Restaurants where you cook your own meat? (London)

My favourite steaks have been in restaurants which serve a raw steak alongside a hot slab of granite or similar iirc

Best I can recall was either in Germany (Pistenklause) or in a restaurant in Geneva, both served in the same style with a lot of chips :)
 
was in a nice resturant in bristol the other day that did this, (cowshed?) some dude on another table had this hot lava stone thing brought out and you get strips of steak and sit and fry it on the stone

didnt see the point myself, the whole point is that you are paying someone to cook it for you (who knows what they are doing)

also i smelled of frying steak afterwards :(
 
Someone at work went to a restaurant in London where it's in total darkness and they use blind waiters. He said you order a set meal, and you don't know what's being served (meat, fish or veggie he said), and he really enjoyed it. He's still not 100% on what he ate exactly but he recommend the experience.
 
ElliorR said:
Someone at work went to a restaurant in London where it's in total darkness and they use blind waiters. He said you order a set meal, and you don't know what's being served (meat, fish or veggie he said), and he really enjoyed it. He's still not 100% on what he ate exactly but he recommend the experience.
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Dans Le Noir, been there :)

If you decide to go do not bring under-18s. A group near us found out the hard way that they wont serve alcohol to any table with people under 18 on it as they can't be sure underage people wont drink intentionally or accidentally.
 
Lysander said:
To be honest, I don't think they give it to you raw for exactly that reason. More like rare/medium rare and then you do the rest to your liking.

Looking at it, I'm 99% sure the place I went to was Myung Ga. I'd recommend it.
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I did this loads of times in Japan and all the meat was completely uncooked.

CHokKA said:
Why on earth would you want to go out for a meal, and pay to cook your own food? Might as well just stay at home and do it for free, surely? Jeez man, restaurants like this sure see people coming! What a clever gimmick!
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It's a really good idea IMO. It gets everyone involved in the food and is a very social occasion.
 
Vanilla said:
Why would they be liable if you undercook your own food :p
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Evilsod said:
For not cooking it properly yourself? :confused:
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Cooked and served on the premises of a restaurant licensed to serve food... I'm not a lawyer, but I've read about far crazier lawsuits. Admittedly most of them in the US but still!

For meats like Beef and Lamb - probably not a big deal. For chicken and some types of fish, it's important for the food to be properly cooked through. Hard to guarantee this with everyone cooking their own. Even without lawsuits, a bunch of people coming down ill afterwards is not good for business.

Anyway - I echo the sentiments of others: If I wanted to cook my own food then I'd do so at home!
 
This reminds me of a place at Charing Cross called the Bring Your Own Club. You bring a bottle of hooch, pay £20 and they come to your table to make you cocktails out of it.
 
CHokKA said:
Why on earth would you want to go out for a meal, and pay to cook your own food? Might as well just stay at home and do it for free, surely? Jeez man, restaurants like this sure see people coming! What a clever gimmick!
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GhostWKD said:
My favourite steaks have been in restaurants which serve a raw steak alongside a hot slab of granite or similar iirc

Best I can recall was either in Germany (Pistenklause) or in a restaurant in Geneva, both served in the same style with a lot of chips :)
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This.

You haven't lived until you have had a proper pierrade.

Duff-Man said:
Sounds like a recipe for food poisoning and subsequent lawsuits if you ask me...
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Steak tartare is raw beef. Raw meet != food poisoning. Improper handling of raw meet, such as contamination with faeces == food poisoning.
 
Sausage tree in High Wycombe, can't recommend enough, but you will have to book a table.

http://www.sausagetreepub.co.uk/

It costs about £25 for a hot plate, you get too pick two meats from a list of about 15+- exotic sausages and meats and also a huge selection of rare beer and cider. I've tried,

Crocodile, Springbok, Kudu, Zebra, Impala, Bison, Elk and a few more i can't remember.

The impala is nice.

They come semi cooked on a super hot stone tablet and you have to keep turning it.
 
To all those arguing it's social and fun etc.

Barbeque?

Friends round for dinner?

Do they not meet the requirement?
 
Dis86 said:
To all those arguing it's social and fun etc.

Barbeque?

Friends round for dinner?

Do they not meet the requirement?
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Who cooks in those scenarios? In the sort of restaurants discussed here, everyone cooks and everyone eats. That in itself means everyone is participating.
 
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