The Steak Thread SEE OP

corks finest · 12-02-2020 6:28pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

ALDI have a promotion running on their 'Black Angus' steak range - the ones in the black cardboard boxes.
Runs 12th - 14th February for Valentine's Day.

The 7oz Fillet steaks are down to €8.20.
8oz Ribeye, striploin and sirloin also included although my local ALDI seemed to be out of the Ribeye already!

These boyos, allegedly the best fillet steaks in the world (2019)!
https://extra.ie/2019/07/12/business/irish/aldi-irish-fillet-steak-named-best-in-the-world

Allegedly is right, they're ok, actually nothing to write home about, fancy my Centra ( Crosshaven) steak's much better

corks finest · 12-02-2020 6:28pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

ALDI have a promotion running on their 'Black Angus' steak range - the ones in the black cardboard boxes.
Runs 12th - 14th February for Valentine's Day.

The 7oz Fillet steaks are down to €8.20.
8oz Ribeye, striploin and sirloin also included although my local ALDI seemed to be out of the Ribeye already!

These boyos, allegedly the best fillet steaks in the world (2019)!
https://extra.ie/2019/07/12/business/irish/aldi-irish-fillet-steak-named-best-in-the-world

Allegedly is right, they're ok, actually nothing to write home about, fancy my Centra ( Crosshaven) steak's much better

foodaholic · 12-02-2020 6:46pm

Would have always recommended Aldi’s steaks
But the last batch I got wasn’t great
Hopefully it’s just a one off

The Ayatolla · 13-02-2020 9:22am

Is that two 7oz steaks for €8 odd?

The Nal · 13-02-2020 9:31am

odyssey06 wrote: »

ALDI have a promotion running on their 'Black Angus' steak range - the ones in the black cardboard boxes.
Runs 12th - 14th February for Valentine's Day.

The 7oz Fillet steaks are down to €8.20.
8oz Ribeye, striploin and sirloin also included although my local ALDI seemed to be out of the Ribeye already!

These boyos, allegedly the best fillet steaks in the world (2019)!

Thanks for the heads up. Crazy value and I can 100% confirm their deliciousness. Especially with a bit of butter, rosemary, salt and pepper mixed in the pestle and morter and rubbed on them.

septictank · 13-02-2020 9:33am

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Is that two 7oz steaks for €8 odd?

Odd? Do you mean price, usually around €11, or weight, 7 instead of 8oz, going metric I guess.
Instead of 1 lb of meat it's a 400 gram packet.
There nice but nothing special.

OmegaGene · 13-02-2020 9:33am

corks finest wrote: »

Allegedly is right, they're ok, actually nothing to write home about, fancy my Centra ( Crosshaven) steak's much better

Central and SuperValu get their steak from musgraves which is supplied by kepak in big vacuum bags and it’s nothing in my special at all, they have a sneaky trick of pouring blood over the steak to give it a pretty colour.
The aldi ones would be much better imo and even better would be the English market considering you’re in cork you won’t beat it for quality and flavour

* this all depends on the cook/chef of the house too

odyssey06 · 13-02-2020 9:41am

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Is that two 7oz steaks for €8 odd?

Yes, it's a 400g pack with 2 steaks in it. Sorry I wasn't clear in my initial post.

septictank · 13-02-2020 9:43am

OmegaGene wrote: »

Central and SuperValu get their steak from musgraves which is supplied by kepak in big vacuum bags and it’s nothing in my special at all, they have a sneaky trick of pouring blood over the steak to give it a pretty colour.
The aldi ones would be much better imo and even better would be the English market considering you’re in cork you won’t beat it for quality and flavour

* this all depends on the cook/chef of the house too

Kepak had a Factory Shop open to the public a few years back, closed now. great value, they supply lots of butchers but O'Mahony meats in Coolock get most of their stuff from them.
They have a Factory shop there too, good meat at good prices.

OmegaGene · 13-02-2020 9:48am

septictank wrote: »

Kepak had a Factory Shop open to the public a few years back, closed now. great value, they supply lots of butchers but O'Mahony meats in Coolock get most of their stuff from them.
They have a Factory shop there too, good meat at good prices.

