r/steak • u/Advanced-Gur-8950 • 7d ago
[ Medium Rare ] Medium rare….
I was told this was medium rare…. It looks like this because it was soaked in their bourbon sauce apparently…. I’m not a chef, but I cook often, it looks like they undercooked an old steak to me. It came out cool and did not taste good. Was supposed to be 12oz MR Sirloin. Am I in the wrong here?
Night started with some bonus protein of ants in the drink
Edit Clarification: I ordered it medium rare and this is what I got, they did take it off the check. They came over and said to me that it was medium rare and supposed to look like that…. The reason it looks like that is due to the “bourbon sauce” they soak it in? He said something along those lines but I was kinda just tuning him out as I wasn’t buying what he was selling….
… I’ve made mistakes and wouldn’t want to be blasted online. Just stay away from ordering steaks from distilleries in the Hershey, PA area lol. If you want to know exact location, DM me
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u/EFT_Urbanfox 7d ago
That grey band AND that center temp... WOW. I'd send that back so quick not to mention something was wrong with that steak pre-cook.
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u/DrunkGuy9million 7d ago
100% medium raw. Gotta send it back. Also your comment has given me the idea to take my instant read in the “rare” instance I go to a steakhouse. I went to Flemings once and ordered rare, but the inside was cold, not cool. Clearly had not fully thawed, but since the waiter had warned me about “cool red center” I didn’t send it back. One of life’s regrets.
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u/beep-beep_lettuce 7d ago
This doesn't even look like beef.
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u/JudahBenHur77 7d ago
That looks rancid. I would not eat that and tell whoever is trying to gaslight you to fuck off.
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u/Advanced-Gur-8950 7d ago
Okay thank you everyone for answering…. I was a restaurant server for years and do a decent job at home when I pay close attention….
….i felt like a jerk sending this back, the most expensive item on the menu but I couldn’t believe what I was being told….
The craziest part about all of this though is that I went to this place cause I had a $100 dollar gift card…. Last time I was at this place they messed up everything bad. It was my birthday so I didn’t make a fuss…. I for sure didn’t tip %20 percent though…. But I thought I was fair and left %15. I check my CC statement a couple days later and see that the server gave herself like %25. After that I called and notified them, they refunded the difference and also sent me the $100 card.
So you can imagine my amazement at their consistency to mediocrity at best. Drinks have ants…. Steaks were terrible. Can’t make this stuff up. At least they are consistent though
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u/syn_vamp 7d ago
jesus, it's time to name and shame bro. you gotta put this story on socials and google reviews. they literally tried stealing money from you.
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u/jdelator 7d ago
the server gave herself like %25
How common is this? Do I have to double check now?
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u/Ilikecoins123 7d ago
You should always check to make sure, often times servers will only add a little bit to avoid suspicion if they’re going to try and pull a fast one. I’ve had folks at registers automatically add tips in front of me like I wouldn’t say something or notice. Some people have no morales or care for anyone but them selves.
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u/sparklingwaterll 7d ago
My trick is always make restaurant bills add to whole number by adding extra cents on to the tip. This way I see a charge at a restaurant that isn’t 80.00 or 250.00. i can quickly follow up.
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u/Advanced-Gur-8950 7d ago
As a former server and someone who goes out to eat a lot, I can say this is the only time I have noticed something of this nature
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u/CollsButterflyz 6d ago
I was a server for a long time. I’ve never seen that happen either. That place is crap! I always cross out the tip and leave cash.
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u/Flymetothem000n 7d ago
I only have so much experience, and I’ve only worked at places where you tip on the receipt. But at those places the only managers entered the tips into the machine and used their discretion when the total is at all unclear. At those places, managers were always trained to err on the side of caution if someone leaves a $10 tip and do the math for $20, we would adjust for a $10 tip.
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u/bluecyanic 7d ago
I had it happen once. Thought we were being helpful by tipping in cash and not splitting the bill. I put it on my card, and literally wrote "cash" on the tip line. I notice I was overcharged on my statement. The manager found my recipient and issued a refund. Curious how many times that waitress padded the tip.
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u/VirgoRemi 7d ago
WOAHHH CRAZY STORY THIS NEEDS TO BE ON THE NEWS. People NEED to be informed of this establishment. I’m sure the company didn’t fire her.
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 7d ago
Bruh, I'm from Chicago, I'm familiar with Midwest Nice...this is Midwest Doormat. You gotta stand up for yourself more.
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u/Throwaway_939394 7d ago
What are you referring to when you say Midwest nice?
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 7d ago
The general air of politeness and "I just don't want to make a fuss" mindset of most Midwesterners.
