[Clyde]

I ate at Peter Luger's 2 weeks ago. It was extremely overrated. The meat at Fago de Chao was much better. But know I feel I'm going thru a Steak House phase.

What are some of your favorite Steak Houses?

[Chad Daring]

Fago de Chao is amazingly good, at least the one in DC.

If you want a steak the size of a shoebox there's always Mortons. As a chef I'll give a thumbs up to their sauce au poix on a fat ass NY strip

[Caramel Communist]

Mortons or Shula's

Fago is pretty good....

Blackies in nw dc ain't bad either...not sure if their still open though...


Personally, I like to make my own on the grill/oven...

[thegmanifesto]

I like to bust out my own.

This way:

How to cook a steak…The G Manifesto Way http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2008/12/how...o-way.html

[Chad Daring]

If G gets to do it, then dammit I'm gonna pretend copying makes me a fraction as awesome as him

http://www.singlewm.com/2011/04/cooking-...eeler.html

[ZTheGreat]

'Cut' in LA is the best steakhouse I've been to.

[Jim Kirk]

I had my Bachelor party dinner at Peter Luger's 12 years ago - first and last time i ever went. Decent quality meat but it seemed to me that their restaurant served their sauce on their meat, as opposed to their meat that was sauced. You can now buy their sauce by the bottle in any Stop & Shop.

Morton's is probably the best chain steakhouse in downstate New York. The older steakhouses like Smith and Wollensky, or O'Neil's, or Luger's - I think these places survive merely by virtue of their repulation and longevity. Outrageously overpriced.

If you have a gourmet butcher shop - and access to a Weber grill with 3 burners in it - you can make a steak at home better than Luger's or O'Neil's and get within 90% of a Morton's steak for about 25% of the cost. Fresh ground pepper, sea salt, and olive oil are all you need on a New York Strip.

[hydrogonian]

(04-25-2011 06:09 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

I like to bust out my own.

This way:

How to cook a steak…The G Manifesto Way http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2008/12/how...o-way.html

G, you hit it on the head.

That's my absolute favorite way to do a steak. When its done right, and one gets some practice with the oven timing, its impossible to beat.

That's a good tip about the grapeseed oil. I've always use olive. I'll have to check it out. I'll have to try the butter on top too. I hadn't added that before. That probably takes it over the top.

Jim, you sound like you know what your doing too. If you haven't tried the technique that G lays out, you've got to check it out. My technique is that dip the entire steak in a bowl of olive oil and then to let the excess drip off, but it sounds like grapeseed might be better, and then rub it with the pepper and sea salt. Then sear its seared in the pan until both sides are brown. Then in the oven for the amount of time it takes to get it medium rare, which will depend on the thickness of course. I think I go about 2 minutes on a side in the oven on average, then I flip it, and then 2 more minutes. That would be for 1/2-3/4 inch steak, I believe. G uses four minutes per side. I think that it depends on the thickness of the steak and how you like it. I also put the oven on the highest possible temp, and G recommends 450. That could account for the timing differences as well. Small differences in technique. Also, I haven't done this in a while, and so I might be remembering the timing completely wrong. I would go with G's recommendations. I also tend to be paranoid about overcooking my steak. I'm going to try G's recipe to the "T" next time and see how it comes out compared to what I was doing.

[Duke Castile]

(04-25-2011 10:19 PM)hydrogonian Wrote:  

(04-25-2011 06:09 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

I like to bust out my own.

This way:

How to cook a steak…The G Manifesto Way http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2008/12/how...o-way.html

G, you hit it on the head.
That's my absolute favorite way to do a steak. When its done right, and one gets some practice with the oven timing, its impossible to beat.

That's a good tip about the grapeseed oil. I've always use olive. I'll have to check it out.

I eat a steak like this damn near 5-7 times per week. It's fast, delicious, and nutritious.

[Clyde]

(04-25-2011 06:09 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

I like to bust out my own.

This way:

How to cook a steak…The G Manifesto Way http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2008/12/how...o-way.html

I'm going to try this out.

[Jack Frost]

G,

Just put your grill technique to work, steak came out great. Gonna shorten the cook time up a bit to get it a bit more bloody how I like it, flavor was on point though.

[zanetti]

Barbacoa in Sao Paulo

http://www1.barbacoa.com.br/home.php

[orlandorestaurant]

Jack's Place Restaurant by far beats everyone else. Best steakhouse choice in Orlando. I highly recommend it to anyone in the Orlando area.

[UrbanNerd]

(04-25-2011 06:09 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

I like to bust out my own.

This way:

How to cook a steak…The G Manifesto Way http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2008/12/how...o-way.html

+1

Gonna try the grapeseed oil. I have been using olive oil but not turning the heat up as high. Everything else was the same exact method.

[hoops330]

brazilian churrasco style beef is great of course but since everyone is naming specific joints im going to switch it up and say that Outback has the best steak of any chain restaurant...somebody back me up

[Pete]

(07-20-2011 11:32 PM)hoops330 Wrote:  

brazilian churrasco style beef is great of course but since everyone is naming specific joints im going to switch it up and say that Outback has the best steak of any chain restaurant...somebody back me up

+1
the stake in outback is awesome! and even better are the baby back ribs

[thegmanifesto]

I am not a fan of Chain anything, but Outback?

That place is typically considered bottom of the barrel.

Mortons and Ruth's Chris are notches above.

[babelfish669]

Good chains: Joe's Stone Crab, Mastro's, Cut (Las Vegas, Beverly Hills.)

Outback?

[CJ]

(07-19-2011 10:08 AM)orlandorestaurant Wrote:  

Jack's Place Restaurant by far beats everyone else. Best steakhouse choice in Orlando. I highly recommend it to anyone in the Orlando area.

LMAO @ this guy advertising his restaurant and reviving this thread. I guess it's better than him making a separate post, but either way...

I ate my all-time favorite steak at the Argentina Steak House, in Amsterdam.

[thegmanifesto]

"Good chains: Joe's Stone Crab, Mastro's, Cut (Las Vegas, Beverly Hills.)"

I don't really consider those "chains".

Joe's is has an original (Miami Beach) and a few they leased out to other owners. I believe they get their stone crabs from the same place.

But you are right, all three are dope.

And they occupy a different place in the universe than Outback.