The best steak you've ever eaten

[Huerta88]

@MTCicero

As an American, I must confess that I’ve loved the limited amount of offal I’ve tried, and I’d love to sample much, much more of it. For example, when Tony Bourdain took his No Reservations show to Edinburgh and visited with Fergus Henderson, I was salivating nearly uncontrollably.

If you get a chance to eat at either of his restaurants, I’d urge you to do so, and don’t skimp on the organ meat.

St. JOHN

The best steak I’ve had hands down is the Japanese Beef (they mostly don’t call it Kobe Beef) in Tokyo. Whatever you do, when you save your pennies, don’t save them for anything labeled “Kobe Beef” or “Wagyu” outside of Japan – I am sure that some small quantity of the actual stuff makes it to the U.S. and elsewhere, but the few examples I’ve seen (“Kobe sliders?”) were just an opportunity to put a 200% tax on stupidity. Save your money, and when you make it to Japan, splurge on a place like this:

http://www.seryna.co.jp/en/index.html?PHPSESSID=be26ac117964edca9d870bd7297d2efa

[Little_Plastic_Ninja]

I feel like such an amateur: I don’t know of any seriously good steak places in Austin and I’ve spent my adult life here 'cept when I go here or there to visit friends.

Here, my usual mainstay for steak is either prime from the butcher on my own grill (Dad likes the sirloin and it’s very flavorful, but I’ll go for a T-bone most times, or maybe a ribeye or strip) or Texas Roadhouse, which is the best in my opinion of the low to mid-priced chain restaurant steaks.

Ruth’s Chris: I’ve been there once for a company party and loved, loved, loved it. Never had steak like that. Not sure about it being served on the ridiculously hot plate, though.

Eddie V’s: the first, last, and only time I had a bone-in ribeye. Loved it.

The thing I remember about Ruth’s Chris was less the steak, though, and more the wasabi tuna sashimi. I wasn’t a big fish fan (I’ve become much more of one), I didn’t like tuna (having only experienced the stink of canned tuna), but I wasn’t paying for it and I was urged to have one thin slice. I still remember that silky texture, that perfectly spiced flavor… sigh.

[Redwing]

@ShadowFacts

Why yes, yes I can. I highly recommend The Grill 23. It’s pricey and you’ll probably want a reservation.

But ohhhhhhh the steak. My favorite is the dry aged ribeye, but you also cannot go wrong with the porterhouse (24 oz!). I just went there last weekend for my birthday and got the Kobe Cap Steak. It was amazing (and stupidly expensive), but the ribeye is still my favorite.

I haven’t been there yet. Have to give it a try, as I haven’t had a good steak in this city; plenty of good food, but steak always seems to be not quite there.

The best I’ve had at a restaurant was Brother Sebastian’s chateaubriand, followed closely by a porterhouse at Omaha Prime. The absolute best was a steak rubbed with black pepper and seared over a smokey fire after a week camping in the BWCA, circumstances providing a better sauce than any chef.

[MTCicero]

@Huerta88

If you get a chance to eat at either of his restaurants, I’d urge you to do so, and don’t skimp on the organ meat.

St. JOHN

The best steak I’ve had hands down is the Japanese Beef (they mostly don’t call it Kobe Beef) in Tokyo. Whatever you do, when you save your pennies, don’t save them for anything labeled “Kobe Beef” or “Wagyu” outside of Japan – I am sure that some small quantity of the actual stuff makes it to the U.S. and elsewhere, but the few examples I’ve seen (“Kobe sliders?”) were just an opportunity to put a 200% tax on stupidity. Save your money, and when you make it to Japan, splurge on a place like this:

http://www.seryna.co.jp/en/index.html?PHPSESSID=be26ac117964edca9d870bd7297d2efa

Will do.

And by the way, that roast bone marrow is the one dish that Tony Bourdain would eat before he died.

[peekercpa]

medium rare new york strip at flemmings in san antonio.

it was for my daughter’s graduation from high school.

not only was the steak delicious it also meant that one dropped off the child support list so that might influence the decision a touch.

[Siam_Sam]

Niel’s Tavern is a candidate for best steak in Bangkok. It opened its doors on July 20, 1969, the day of the first moon landing, and is named after Neil Armstrong. Really. Mentioned in the History link on the website. (While it does say 1969, it doesn’t give the July 20 date, but I’ve heard that before.)