Steak on a Stone

Hootanany

I dont get it and why is it so deer if you cook it yourself?

Slattsy

Cow.

7ofBrian

It's not deer. It's cow.

Edit: beaten to it

dont get it either, getting all dressed up to go out and ...cook??? and Pay for the priveledge?


feck that
Ill cook at home thanks

The Backwards Man

I cook it on a pan. Much harder to clean a stone after use.

Gumbo

I don't see how people think it's expensive???
2 people for €22 in The Mint Leaf in Swords.

Cafe Carlo is approx same.

On the plus side, I usually give myself a decent tip if I cook it right!

biko

Beef or cow?

The Backwards Man

Why don't Cavan people eat venison?

Because it's deer.

Bassfish

Bleedin gimmick, if you like it rare or medium rare you have to eat it quickly, if you like it well done you have to sit there looking at it for 10 minutes and when you're done you smell like a frying pan. I don't go to a barber's to cut my own hair so I don't want to cook my own food in a restaurant.

Fr_Dougal

It's a gimmick.

Mint Sauce

Hootanany wrote: »

I dont get it and why is it so deer if you cook yourself?

Sometimes going to a restaurant is not just for the food but also the experience. Had one a few weeks ago, was absolutly delicious. Was already cooked to order when it came out, but you could also add as much or as little different flavoured butters, seasoning, etc, if you wanted to sear or seal an indiviual slice. Was no more expensive as any other steak house, and added a new dimension to your meal.

Mint Sauce

Bassfish wrote: »

Bleedin gimmick, if you like it rare or medium rare you have to eat it quickly, if you like it well done you have to sit there looking at it for 10 minutes and when you're done you smell like a frying pan. I don't go to a barber's to cut my own hair so I don't want to cook my own food in a restaurant.

You could always transfer it to the supplied plate.

Hootanany

How much is it if the Chef cooks it?

Stavros Murphy

I prefer pork on a plate. Or beef in a burger. Steak on a stone is just efffort. Feck back in there and cook it, ya chancer.

mfceiling

It's a load of sh*te.

Got one in south africa years ago.

I like my steak well done. The stone went cold, the steak still wasn't cooked the way i liked (i'd even taken to cut it to pieces)...i'd eaten all my sides and i was sitting there starving....what a load of crap.

Bassfish

Mint Sauce wrote: »

You could always transfer it to the supplied plate.

Jaysus, and then I'll wash the plate and cutlery and make my own creme brulee!

Fratton Fred

biko wrote: »

Beef or cow?

Duck, or Grouse?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Bassfish wrote: »

Bleedin gimmick, if you like it rare or medium rare you have to eat it quickly, if you like it well done you have to sit there looking at it for 10 minutes and when you're done you smell like a frying pan. I don't go to a barber's to cut my own hair so I don't want to cook my own food in a restaurant.

Ha ha..Quit exaggerating...You've obviously never eaten at one of those restaurants. Rare/medium takes 30 seconds. Leave it on for a minute for it to be well done.

And if you have eaten at one maybe soneone should have explained that you cut small pieces of the steak and cook them as you want them, don't lob the whole thing on in one go. Peasant!

Hootanany

But whole steak is on the stone when its brought to you.

suicide_circus

kceire wrote: »

I don't see how people think it's expensive???
2 people for €22 in The Mint Leaf in Swords.

Cafe Carlo is approx same.

On the plus side, I usually give myself a decent tip if I cook it right!

i'm not trekking out to Swords to eat a steak on a stone. 100% gimmick.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Love eating steak when I'm on a stone buzz, weed + decent munch = the good times!

BillyMitchel

Can you then get blood from a stone if you cook a nice t bone on it?

Mena

mfceiling wrote: »

It's a load of sh*te.

Got one in south africa years ago.

I like my steak well done. The stone went cold, the steak still wasn't cooked the way i liked (i'd even taken to cut it to pieces)...i'd eaten all my sides and i was sitting there starving....what a load of crap.

That's because we South Africans prefer to serve steak as opposed to shoe leather. Hence the stone was programmed to ignore your, frankly, rather ludicrous request to burn it to a crisp.

A job well done (so to speak).

GenieOz

Never understood those who get steak well done..have you no taste buds?

FreshKnickers

This steak is so raw it's eating the salad!
- Gordon Ramsey
(probably)

KK4SAM

I paid €450.00 for eight legs of venison ,would you say that's two dear ?

cml387

mfceiling wrote: »

It's a load of sh*te.

Got one in south africa years ago.

I like my steak well done. The stone went cold, the steak still wasn't cooked the way i liked (i'd even taken to cut it to pieces)...i'd eaten all my sides and i was sitting there starving....what a load of crap.

If you like steak well done, then you don't really like steak at all.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Hootanany wrote: »

But whole steak is on the stone when its brought to you.

Not in the places I've eaten at. Steak is on a plate and you cut pieces off and cook them as you want them so that each piece is hot and cooked exactly how you want it.

Stella Virgo

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Duck, or Grouse?

Beef or Salmon......

GenieOz

Never had it myself but was in a restaurant with a friend who ordered it before. Looked pretty cool. Would be nice to try it just for the experience. but I wouldn't pay a ridiculous amount for the privilege though.

GenieOz wrote: »

Never understood those who get steak well done..have you no taste buds?

Never understood those who moan about or look down on people who like their steak well done. It doesn't make the tiniest difference to anyone how another person likes their steak cooked; whether it's burned to a crisp or mooing on the plate, you're not the one who has to eat it so why do you give a crap? Amazingly, people have different tastes in food and not everyone likes things the same way.

