r/ireland • u/enter_the_wu • 17d ago

€42 sirloin steak, Rathgar, Dublin Christ On A Bike

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€42 “9oz” black Angus sirloin, caramelised onions, pepper sauce. Spuds and sprouts not included. I appreciate restaurants are struggling at the moment, but Jesus Christ. Would you be happy paying that amount for this plate of food?

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u/SnooBooks348 17d ago

Where's the rest of the meat or potatoes, id be fuming paying 42 EUR for that. Call the Guards, the guards are to be called

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u/craictime 17d ago

You're paying for the experience as opposed to the food. The michelin boys put a lot of hard work into their craft. Hours spent perfecting a dish  making a sauce, slow cooking a garnish. 

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u/MooseTheorem 17d ago

You’re not wrong in fairness - mate of mine worked in Glovers Alley and the attention to detail they have to pay is insane; the studying he did alone was nuts for the wines they served. He loved it now don’t get me wrong, but it’s an entirely different level of service from staff working in a regular spot

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u/Additional_Olive3318 17d ago edited 17d ago

Steaks are the easiest dish to cook though. 

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u/craictime 17d ago

What about everything else 

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u/Additional_Olive3318 17d ago

Well I was talking about this meal, not Michelin in general, if that was ambiguous. Yes the Michelin skills can be amazing. 

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u/craictime 17d ago

One steak is easy to cook. What about multiple steaks and multiple cuts along with chicken and fish and all the garnishes. Then do it 10hours in a hot, loud kitchen with multiple timings. People really don't appreciate what a chef goes through. Steak is easy.. cmon. 

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u/craictime 17d ago

Cool, keep that head in the sand

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u/Additional_Olive3318 17d ago

What you are now describing is not great cooking but normal cooking. You could say the same about an omelette, hard to cook well all the time, but difficult in a restaurant environment. Not really. It shouldn’t be. 

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u/fluffs-von 17d ago

My mamny would agree. .. She should be institutionalised for the culinary criminality of what she considers properly cooked steak.

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u/Immortal_Tuttle 17d ago

Experience of eating LIDL steak? It's not even Black Angus.

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u/craictime 17d ago

What was it? Explain black Angus to me? Like black Angus is the rolls Royce of beef

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u/Immortal_Tuttle 17d ago

I mean you are talking about an experience. I understand that, there are some restaurants where food is a part of something more complex. In this case it's run of the mill sirloin steak with pepper sauce, onions and potatoes.

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u/spiderbaby667 17d ago

This experience requires Sudocrem.