Comments on Traveller's Tales: Steaks and More

@hari: Haha! Good point. :)

2008-04-29T19:21:00.000+05:30

@hari: Haha! Good point. :)

So, Shantanu, here is what I cannot decide. Is it ...

2008-04-29T14:46:00.000+05:30

So, Shantanu, here is what I cannot decide. Is it better to eat a Wagyu steak or to be the wagyu cow? If being the cow gets me to be fed 'grass' and beer and regularly rubbed down with Sake, the possibility of ending up as a Wagyu steak on someone's plate doesnt seem a bad price to pay. We all die anyway; but how many of us get massaged with Sake?

@rennyba: Welcome back here. I haven't researche...

2008-04-12T08:40:00.000+05:30

@rennyba: Welcome back here. I haven't researched or experienced European steakhouses, but I do hear about some great ones in Spain.

@nomadic matt: Thank you and welcome! Will certainly pay a visit to your blog.

I was a vegetarian for many years and when i did s...

2008-04-12T03:13:00.000+05:30

I was a vegetarian for many years and when i did start eating meat (i wanted to try kangaroo in australia), i never knew how to cook it or order it right...it was always too rare or too burnt...

I like the your travel blog. it's well written and informative.

I have one of my own. come take a look if you so fancy. http://www.nomadicmatt.com

As always, your post is a great read - so informat...

2008-04-10T00:52:00.000+05:30

As always, your post is a great read - so informative with substantial facts.

There are steakhouses in Norway too and they are connected to American food tradition. I don't mind a good meal, but this its often a bit to big or too much food.

@ashutosh, greatbong: Thanks for visiting. Looks ...

2008-04-09T19:43:00.000+05:30

@ashutosh, greatbong: Thanks for visiting. Looks like DesiPundit picked this post up getting me a sudden spurt of visitors.

@indicaspecies: You are almost there... :)

What a fascinating post full of interesting inform...

2008-04-09T15:18:00.000+05:30

What a fascinating post full of interesting information.

I like my steak Medium. :)

I now feel truly wise about the ways of the steak....

2008-04-09T10:02:00.000+05:30

I now feel truly wise about the ways of the steak. And to think I have been having steak well done all these years.

Thank you.

Corn-fed beef is one of the reasons why Americans ...

2008-04-09T00:55:00.000+05:30

Corn-fed beef is one of the reasons why Americans have become the corniest people on earth, why beef prices have dropped, why there is a secret "Department of Corn" in D.C. and why antibiotic resistance is exponentially going up; corn in animal rumens breeds more and tougher bacteria. Pumping the animals with antibiotics breeds even tougher bacteria that then can get transmitted to humans. Ah, the fond hopes of industrialized cattle...and don't remind me of Texas Roadhouse Patrix. I tend to display violent behavior from the restlessness ;)

@arzan: Hmm, another Peter Luger fan!@patrix: Let ...

2008-04-08T22:47:00.000+05:30

@arzan: Hmm, another Peter Luger fan!

@patrix: Let me know how it goes... :-)

Great post! I am a relatively newbie to the joys o...

2008-04-08T21:27:00.000+05:30

Great post! I am a relatively newbie to the joys of steak but I'm completely hooked now, no pun intended. I usually go with medium-well coz have been queasy about the rare part but now based on your recommendation, I'm taking at least a step back and going for the medium. I haven't eaten at a upper-end steakhouse yet and have restricted to Texas Roadhouse stuff but there is a new steak restaurant in town which makes me wanna try it out.

You are a man after my own heart. Great article. O...

2008-04-08T20:44:00.000+05:30

You are a man after my own heart. Great article. Oh maan. I wanna get some medium rare Wegyu this moment.

I live in Brooklyn. Peter Luger is an institution, but its speciality is the Poterhouse steak. Smith and Wollensky in Manhattan has a tartare....and thats hardcore. Try that sometimes. I'm more of a rare to medium rare depending on the cut and the meat.

@shaan: Punishable crime...heh! I guess you love ...

2008-04-08T19:54:00.000+05:30

@shaan: Punishable crime...heh! I guess you love your food as much as I do!

@holly jean: I remember your Valentine Day dinner experience (you blogged about it). Lucky girl! :-)

The meat certainly tastes way better when less cooked (which was a surprise to me the first time).

@shaan: I am pretty certain it is risky! Unfortunately most things we enjoy eating are. :-)

yeah.. i had my steak medium rare this valentines ...

2008-04-08T19:23:00.000+05:30

yeah.. i had my steak medium rare this valentines day.... chef's recomendation cos i actually ordered it well done, and the waiter came back to me to say the chef recommends this cut to be done medium rare.. i trusted him and have not turned back since.. it was sooo tender,,, melt in your mouth type of goodness!! :d

@sig: Hey, welcome back! @shaan khan: Hmm, thanks ...

2008-04-07T20:03:00.000+05:30

@sig: Hey, welcome back!

@shaan khan: Hmm, thanks for the info. Good steakhouses are not cheap, like you have pointed out too.

lol, yep we did the well-done bit for a while too....

2008-04-06T23:35:00.000+05:30

lol, yep we did the well-done bit for a while too... :) Now I can't even imagine... and after reading Kitchen Confidential, I am so ashamed...