Mena wrote: »

That's because we South Africans prefer to serve steak as opposed to shoe leather. Hence the stone was programmed to ignore your, frankly, rather ludicrous request to burn it to a crisp.

A job well done (so to speak).

cml387 wrote: »

If you like steak well done, then you don't really like steak at all.

:rolleyes:

I know people like to complain about picky eaters but food snobs are so much more painful to listen to imo.

GenieOz

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Never had it myself but was in a restaurant with a friend who ordered it before. Looked pretty cool. Would be nice to try it just for the experience. but I wouldn't pay a ridiculous amount for the privilege though.



Never understood those who moan about or look down on people who like their steak well done. It doesn't make the tiniest difference to anyone how another person likes their steak cooked; whether it's burned to a crisp or mooing on the plate, you're not the one who has to eat it so why do you give a crap? Amazingly, people have different tastes in food and not everyone likes things the same way.





:rolleyes:

I know people like to complain about picky eaters but food snobs are so much more painful to listen to imo.

Nothing more defensive than someone who cremates their food alright.

Dracula!

Steak on a stone It's just packaging. You don't have to buy it. I t's nice with thick sea salt ! Why do people complain about choice. Why give out about something you don't like and rubbish it.

candy-gal1

Ive never heard of this cook your own steak in a restaurant malarkey, sounds kinda fun or at least different!

Best places for steaks Ive had so far imho, Captain Americas, TGIS, Joels and Smyths in phibsboro, gorgeously yummy, as you like it and pretty affordable for what you get

hmmmm, I want a nice rare steak now!!!!

Gumbo

suicide_circus wrote: »

i'm not trekking out to Swords to eat a steak on a stone. 100% gimmick.

Cafe Carlo, O'Connell Street then.

I've had, like it and will have it again at some stage.

Dracula!

Perfect post. Don't like it ? Eat something else. CHOICE it's great.

bnt

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I cook it on a pan. Much harder to clean a stone after use.

Really? 10 seconds with a belt sander = job done!

The Backwards Man

bnt wrote: »

Really? 10 seconds with a belt sander = job done!

Poor sander!:eek:

GenieOz

GenieOz wrote: »

Nothing more defensive than someone who cremates their food alright.

You'll notice I never actually said how I liked my steak cooked (medium, as it happens). And I'm not being defensive, just remarking on what I regard as the pointlessness and arrogance of people who dictate to others how they should like their own food.

mulamike

cml387 wrote: »

If you like steak well done, then you don't really like steak at all.

So what if he likes it well done - doesn't effect your steak. This nonsense of oh "he's ruining the meat". In fairness it's pretty ruined when it's eaten anyway and ends up in a toilet bowl 8 hours later as half pound of $hite.

mfceiling

Mena wrote: »

That's because we South Africans prefer to serve steak as opposed to shoe leather. Hence the stone was programmed to ignore your, frankly, rather ludicrous request to burn it to a crisp.

A job well done (so to speak).

cml387 wrote: »

If you like steak well done, then you don't really like steak at all.

Sorry but i don't like a lump of meat with blood pissing out of it...

A well done steak doesn't have to taste like shoe leather tbh...

GenieOz

mfceiling wrote: »

Sorry but i don't like a lump of meat with blood pissing out of it...

A well done steak doesn't have to taste like shoe leather tbh...

What blood? The red isn't blood.

And well done steaks will always taste like that, when they're cooked through all the flavour is removed.

Dave_The_Sheep

I personally don't mind it - sure it's a gimmicky touch, but you don't have to get it - ask them to cook it themselves and they will. It doesn't cost extra, you'd pay that much for a 'chef-cooked' steak regardless and it affords you personal control as to how the steak is cooked. Personally, I'm a 'blue as you can get it' man, so I like the ability to take it off from the start, give it three seconds to warm it a bit while having it pretty much raw.

That and in a lot of places, you get a multiple of sides - garlic butter, pepper sauce and a.n.other - instead of just one with your steak. It adds to your options for the same price. I don't get the downside here, unless you're too lazy to not order it.

Oranage2

Never really get the point of ordering steak in a restaurant, it's pretty expensive and very quick and easy to cook yourself.

I prefer to cook my steak 'medium' or 'medium-rare' and do so regularly, but every once in a while the notion takes me to cook it 'well done' and I can understand the attraction to be honest. If cooked actually 'well done' rather than just burnt to a crisp, I like the taste experience. I would never order 'well done' in a restaurant though, and couldn't see those hot stones being adequate to cook a steak to that preference.

I had the steak on the stone experience once before from a nice rural restaurant. Lovely for the most part, but by the time I was down to the last few slices the stone was no longer hot enough to cook the meat and those remaining bits were a bit too 'blue' for my liking.

TL;DR - Mmm...steak.

For Forks Sake

Stella Virgo wrote: »

Beef or Salmon......

No, that was horse

Amirani

mfceiling wrote: »

Sorry but i don't like a lump of meat with blood pissing out of it...

What blood?

Hootanany

GenieOz wrote: »

What blood? The red isn't blood.

And well done steaks will always taste like that, when they're cooked through all the flavour is removed.

What is it then?

Amirani

Hootanany wrote: »

What is it then?

Myoglobin. It doesn't even look like blood? It's clear and not very viscous.

All blood is dried out from dead animals relatively quickly, there's no blood present when buy your steak.

Hootanany

I know its very watery, but how come that doesn't dry out as well?

Cienciano

Mena wrote: »

That's because we South Africans prefer to serve steak as opposed to shoe leather. Hence the stone was programmed to ignore your, frankly, rather ludicrous request to burn it to a crisp.

A job well done (so to speak).

You're completely wrong
The correct way to serve steak is to cook it the way the person paying for it wants .