Want to try the $350 steak?
A high-end steakhouse in New York City's Meatpacking District has taken the price of beef to sizzling new heights by offering a 12-ounce cut of meat for a whopping $350.
The new steak dish at Old Homestead is so expensive because it is a rare cut of real Japanese Kobe beef, which had been banned for sale in the US until recently.
“It’s the most delicate, decadent beef in the world,” said restaurant co-owner Marc Sherry. “It’s like having July 4th in your mouth — there is an explosion of flavors.”
“We have a waiting list of people who want to have this beef,” said Sherry.
Genuine Japanese Kobe beef is so good because the cows are treated even better than the diners.
They are rubbed down with straw three times a day and fed a diet of soybeans, rice and grain. The cows fed beer from a baby bottle to increase their appetites, a restaurant spokesman said.
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I suppose that makes more sense than lighting fire to a stack of cash, but only just barely.
But is it better than the new Wal*Mart steaks?
If I had $350 there are many things I would buy other than steak.
Is someone else paying? If so, yes! If not, I'll stick to my $20 family pack of KC Strip steaks, thanks :)
Next time I'm down in the city for work I know where I'm eating! Expense repors are awesome!
What I want to know is, why was it banned for sale in the US?
Forget the steak, how do I go about getting treated like a Kobe Beef cow?
@adam113089: I believe because of foot-and-mouth disease breakout in Japan some years back.
A lot of places claim to have Kobe beef - but it's really difficult to get outside of Japan. Not because of a ban, but because there isn't much of it. How does this restaurant prove it's the real deal?
(An no freakin way am I dropping $350 on a piece of meat. I can get 2 porterhouse cuts at the local butcher, dry age them for a few days in the fridge, grill them to rare/medium rare and have a meal worthy of drool - For ~$20)
I've heard of Kobe beef. You know, even if I were very wealthy, I don't think I'd pay that for a steak. Might for a 10 course meal at a 5 star restaurant. Might not. Would like to taste it, though. So...if anyone's going to try it, please ask me to accompany you. ;-)
I lost it over a G*ddam $5 milkshake, You think I'll drop $350 on a steak?
@gmwhit: The best $350 that I ever spent was what I loaned to a "friend" that I haven't seen since. :)
As for the OP, no. I live in a world where $3.50 is kind of pricey for a cheeseburger.
I am not really big on meat anyways, so I will not do it. I guess if he can sell the steak for $350.00 a plate, there must be some people out there are really into meat and know the difference of meat. I certainly do not know.
I will not do it. The more description about how a cow was treated, the more I lost my appetite. I feel bad for the cow.
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