would you frequent a great steakhouse(meat from aussie)..

[Pleng]

I have my steaks rare, so not easy to get it wrong.

How on earth do you manage this? Every time I order mine rare it comes back medium-well done at best, but usually cooked through

[PET]

I have my steaks rare, so not easy to get it wrong.

How on earth do you manage this? Every time I order mine rare it comes back medium-well done at best, but usually cooked through

If you cook it yourself there will be no problem - choose a nicely marbled steak and enjoy.

[PeteC]

I have my steaks rare, so not easy to get it wrong.

How on earth do you manage this? Every time I order mine rare it comes back medium-well done at best, but usually cooked through

If you cook it yourself there will be no problem - choose a nicely marbled steak and enjoy.

If rare, be bloody careful of tapeworms. Best to freeze the meat 3 days minimum before cooking if you plan to eat it rare. That will kill the larva if the cooking doesn't. Pete

[Pleng]

I have my steaks rare, so not easy to get it wrong.

How on earth do you manage this? Every time I order mine rare it comes back medium-well done at best, but usually cooked through

If you cook it yourself there will be no problem

Clearly.

If, on the other hand you are eating out...?

[Khundon1975]

My response is a simple NO. I'm quite happy with Thai beef.

I agree BB
I bought a whole fillet of beef from the morning market to cook for my brother in law (he is a member of the Q Guild of master butchers here in UK) cooked it in a slow cooker with onions etc.

He was surprised at how tender it was and how good it tasted, compared to English or Scottish beef such as Welsh Black or Aberdeen Angus. Plus it was only Baht180 for the whole fillet and would have cost well over £80 in his shop.

Best steaks I have ever had was Orkney Gold (a small heard of beef in the Orkney's) from his shop in UK and an Australian steak I had in a restaurant called "The Ball and Chain" on Salamanker key in Tasmania.

If the meat is good then you can only bugger it up by cooking it badly.

Now I'm hungry.

[crazy88]

Khundon

Please tell me where you can buy a whole fillet for 180 baht ( Roughly 2.5- 3.5 Kg) so 60 Bt per kilo ish. They will be the busiest shop in town if of any quality.

Crazy 88

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khundon.....you did screw it up ..you slow cooked it..thats called stewing tough meat until its tender..im talking about steak...cut a piece off and bbq it medium rare then come back and post:))

[advocate]

The fillet you buy at Tesco is a good size for 700-800 bt, about 10 thick steaks.
If not overcooked it is reasonably tender. 2 minutes each side on a hot BBQ.
Cooking it past pink turns it into shoe leather though.

Not sure why, but Thai beef turns very tough if overcooked. Not like western beef that you can cook to medium or well done.

My wife says the beef at Tesco and Macro is free of worms.
I wouldn't trust any beef at the open markets not to have worms.

Having said this, I rarely (no pun intended) eat steak anymore. Fish in my country is expensive, but here it is cheap, and a lot healthier.

[GLCQuantum]

Fish in my country is expensive, but here it is cheap, and a lot healthier.

Until you half choke on a little piece of bone that gets lodged in your throat and eventually needs to be surgically removed...

I love fish myself but can't deal with the bones.

[JW]

Thai steak at Rom Mai is great 99% of the time, I reckon I have a import steak once every 2 or 3 months (Prime was the last one) and really enjoy it.

[BaaBaa.]

Thai steak at Rom Mai is great 99% of the time, I reckon I have a import steak once every 2 or 3 months (Prime was the last one) and really enjoy it.

I presumed it was Thai beef at them prices?

BTW, Papaya works a treat for tenderising beef if you're cooking at home.

[JW]

Yep its Thai beef but I believe they age it themselves, tastes great!

[Winkie]

Always happy to eat a wonderful steak, though don't actually do it very often.

My last real experience was in Rib Room in Landmark in Bangkok, and the beef was incredible. I've also eaten in New York New York in JWM, and the Wagyu beef in the Vertigo (Thai Wah Tower) is out of this work (at about US$400 per steak, so is the price, but it was damn good).

There's a chain of Japanese Yakiniku places in BKK called Mamiya, and they have some wonderful Australian Beef Sets, ranging form about 300-800 Baht, and the quality of beef was truly very surprising.

Should a really top quality Steak place exist in HH, I'm sure I'd go from time to time. The best streaks I've had in HH are at Coco 51, and they're pretty good (Imported too), but I assume that OP is talking of something more than Coco 51 can deliver.

I've had mixed experiences with Thai beef, some can be reasonably OK (agree about keeping it rare, which I like anyway), but would never say that I've had anything wonderful, and even good would be a difficult description to us, unless described as 'good considering the low price'. Typically I judge food based only on taste/quality, not not taste/quality per $.

[dtaai-maai]

The best streaks I've had in HH are at Coco 51,

Typically I judge food based only on taste/quality, not not taste/quality per $.

I heard you caused quite a stir...

You're very lucky that money is not a factor in your appreciation of food, but if you are prepared to pay US$400 for a steak I'm inclined to think you may have more money than sense!

[migrant]

I like steak, but rarely order it when I go out since it is easy to cook a good one. I remember Villa had some good looking steak.

Here in the US there are numerous steak restaurants and most of their claims to fame is dry aged beef cooked on a extremely high temp so it cooks quick, sealing in the juices.

I can buy great raw meat here, let it come to room temperature. I season the steak and apply a little olive oil.
I have a grill with a extra strong burner that I get roaring hot, toss the steak on a few minutes a side. For Mrs M, who likes a more well done steak, I set it off to the side, close the grill for a while.

When done to desired degree I pull off, put a little butter on top, and let it sit 5 minutes.

I've had great steaks in restaurants, but at three+ times the price of cooking at home, they aren't that good!!