Today…well yesterday at this point, was our anniversary. Wife and I went to a place we’ve never gone before that was a mid-range steakhouse called Firebirds. I rarely order steak out and when I do, I almost always order medium because my dining experience has been everywhere outside a prime steakhouse undercooks and I get medium rare anyway. Since this place was very steak focused and advertised 21 day aged steaks, I ordered medium rare thinking they should be able to nail it, it was definitely rare without the texture change that happens when you hit medium rare, or at least the change I’ve seen on every steak I’ve ever gotten to 125°. I’m just amazed that places cannot actually cook at steak to order when it’s so easy with a thermapen.
Regardless, everything else was fabulous, service was great, steak was still decent for the first rare steak I’ve ever finished in my life and company was quite tolerable. I didn’t feel like upsetting the evening by sending it back to be finished. I had filet and shrimp with southwest au gratin potatoes and garlic thyme compound butter. Better half had the garlic sirloin and loaded baked. I didn’t take a cut pic for evidence as I felt bad snapping the pre shot on a special occasion dinner, but thought the presentation was pic worthy despite the poor photo trying not to disrupt the mood.
Anyway, overall it was an enjoyable evening out, but it was also a good reminder why I don’t mind sometimes buying prime aged beef online and cooking on occasion as the steak itself had nothing on what I can produce and the wife even said as much making the dinner than much better. The appetizer and sides, well that probably had me beat.
Regardless, everything else was fabulous, service was great, steak was still decent for the first rare steak I’ve ever finished in my life and company was quite tolerable. I didn’t feel like upsetting the evening by sending it back to be finished. I had filet and shrimp with southwest au gratin potatoes and garlic thyme compound butter. Better half had the garlic sirloin and loaded baked. I didn’t take a cut pic for evidence as I felt bad snapping the pre shot on a special occasion dinner, but thought the presentation was pic worthy despite the poor photo trying not to disrupt the mood.
Anyway, overall it was an enjoyable evening out, but it was also a good reminder why I don’t mind sometimes buying prime aged beef online and cooking on occasion as the steak itself had nothing on what I can produce and the wife even said as much making the dinner than much better. The appetizer and sides, well that probably had me beat.
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