but as with everything else, there are diminishing returns.
Shocked to see most of you whining about the costs though when you all call for living wages as well.
Most restaurants have to sell for thrice the value they have bought stuff so that all the other costs are covered as well.
Shocked to see most of you whining about the costs though when you all call for living wages as well.
Most restaurants have to sell for thrice the value they have bought stuff so that all the other costs are covered as well.
My Kobe A5 experience in Kobe
Worth experiencing once, but not really worth the cost more than once personally.
Worth experiencing once, but not really worth the cost more than once personally.
Of course that's 80. There's no marbling in that meat at at all.This was $80
Ugh don't remind me of Seattle, I moved here a few years ago from Houston and the difference between the food culture is night and day.
To be fair that was for 3 people; they just wrote 1 guest for some reason. No way I can eat all that solo lol.
Oh I'll write that down. Looks cool in the pictures. I am doing Kres Chophouse for the first time today. On the expensive side but it's me and my SOs anniversary so I am splurging haha.
Wait, is the beef even cooked? Why is it so pink?My Kobe A5 experience in Kobe
Worth experiencing once, but not really worth the cost more than once personally.
$11 Steak Vs. $306 Steak
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Make sure to put ketchup on it, too. A1 steak sauce if you really want to get fancy.
I've never had a steak more than like $70 I think, it was good, but not all that much better than a steak for $30 to me. I'm sure people who are real steak aficianados, the Ron Swansons of the world, could appreciate it, but for me it's like the difference between a $75 bottle of wine, $30 bottle of wine, and $15 bottle of wine. Like, the difference between the $30 and $75 bottle of wine is basically null to me, I just can't tell a difference, and the $15 and $30 there's some difference. But, like the $8 to $15 is a big difference.
Interestingly, it's weird how steaks scale up similarly to wine for me.
Interestingly, it's weird how steaks scale up similarly to wine for me.
I had matsuzaka wagyu at a small steak restaurant above a butcher in Tokyo, the old man was super proud of his meat and brought the uncooked steak to the table for you to admire before cooking lol
It was 10 000 yen for the matsuzaka beef, but it's really too rich for one person to eat the entire thing by themselves so we also had some cheaper steaks with less marbling and shared.
It was 10 000 yen for the matsuzaka beef, but it's really too rich for one person to eat the entire thing by themselves so we also had some cheaper steaks with less marbling and shared.
It actually looks like the grill is to the front of it so it hasn't been cooked yet.
High-end steakhouses are always expensive because they dry-age their beef. Basically that involves putting it in an extremely temperature controlled room so that a crust forms around it. Supposedly that holds in all the juices that typically aren't there when you wet age (stick it in a cooler). However it's not a process that's easily replicated, and if you just try it at home you're going to end up with a room of moldy meat.
Honestly it's not worth the extra cost. Maybe a once-in-a-year meal for a super-special occasion. Otherwise just go to Outback.
Honestly it's not worth the extra cost. Maybe a once-in-a-year meal for a super-special occasion. Otherwise just go to Outback.
thing i missed the most about my japan trip (damn covid cancelled my 2nd trip last year) was getting wagyu in osaka. Was worth every yen. tossed on the grill for like 30 seconds and it'll just melt in your mouth
It was of course a pricey meal but not upcharged via import costs at least.
It was of course a pricey meal but not upcharged via import costs at least.
no thats just the fat marbling in the steak prior to it being cooked
I remember going to some super high end steakhouse in Raleigh NC once. Everything was a la carte. I was prepared to drop like two hundo for the whole meal. My steak (filet) cost $85, and it was very, very disappointing. Never again.