I didn’t say the meat was bad I said it was nothing special in comparison with the aldi offer
I buy full fillets from them myself on a regular basis for €35-€40 and you can’t beat if for value
Kepak supply a huge % of shops and restaurants in Ireland and nearly all the fast food in the country is from them too, they own big als brand for example

Rows Grower · 13-02-2020 10:08am

odyssey06 wrote: »

Yes, it's a 400g pack with 2 steaks in it. Sorry I wasn't clear in my initial post.

That's serious value.

corks finest · 13-02-2020 10:21am

The Nal wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up. Crazy value and I can 100% confirm their deliciousness. Especially with a bit of butter, rosemary, salt and pepper mixed in the pestle and morter and rubbed on them.

Feck it that's alive bud

The Nal · 13-02-2020 10:27am

corks finest wrote: »

Feck it that's alive bud

I didn't let it rest for enough time (was starving) but it settled down after a few minutes. Still fairly rare though yeah.

Looked like this when it settled

Shows the importance of resting I suppose!

drunkmonkey · 13-02-2020 11:56am

If your going to Aldi check out the rib steak burgers along with the broche burger buns they do. You'll make an excellent burger at home with those two.

Anyone doing Tomohalks or cowboy steaks for Valentine's this year wouldn't mind picking up some when they go on sale next week.

Markcheese · 13-02-2020 2:05pm

Dunno if they're still in Aldi ,but I got some dry aged rib eyes ( about 36 days ) , which were wow ,
They weren't cheap cheap .. about 11 euros for 2 steaks , but they were great , as in really great ...
I overcooked them a bit ( wanted medium rare ended up with medium well ) and it was still one of the nicest steaks I ever had ... Ever ...

Muahahaha · 13-02-2020 2:55pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Anyone doing Tomohalks or cowboy steaks for Valentine's this year wouldn't mind picking up some when they go on sale next week.

Havent seen cowboys anywhere since Super Value did them at the start of January. Would love a heads up if they come back.

The Nal · 13-02-2020 2:58pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

Havent seen cowboys anywhere since Super Value did them at the start of January. Would love a heads up if they come back.

FX Buckleys do them. Most butchers will cut one for you. Its just a rib from a rib roast.

MmmChocolate · 13-02-2020 3:00pm

Fwiw - this might sound a bit obvious but after trying various steaks from various shops and various offers and deals etc (and indeed not-on-offer branded 'finest' meat) for years, I recently started buying steak over the counter in butchers' shops again and the jump in quality was unreal - not to mention you're supporting a local small business. You won't save much - although a lot of butchers will do their own offers too - but in terms of bang for your buck, I highly recommend giving your local butcher a go again if you've drifted away for the convenience of the one stop shop. I was even able to get the nice man to cut a fresh sirloin for me for me cos none of the ones on display were thick enough for me - I like a good rare steak.

Just my two cents' worth.

rubadub · 13-02-2020 4:28pm

septictank wrote: »

Odd? Do you mean price, usually around €11, or weight, 7 instead of 8oz, going metric I guess.

the term "odd" is like saying "something", when you cannot remember the exact price

"how much was that jacket?"
"fifty euro odd" or "fifty euro something" mean the same thing. In this case 8euro odd is €8.20

septictank · 13-02-2020 8:03pm

rubadub wrote: »

the term "odd" is like saying "something", when you cannot remember the exact price

"how much was that jacket?"
"fifty euro odd" or "fifty euro something" mean the same thing. In this case 8euro odd is €8.20[/QUOTE

See that now alright, just thought there was an , missing.
As "Is that odd"
Either way, it's just wrong, 7oz me arse, just another way to make them smaller.

Muahahaha · 13-02-2020 9:46pm

MmmChocolate wrote: »

Fwiw - this might sound a bit obvious but after trying various steaks from various shops and various offers and deals etc (and indeed not-on-offer branded 'finest' meat) for years, I recently started buying steak over the counter in butchers' shops again and the jump in quality was unreal - not to mention you're supporting a local small business. You won't save much - although a lot of butchers will do their own offers too - but in terms of bang for your buck, I highly recommend giving your local butcher a go again if you've drifted away for the convenience of the one stop shop. I was even able to get the nice man to cut a fresh sirloin for me for me cos none of the ones on display were thick enough for me - I like a good rare steak.

