# Steak or sushi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942 "2007-11-01T23:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/61 "2007-11-02T15:35:54Z")
Sushi, but I keep kosher, so my steak options are limited. No steak in restaurants other than kosher restaurants (most of which don’t have steak). No steak from the back half of the cow, due to sciatic nerve rules in the kosher laws. No dairy products with the steak, so no butter or cheese on the steak or on any side dishes (and I _love_ cheese). My sushi options are limited, too- no shellfish or meat other than fish. But I love ahi and yellowtail… ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/62 "2007-11-02T16:12:33Z")
There isn’t much I enjoy more than a good steak. However, I’ve eaten steak all my life, and I’ve had some top-notch cuts. I’ve only started enjoying sushi in the last couple of years, so I feel like I have a lifetime of discovery in front of me with sushi that just isn’t there with steak. So I’d reluctantly say sushi. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/63 "2007-11-02T16:24:44Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] Sushi is for rebellious kids. [/QUOTE] Let’s get sushi and not pay. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/64 "2007-11-02T16:26:17Z")
I’ve had sushi a few times. Can’t do the raw stuff. Had a fried philly roll last night, not bad. Love edamame though 🙂 My bf and friends all like it so I get dragged to places like Drunken Fish sometimes. I fricking love steak. Rather never step foot in a Japanese restaurant ever again than give up steak. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/65 "2007-11-02T16:26:49Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] Oh, and since I’ve never had anyone introduce me to the sushi culture, my only experience is the little trays from Safeway. [/QUOTE] Sushi culture? It is just a type of food you go to the restaurant and order some food and eat it. Is there pizza culture, taco culture? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/66 "2007-11-02T16:34:20Z")
Impossible to call. They’re my two favorite foods. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/67 "2007-11-02T16:40:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] If it is in general. Rats, that’s a tough one. Still, I think it is sushi. [/QUOTE] Man, I ain’t never trying the rat sushi. But to be fair, rat steak isn’t high on my list. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/68 "2007-11-02T16:46:42Z")
I love sushi and go out fairly often with my wife when we’re feeling like treating ourselves. But going out for steak is a very rare treat–and since I love it as rare as you can make it, I don’t trust my own cooking skills in that regard. I think that even though I’d generally pick seafood over beef, I have to give steak the edge here. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/69 "2007-11-02T16:55:53Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] Man, I ain’t never trying the rat sushi. But to be fair, rat steak isn’t high on my list. [/QUOTE] One would think that the Duke of it would be on top of the whole variety. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/70 "2007-11-02T16:57:46Z")
Right off the bat, steak. However, let’s compare them equally. If you prepared steak the way sushi is prepared, you’d have a little lump of no-longer-warm rice wrapped in a paper-thin strip of raw steak and ragweed, or cabbage. I’d probably enjoy it, but I’d skip the ragweed. If you prepared sushi like steak, it would be somewhat undercooked. I love a nice fillet of fish, cooked to flakiness, with a side of steaming rice. Still, hold the seaweed. So, when raw, I’ll take the steak over the sushi. When cooked, it’s a really close call. Steak, usually. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/71 "2007-11-02T17:02:10Z")
Steak, steak, a thousand times steak. Sushi is refreshing and civilized. But steak is _elemental._ Plus sushi needs rice to be a meal, and rice plays hell with my blood glucose. Finally, sushi gains nothing when accompanied by a good red wine. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/72 "2007-11-02T17:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] Sushi is for rebellious kids. [/QUOTE] Passing judgment on people for the food they eat is pretty immature. What exactly is your beef with Japanese food? As for which I’d rather have, it’s a tough one. I like sushi and steak quite a bit, but find that many restaurant steaks are lacking that special mouthfeel that I get when I grill my own steak. Sushi in restaurants, hands down, but steaks at home are much easier to prepare than sushi. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/73 "2007-11-02T18:42:34Z")
I don’t eat beef, but take something that’s close (for me) like a lamb chop…and I’ll choose sushi everytime. I love seafood the best and I love the variety in sushi. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/74 "2007-11-02T19:53:06Z")
If I said sushi over cow they would take my residency away. Count me in for another of the cow at home, sushi when eating out, types. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/75 "2007-11-02T20:05:42Z")
I’ll have the sushi, please. For me, steak has to be amazing to be good. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/76 "2007-11-02T20:24:39Z")
This may be a surprise answer to people who know me and think of me as a voracious meat eater, but I would certainly go for the sushi. A beautifully dry-aged rib-eye, as a carpaccio or served very rare, though would certainly tempt me. Other than that, I’m not really one for steak. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/77 "2007-11-02T21:08:31Z")
Not a fan of Sushi. A good Fillet is great though. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/78 "2007-11-03T14:29:13Z")
Steak. I stand in the grocery store mooing until someone points me to it; one day I’ll learn the Japanese word for “beef.” Sushi takes way too many pieces to fill me up and my tongue is bored well before I’m satisfied. It’s bland beyond belief. Before everyone jumps on me telling me to eat at “good” sushi places, please see my location. I’ve had most kinds of sushi numerous times in cities large and small throughout eastern Japan. I just don’t like it. So I’m going to turn the typical sushi lover’s argument around: if you don’t like steak and think it’s all the same, you haven’t really tried steak. Japanese steak, yakiniku (beef), fajita steak, and Steak Tampiqueño (the latter two Mexico style, not what they serve in the US), just to name a few, are quite differently flavored and significantly different than the steaks most Americans would get off their Webers at home. Don’t diss steak if you’ve not experienced the variety of steak dishes available. Just look beyond what’s available at your local Ryan’s or Mortons. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/79 "2007-11-03T16:33:57Z")
[QUOTE=Caractacus Pott] Steak. I stand in the grocery store mooing until someone points me to it; one day I’ll learn the Japanese word for “beef.” Sushi takes way too many pieces to fill me up and my tongue is bored well before I’m satisfied. It’s bland beyond belief. Before everyone jumps on me telling me to eat at “good” sushi places, please see my location. I’ve had most kinds of sushi numerous times in cities large and small throughout eastern Japan. I just don’t like it. So I’m going to turn the typical sushi lover’s argument around: if you don’t like steak and think it’s all the same, you haven’t really tried steak. Japanese steak, yakiniku (beef), fajita steak, and Steak Tampiqueño (the latter two Mexico style, not what they serve in the US), just to name a few, are quite differently flavored and significantly different than the steaks most Americans would get off their Webers at home. Don’t diss steak if you’ve not experienced the variety of steak dishes available. Just look beyond what’s available at your local Ryan’s or Mortons. [/QUOTE] A very good point. Some people’s idea of steak comes from Outback or Ponderosa (or worse yet, Italy 😉 ). If you haven’t had some Argentinian or Uruguayan steak, you are watching B&W TV. And I am sure the same could be said for Kobe or whathaveyou (haven’t tried Kobe myself). Plus, I am assuming that by Steak we mean anything from Steak Tartare to a chunk of cow on the grill. There is plenty of variety, not only on the quality of the beef, but also on preparation styles. (my vote still goes to sushi, though) ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942/80 "2007-11-03T22:00:50Z")
Steak! I’ve had sushi enough times to know that I’m just not crazy about it. Even the really really good stuff. It’s interesting and all, but not my thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-or-sushi/424942.md?page=5)