Where to get nice steaks from?

danlightbulb · 20 Feb 2017 at 12:22

I want steak like you get in a pub. So 12oz to 16oz pieces. Pub steaks always tend to be decent quality, fairly lean and thick. And considering the added items and profit margin in a pub, £15 for a steak meal is pretty good value.

Compare that to what you get from a supermarket. Thin, small pieces with too much fat on, and at a high price for the raw product compared to my perceived value from a pub for a cooked product with trimmings.

I have tried the butcher with little success. It still seems to be thin fatty pieces and although the price is better than the supermarket I'm not overly impressed.

I just want a nice thick 16oz rump piece for a reasonable price. Where?

danlightbulb · 20 Feb 2017 at 12:28

bobbyspangles said:
Find a better butcher?

I've tried a number of local ones (high street). The rump is always hip bone steak which I have tried and not too impressed with.

danlightbulb · 20 Feb 2017 at 12:36

Greebo said:
You do realise that all rump steak comes from that rough area round its hip bone? Hence why its called "Rump"

Are you sure you arent after a different cut from elsewhere?

Yes but why it's called rump steak in supermarkets and in pubs, and labelled as hip bone steak in the butchers, makes me think I'm not getting the right thing. The butcher does hip bone steak or sirloin basically. This is a major high street butcher.

danlightbulb · 20 Feb 2017 at 12:51

I like sirloin but it loathes me paying for that big streak of rind on the edge that I don't eat. I do really like rump but only if it's tender and that is perhaps 80% of the problems I have with it. Pub steaks always seem to be tender enough for me except on the rarest of occasions. The reason I like a big steak is that if a bit of it is tough, there is still usually enough left that is tender.

On fat, I don't mind marbling if it's still soft and chewable. It's when you get a hard bit of fat I don't like.

What's the best way of cooking a thick 16oz rump steak in a standard kitchen?

danlightbulb · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:05

bobbyspangles said:
Yeah, I get that they have to make a living but as a consumer I wouldn't say that was good value. Especially for a steak dinner which can be so easily replicated at home.

It doesn't feel bad value compared to what I can produce at home, that's the issue.

It's probably the way I'm cooking them. How to cook a steak like they do it in the pub?

danlightbulb · 20 Feb 2017 at 13:23

Glaucus said:
pubs generally have nice steak, what......

http://www.turnerandgeorge.co.uk/the-cuts/steaks.html

and then cook them right, which requires extremely high heat imo, if i'm spending the money for a nice steak i'll do it on the bbq.

Can't pay those prices. This is just for my dinners at home. All I want to do is replicate a reasonably standard pub steak.