Just my two cents' worth.

I think it can depend on the butcher, my local guy is the only butcher for a 15 mile radius and so is pretty expensive vis a vis Aldi/Supervalue. He charged me 27 euro for 2 kilos of beef shin there a while back when Ive often got it in other butchers for 9-10 per kilo. We've got the same problem with the local pharmacy, they're the only one in town so their prices are off the scale, paid 75 for a script one day and was so pissed off about it rang Boots to price it up- 49 euro :eek:

As a result I only use the local butcher if Im really stuck as I cant justify prices 30% higher than elsewhere. If his prices were reasonable Id shop there a lot more often. In general I get most meat from Aldi but then use the Village Butcher in Ranelagh once a month for an order of stuff that the supermarkets doesnt have like beef cheeks, shin, chuck steak, boned chicken thighs, etc. They also do delicious free range pork chops. They're great to deal with, you can email your order in and its ready waiting for pick up on my way home.

Agree with you that the quality of the meat is usually a few notches up in butchers than the supermarkets. But my experience is some are great value for money while others are a bit of a rip imo.

nu_90 · 14-02-2020 1:51am

drunkmonkey wrote: »

If your going to Aldi check out the rib steak burgers along with the broche burger buns they do. You'll make an excellent burger at home with those two.

Your bang on about those two , delicious. Can't make a burger in our house without those buns anymore.

MmmChocolate · 14-02-2020 5:06pm

nu_90 wrote: »

Your bang on about those two , delicious. Can't make a burger in our house without those buns anymore.

Same...there's no going back from those brioche buns!

drunkmonkey · 14-02-2020 6:54pm

If your passing Mc Donald's don't forget to pick up some sauce for your burgers before it's all gone...I only managed to get one sachet yesterday but it'll do 4 burgers for 50 cent https://www.google.ie/amp/s/extra.ie/2020/01/22/news/irish-news/mcdonalds-big-mac-special-sauce/amp

OmegaGene · 14-02-2020 7:03pm

Once McDonalds ****e gets into this thread it’s time to unfollow I think

Thargor · 14-02-2020 7:04pm

nu_90 wrote: »

drunkmonkey wrote: »

If your going to Aldi check out the rib steak burgers along with the broche burger buns they do. You'll make an excellent burger at home with those two.

Your bang on about those two , delicious. Can't make a burger in our house without those buns anymore.

MmmChocolate wrote: »

Same...there's no going back from those brioche buns!

Why did they have to get rid of the sesame seed variety though? Those were perfection.

marko99 · 14-02-2020 7:20pm

MmmChocolate wrote:

Fwiw - this might sound a bit obvious but after trying various steaks from various shops and various offers and deals etc (and indeed not-on-offer branded 'finest' meat) for years, I recently started buying steak over the counter in butchers' shops again and the jump in quality was unreal - not to mention you're supporting a local small business. You won't save much - although a lot of butchers will do their own offers too - but in terms of bang for your buck, I highly recommend giving your local butcher a go again if you've drifted away for the convenience of the one stop shop. I was even able to get the nice man to cut a fresh sirloin for me for me cos none of the ones on display were thick enough for me - I like a good rare steak.

Agreed, I'm lucky to have a fabulous local family run butcher (in Bray) and it's a resource worth its weight in gold. Top quality produce, reasonable prices, and expert first class service.

caviardreams · 14-02-2020 7:25pm

No fillets in Aldi today - loads of all the other cuts though. Sad face.

garfie1d · 14-02-2020 7:31pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

If your going to Aldi check out the rib steak burgers along with the broche burger buns they do. You'll make an excellent burger at home with those two.

Second that, These burgers and buns are a weekly staple for us. Grab some American cheese too (the only reason I buy the stuff!)

The Marks & Spencer’s burger sauce is just like McDonald’s sauce.

Thargor · 14-02-2020 7:40pm

Anyone got a pic of the burgers? Are they frozen or fresh (chilled?)

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