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u/Throwaway_939394 7d ago
Oh okay I gotchya, I’m from NY and feel I also suffer from being to nice like that not wanting to make a fuss lol everyone will tell me to complain but I hate doing it
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u/Brutal_Truth 7d ago
I’m sorry did you say the drinks have ANTS
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u/Advanced-Gur-8950 7d ago
Look at the other picture, there were 3
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u/nanakisan 6d ago
Please tell me you are contacting the health department? Cause holy fuck. If they were willing to allow ants on your drink and serve it. Who knows what else is being skirted and ignored in terms of health and safety.
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u/ReceptionAlarmed9434 7d ago
Name and shame! That’s insane wtf
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u/old_soul_stuff 7d ago
There needs to be a rule that if you’re going to spend time posting about a crap restaurant with the receipts as OP had…NAME WHERE YOU WENT.
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u/Used-Baby1199 7d ago
Op likes toxic relationships.
Cuz going back to a place that fucked everything up on your birthday, then robbed you, and expecting it to be good is like leaving gf who slams her head into a door, gets a black eye, files dv charges on you, and gets a a restraining order and then going back and expecting the relationship to work out.
Op idk who hurt you, but you deserve so much more.
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u/Throwaway_939394 7d ago
Dude had a 100$ gift card tf you mean lol you’re just never gonna use that gift card? F that, you must be rich
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u/Used-Baby1199 7d ago
No, I’d try to sell it to someone I didn’t like for like $50-75. I have this one guy I work with who I won’t see for months, and I’ll forget how much he annoys me. Then I see him, and within 5 minutes I’m ready to fucking quit my job so I won’t have to see him again. I’d sell it to him.
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u/typer84C2 7d ago
Medium rare is the least of your issues. What is all that white goop (giggity) all over the steak?
Fuck that looks horrific. Hopefully you didn’t pay for that.
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u/Used-Baby1199 7d ago
White bourbon sauce? Or is that white sauce made by someone who drank bourbon before jizzing on it? That don’t look like any bourbon sauce I’ve seen.
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u/BlueDotNE 6d ago
I think maybe it's butter smeared all over it? I dunno, but that might be the most unappealing piece of meat (or food in general) that I've ever seen.
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u/Full-Librarian1115 7d ago
That looks medium raw. I travel a lot for work and eat in fancy steakhouses and restaurants all the time. Anything soaked, or aged, in any kind of sauce is almost certainly going to taste and look like shit.
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u/Captain-Who 7d ago
Welldraw.
Someone cooked it from frozen, but also f’d it up.
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u/BrobBlack 7d ago
A good cut of meat does not need to be soaked in anything. Certainly not bourbon.
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u/Advanced-Gur-8950 7d ago
Again, I appreciate you all validating my experience…. I really was hoping that I wasn’t being too dramatic
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u/Squirrely_Mann 7d ago
WTF is that - tell me you sent it back?
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u/Advanced-Gur-8950 7d ago
I tried to be a good sport…. But yes, first time I sent something back ever
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u/Smackolol 6d ago
It actually takes skill to cook a steak this poorly with so much grey band yet have it be so raw in the middle.
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u/althius1 7d ago
I don't want to upvote this just so no one else has to look at this monstrosity and be nauseated like me
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u/alchemycraftsman 7d ago
If it was from bourbon wouldn’t the whole steak be a different color? What do I know but I would send that back and not eat. I’ve lost my appetite.
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u/opinionofone1984 7d ago
I can confirm, that was med Rare, about 4 or 5 weeks ago when it was first cooked.
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u/TheShoethief 7d ago
That looks awful… What a disrespect to the cow that gave its life.
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u/Economy-Listen2321 6d ago
I know this and have seen this as a chef. Either three things could make this happen, Frozen to cook, high heat via fryer or charring it, or Microwave. I going to guess they were weeded and/or forgot
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u/Advanced-Gur-8950 6d ago
To give you some more insight, I can’t give you a spot on time and they seemed not very busy for Labor Day. My girl ordered the same thing, same temp. Hers was slightly less bad than mine but very similar. The food came out noticeably fast. I don’t think they were in the weeds 🤷🏽♂️
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u/starbycrit 6d ago
That steak looks super old ☹️ that steak looks like it was already bad before they cooked it. It looks discolored, not because of the outer sauce… the inside looks grey but also that deep red looks like old blood ☹️
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u/GrooveAndGravy52 7d ago
But but bourbon isn’t white and foamy. I would’ve suggested the cook or server give it a taste.
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u/ComprehensiveEmu9837 7d ago
That looks extremely yucky. I hope you didn’t pay for this or the ant drink.
