I will never order a well-done steak again

[ThePresence]

I always ordered my steak well-done, I just couldn't see myself eating bloody meat. 🙂 Last night I went to a nice French resturant and ordered my steak well done. The waiter explained to me that this particular cut would be really dry well-done, so he recommended that I get it medium, still red and juicy but the outside is done nicely. It was absolutely delicious, I realize the flavor I was missing all these years by getting it well-done. Also, the resturant had real dim lighting, I could barely see my date across the table, let alone see how red the meat was. But it was certainly delicious. :thumbsup:

 

[clamum]

I used to order mine well-done but I started moving down and now I'm at medium or medium-rare. Soooo good.

Do you remember what cut it was?

 

[KillyKillall]

Medium Rare for the win. What's the point to cooking all of the juices out?

 

[Golgatha]

Yeap, medium FTW.

 

[bignateyk]

Eww... who eats steak well-done?

One of my roomates always b!tches whenever I grill and I bring his steak in medium/medium-rare.

I just tell him to microwave it if he wants it done more.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Their medium was good. Not everyone's is. I have seen people order well done and get medium rare, and vice versa. Just depends on where you go and how they season their steak.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

You might as well have been eating ground beef all these years. :thumbsup: for waking up and realizing that there's flavour to meat.

- M4H

 

[tfinch2]

Well-done steaks are for losers.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: clamum
I used to order mine well-done but I started moving down and now I'm at medium or medium-rare. Soooo good.

Do you remember what cut it was?

No, but it was off the bone.
It had some French name. 😉

 

[40Hands]

Most restaurants will give you the crappiest cut of the meat if you order well done.

medium-rare rib eye steak....mmmm...

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Their medium was good. Not everyone's is. I have seen people order well done and get medium rare, and vice versa. Just depends on where you go and how they season their steak.

But theres no such thing as an undercooked steak, so you cant go wrong asking for medium-rare.

As long as the outside is seared, it doesnt matter how rare the inside is.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
I always ordered my steak weel-done, I just couldn't see myself eating bloody meat. 🙂 Last night I went to a nice French resturant and ordered my steak well done. The waiter explained to me that this particular cut would be really dry well-done, so he recommended that I get it medium, still red and juicy but the outside is done nicely. It was absolutely delicious, I realize the flavor I was missing all these years by getting it well-done. Also, the resturant had real dim lighting, I could barely see my date across the table, let alone see how red the meat was. But it was certainly delicious. :thumbsup:

I had a rare+ sirloin steak last night... the bloodier it is, the better!

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: clamum
I used to order mine well-done but I started moving down and now I'm at medium or medium-rare. Soooo good.

Do you remember what cut it was?

No, but it was off the bone.
It had some French name. 😉

châteaubriand?

 

[Sinsear]

Welcome to the world of delicious red meat!!!!!

 

[dullard]

Well-done = "blood" cooked in the meat. That is, you eat all of the "blood".

Medium rare = "blood" drains out of the meat. In this case you eat none of the "blood".

Your logic was completely backwards. You only eat "bloody" meat if it is well done. Those of us with all the lovely flavor (and not bone dry) are the ones who aren't eating the "blood".

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: clamum
I used to order mine well-done but I started moving down and now I'm at medium or medium-rare. Soooo good.

Do you remember what cut it was?

No, but it was off the bone.
It had some French name. 😉

châteaubriand?

Possibly, I don't remember.

 

[bignateyk]

BTW, medium-rare Porterhouse FTW.

You get quantity & quality. Start off with the Strip, which is delicious in itself, and finish it off by eating the Filet. I usally order a 32oz if I can.

 

[LS20]

Next time, at a french restaurant, go for a Steak tartare

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
BTW, medium-rare Porterhouse FTW.

You get quantity & quality. Start off with the Strip, which is delicious in itself, and finish it off by eating the Filet. I usally order a 32oz if I can.

The restaurant we went to last night had a 48oz Porterhouse.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: LS20
Next time, at a french restaurant, go for a Steak tartare

those are delicious !

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Their medium was good. Not everyone's is. I have seen people order well done and get medium rare, and vice versa. Just depends on where you go and how they season their steak.

But theres no such thing as an undercooked steak, so you cant go wrong asking for medium-rare.

As long as the outside is seared, it doesnt matter how rare the inside is.

Blech.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: bignateyk
BTW, medium-rare Porterhouse FTW.

You get quantity & quality. Start off with the Strip, which is delicious in itself, and finish it off by eating the Filet. I usally order a 32oz if I can.

The restaurant we went to last night had a 48oz Porterhouse.

Nice. Ive only been to one restaurant that had one that large. Charlies steakhouse in Orlando. I got a T-Shirt for eating a 52oz Porterhouse 🙂

 

[RbSX]

French Medium = Medium rare at most other places.. remember that. 😀

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: clamum
I used to order mine well-done but I started moving down and now I'm at medium or medium-rare. Soooo good.
Do you remember what cut it was?

No, but it was off the bone.
It had some French name. 😉

châteaubriand?

I just checked their menu online, and I think the cut I had was called L?Entrecôte, but I am not positive.

 

[w00t]

yeah it's much better

sorry to say but I still use A1 even if the steak is amazing 😛