Originally Posted by dilanesp

I am on my way back from Rome to Newark. The lunch is filet mignon with a brown sauce, a salad with oranges on it, steamed vegetables, and boiled potato fingers, along with a dinner roll. Dessert was treacle toffee ice cream.

Everything was excellent. BUT- if you are a purist about steak, you may not like this filet. It was super-well done. CDC level well done. Stick the meat thermometer into the steak and it explodes well done.

The effect of this is that on the one hand, the steak has an extremely strong, beefy flavor. Almost like a gourmet hamburger and far more flavorful than filets normally are. On the other hand, it is extremely tough, which isn't what you are used to with a filet. I liked it but I bet some steak lovers might not.