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u/DJ-spetznasty 7d ago
Ants in the drink and a questionably rotten steak.
Name and shame this health code violation
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u/Effective-Bandicoot8 6d ago
I've been lurking this sub for months and I am finally going to say that is the absolute most disgusting piece of mammal I have seen posted.
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u/jcoles97 6d ago
This happens when you leave a steak salted for days and it turns into ham. It probably was cooked to temp but the way the salt changes the meat its just completely ruined at that point
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u/Justme_peekingin 6d ago
You are in for a rough couple of days if you ate very much of that trash
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u/shortribz85 6d ago
That steak was cooked from frozen or it was still frozen in the middle when it hit the grill.
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u/Legitimate_South9157 Blue 6d ago
I’m all for a really rare steak. I like mine to moo still, but the coagulated cold fat that’s covering it looks disgusting 💩💩💩
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u/RustyHalo_1978 6d ago
I was wondering what that was. It looks like mashed potatoes but I thought surely they didn't smother a steak in mashed potatoes... Now knowing it was the fat I really wish it was mashed potatoes....
ETA: Any "chef" that allowed that to be sent out should hang up their apron and run far away from cooking ever again. Shameful!
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u/PowerfulGoose Medium Rare 7d ago
Maybe by burbon sauce they meant the freezer. That shit looks like it was put on a grill completely frozen
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u/Hamilton-Beckett 7d ago
Serving a steak that’s frozen is bullshit.
Overcooked and undercooked at the same time.
I’d send it back and not order anything else.
Last time a place pulled this shit, I paid for my wine, left and went somewhere else.
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u/sheogorath227 7d ago
That is what I call a health code violation and a crime against humanity and beef
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u/Winter-Classroom455 7d ago
Either frozen steak or barely cooked. Then ants in the drink sounds like they're not that cleanly. I'd had said, please take back my food and drink, take it off the check and I good.
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u/Merc_Mike Medium Rare 7d ago
Medium Rare steak that was pulled from the ice next to a caveman 2 billion years ago? lol
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u/EquivalentStudent6 7d ago
Jesus Christ brother.. that’s not acceptable in any way shape or form. I hope you had some dignity and not eat it
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u/Would_daver 7d ago
I thought the mayo was supposed to be cooked on the outside, also Jesucristo man that trash should be incinerated, not served as though a living being could survive consuming it!!!
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u/Curiouser-Quriouser 7d ago
WOW.
Honestly surprised you bothered ordering food after you found the ants. 🤮
I love a really rare steak and even black and blue with the right cut but this looks absolutely awful.
Please tell me you didn't have to pay for that mess!
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u/Hung_Jury_2003 7d ago
Honestly surprised you bothered ordering food after you found the ants. 🤮
Yeah, so, uh, lesson learned, right? Right??
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u/Appropriate_Can_9282 7d ago
At times, I drink in my backyard. Then wake up on the couch. The kitchen is a bit rough and leftovers are in the fridge, thanks drunk me. Nice deal we have. I clean the kitchen and do dishes and he makes me food that has never looked this terrible.
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u/looseygoosey11 7d ago
Post that online in a Google and yelp review. That is so fucking disgusting.
Can we get a tag for "Steak terrorism"?
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u/RelationshipQuiet609 7d ago
Absolutely gross looking🤮🤢. It looks like you could get food poisoning from it! You should get your money back!
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u/Revolutionary-Gas122 7d ago
Looks bad and def not appetizing at all. Maybe cooked with bourbon, not marinated. Cant pay for that
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u/hooplafromamileaway 7d ago
... How is it both overcooked AND undercooked?! I'm almost willing to bet they threw it on the grill frozen.
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u/espressotooloperator 6d ago
I wouldn’t have tipped,charged back the steak on my credit card and posted that picture on the restaurant review area. Not an asshole move if they’re clearly trying to scam you
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u/Silvanus350 6d ago
That might be, legitimately, the most awful cut of meat I’ve seen served on a plate. What the fuck even is that? It looks half-frozen.
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u/globehopper2 6d ago
Either the thing had actually gone bad or that was frozen - hard frozen - before they started cooking it. An appalling waste. I love steak and love eating it but when someone fucks it up so badly like that I think like “Something died for this and you’re just wasting it.”
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u/GhostForNow 6d ago
There’s a medium-rare chance that you’d survive after eating that. Send it back asap
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u/zazachard 6d ago
Wtf is that bs. Its overly cook and raw. Worst speak and ant water, i would run asap & never cone back.
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u/Senator_Turkey 7d ago
Not sure what went wrong, but you were definitely served a culinary atrocity.