Originally Posted by
wordsew
Problem is all these high end steak joints don't make their steaks any better than the Texas Roadhouse. Is ambience worth an extra few hundred bucks added to the tab??????
It isn't just ambience, the product is definitely different as can be the cooking method. What cooking method does TX Roadhouse use and what grade/cuts of meat do they serve?
Originally Posted by
best
Great steak, super table side service with chef coming out and slicing steak, wonderful side dishes, excellent live piano music! Surprising!
Why would a chef slice steak tableside? & what was the benefit? (I've seen cutting of prime rib tableside, but not a personal steak)
Originally Posted by
BlueStreak17
I do not need haute cuisine every time I go out.
I didn't mean to imply fine dining, I was going for simply ANY other cuisine rather than a steakhouse. I found it amazing that those in the food business would always default to meat & potatoes restaurant.
I do equate most folks who go to steakhouses for a high % of their dining are like the kid that won't eat anything but chicken nuggets. I've had plenty of clients like this. Nothing wrong with it if one has tried other cuisines, but to not try other cuisines that are out there is a crime. (& most haven't tried other cuisines or ordered the wrong item from the wrong restaurant)
Like you, I sometimes want a well cooked (medium rare for me) hunk of dead cow in a nice atmosphere, but only sometimes as there is sooooooo much more out there in the dining world.