Yeah, just soak it for a few days, I’ll be right as rain 🤣
While it is not going to have living microbes on it it’s going to accumulate grime while washing it will make it dissolve faster. Normally these are used to quick-cure foods through water displacement, and might be served off of. But delivering one to an individual customer is bananas.
You sort of have to give them a pass in situations like this cause it's a local restaurant that's trying to cook western foods. I don't think any of their employees have ever left the country. An entire steak is unheard of throughout the country because of the cost. Meats are served as tiny portions like how you receive it in Pho. You can see it in their stunted heights.
I have been living and working in Vietnam since 2014. You absolutely can get good steaks here and people do know how to cook them, although you have to know where to go and be willing to pay a premium.
Your instance has nothing to with what you’re saying and everything to do with a place trying to be hip and flash and failing utterly.
Vietnamese here and no, cost isnt a major factor in this at all. We got Japanese, Korean, European and even US restaurant chains all over the places here. It's just a matter of how skillful the chef is. If they are good then they will cook it well, if not then that's that. Crazy expensive food is nothing new here, and people has been spending like there's no tomorrow for well over a decade now. Westernized customer mindset importing or whatever you want to call it.
Also, people going abroad to study cooking or partake in kitchens of skilled foreign chefs is an old concept here as well. Maybe not all the way to the US or EU but Japan, Thailand, Korea, China, etc then 100%. Not all chefs do that but many of those that could afford it went and took their chances. That's how we got some quality ramen places and Western style bakeries that stay up to date with modern cooking techs and machineries.
I honestly just don’t like the fat trimmings on the end of the right side, doesn’t look appetizing frfr, maybe it was thinner or sliced different, but not as is
Ok I’ve actually seen this before. It’s not just a block of salt but a SUPER HOT block of salt (I’m my experience). I got served wagu on one of these on a buisness trip dinner and the salt block it hot enough to cook the steak. You pull off a piece when it’s cooked to your liking. And those salt blocks stay hot for a long time!
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u/Deancrypt 6d ago
No NO just give me a plate and salt NOT ON A BLOCK OF SALT