johnwu

Originally posted by 樂壇渣Fit人 at 2005-6-7 07:49 PM:; ?+ G+ k4 O9 u* ~, D; z
成太, 我想問如何挑選一塊靚既牛扒?
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thanks in advance

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I can help in this :
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/ ~9 |) b4 D4 I) W+ C1 c& I3 FSteak come in many different cuts.  The price and texture and favor is different...0 r7 r8 R, u( ~

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Most expensive, most tender,boneless,  medium fat, medium favor.
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High fat, soft, highest favor (because of the fat)
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+ i1 T. A2 S- W7 C5 I3)Strip\New York Steak1 O9 ^& K' m$ q, y5 ?1 c: n6 Y6 D
Strong favor, boneless, medium fat, less tendor than the two above
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% j) w; e5 h( G& Y: l# v& K0 B+ r8 p4)sirloin
2 Z9 w8 s. y2 B. b6 @Lean, tougher, cheaper9 N) l5 M) _3 d0 z  e

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1 A3 D, O* U- P& }+ aT-bone is a special cut that has the T shape bone
3 _9 a8 L! y  ]5 |* N% ]Usually the larger side of the meat is Sirloin, and the smaller side is  Filet Mignons
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I personally like Filet Mognon or Rib eye the best because they are the most tender.  And I perfer Rib eye over filet because of the better favor.
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* k+ W4 W  X2 Y& zSteak is best grill on open fire or special high tempature oven.

johnwu

You guys have to try grilling steak on open fire.
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* d" J& V. k* l( D! ^But I guess it would be hard to do if you don't have a outdoor grill.

johnwu

Another thing to know when buying steak is "aging".
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Aging is a process that store the steak in a low temputare enviroment for usually 28 days or more.  This process make the steak taste better.  There are 2 kind of agina method, "dry age" and "wet age".  "dry aged" steak is more expensive and is perfered 5 H! M( w$ K, i$ w, G) U  Z8 z

1 b- N- J) E6 D; hSo aged steak cost more than fresh steak.  The price difference can be more than double for a aged steak in north america.  The best steak house always served dry aged steak.  So next time the you go to a resturant, you know what kind of stuff they are serving you.

johnwu

This is a vacuum coffee machine, you can find most of the Japanese Cafe in HK use this kind of machine to brew coffee.
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7 v  y: }2 l4 }4 q; Y/ X6 |7 ^I love this because this is very interesting to watch.
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johnwu

Mr/Ms Sing,
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* G( I, o$ Y+ n7 m* c: \I suggest our next topic to be :
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% h  o  W5 m; VWhat do you think?