I love steak, I have cooked steaks in every possible way there is, reverse sear, oven, cast iron, grill, charcoal, etc…
There’s just something about restaurant steak that is missing. I have went to a lot of steak restaurants from NYC, to the West Coast, to over seas. From low end to high end. I have tried their way of serving, I have tried a lot of T-bones, dried age, rib eyes, strip steaks, etc…
I always look out for steak restaurant in hopes that a restaurant that serves steak will make me go “WOW GOD DAMN THIS IS A GOOD STEAK”.
But most of the places I have visited were pretty mediocre. Your mom/dad can make a better steak than most restaurants on their stove tops. Plus for the price you pay, I have to expect every steak to be extremely good. But i was let down a lot!
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Any home cooked steak? No. But a good home cooked steak is better than a good restaurant steak
You don’t know my parents.
Steak is a very easy dish to make on its own, but it can obviously become much more challenging to do perfectly every time when you’re cooking more than one at a time.
Hell yeah, brother! Been saying that for years. I’m never happy with a steak from a restaurant.
The TL:DR version: “I travel everywhere wasting my money on steak because I’m the best steak cook out there”
It’s true a good steak at home, cooked properly is better than most restaurants will do. But I have been to some amazing ones. And that’s why I rarely get steak if I’m out somewhere (unless I’m somewhere that specialises in steaks). Other places I will order something that is different to what I will do at home.
Have you tried high end steak places in Vegas?
I’m going to guess no…
This would be true except I live in NY and have access to probably a number of the best steakhouses in the world. But yeah when I’m elsewhere I avoid steakhouses because I’m always disappointed. I can get a Snake River Farms American wagyu steak to cook at home and it’s miles better than all but the best dry aged steaks in NYC steakhouses.
I’ve had an A+ steak made by my uncle and a D steak made by another family member. Same grades for resteraunts.
I get where you’re coming from, and no doubt, you’ve honed your steak game over the years. But to say any home-cooked steak is better than any restaurant steak? That’s a stretch. Absolutes like that usually are.
You’re really talking about your own cooking, or maybe that of a few others you trust, not every home cook out there. And when you bring price into the equation, you’re shifting the criteria from pure flavor to value, that’s a different conversation.
It sounds like what you’re really after is not just a good steak, but a steak that surprises you, that hits some emotional “wow” moment. That’s rare anywhere, home or restaurant. I hope you find it.
Depends on how good a cook your are and how good the restaurant is. Most home cooked steak I’ve had is awful because everyone in my family who cooks other than me only like meat well done. There’s nothing quite like USDA Prime rib eye cooked until it’s leather.
Does your oven go to 1000? If so, then maybe. But I also agree that you can make a pretty good steak at home as well
Depends on who cooks the steak and how they cook it. I had bad home cooked steak before.
Depends on who’s cooking the steak but yeah, the best steaks I’ve ever had were cooked at home for 1/4 of the price of a restaurant steak.
Go to Skirt Steak on 29th and 6th. Man oh man, not even all that expensive.
I am generally a pretty good cook and get a lot of feedback about my abilities.
However, I have never made a very good steak, and I don’t know what’s wrong with me.
Seriously, can I please have tips? To make in cast iron. Is there something I’m not doing, I usually use lens of various seasoning, garlic and Worcester sauce.
Because even a red lobster steak is better than what I can make. It’s like there’s just some tip I’m missing, no matter how many recipes I’ve tried
Somewhat agree with this.
My brother in law grills the best steaks I’ve ever eaten.
I prepare a mean ribeye or a great prime rib.
But there are a few steakhouses around here that are pretty freaking amazing.
I just like me some red meat.
You’re going to the wrong restaurants
>Your mom/dad can make a better steak than most restaurants on their stove tops.
My dad absolutely can. He’s an amazing cook. My friends parents? No. I had some really bad ones before. One of my grandparents wasn’t good either. I’m not great on a stovetop myself. More of a crockpot person.
I’ve never had a bad one from a restaurant either. Worst I’ve had is “okayish”
If you fuck it up, you’re out $20-30. If the restaurant fucks it up, they’ll just make you a new one.
“any steak”? “way better”? no way. At best if you are some legit pro who perfected a reverse sear steak at home, maybe you are marginally better than a 5 star steakhouse, at absolute best. But not way better, and not just anyone with any steak can do the job.
Its not where you eat but who you eat with
Yeah but then I have to take at least an hour or two out of my day to obtain, rest, cook, rest if I want to make a steak. And make a side dish/dishes. And then I have to do dishes.
I enjoy grilling. I hate every other part of that.
I never knew why people got so excited for steak until I learned how to cook my own. I’m going to sound full of myself, but compared to steaks at restaurants, I’d charge at least $100 for one of mine if I had my own restaurant. I’ve never had one at a restaurant better than what I can do.
I see, but have you tasted steak in Argentina, Japan, Italy?
This is true for the most part the price per steak where restaurants overtake homemade is pretty high. And I don’t think is actually worth it. But if you have a lot of money and want steak.
Any? Doubt it. But sous vide at 130-140F, seared on a grill with butter, for less than 1 min each side would probably be as good or even better than most of steaks from restaurants
You mention all the restaurants you’ve tried. How many parents have you had cook you steak? Because yeah steak can be made better (at least cheaper) at home, but its still very far from “every home”.
The best steak i ever had was a place that sous vide the steak for 2 hrs beforehand, it blew my mind, made it very hard to eat any other place after that.
straight away bought my own sous vide, anova basic model, and i can say my steaks are now better than many restaurant steaks