Clearly you havent been to Norway, where they lock all foreign beef out, and then use knackered old milk cows as their beef supply.

I assure you no steak I ever tasted in the UK was ever this bad!

I was just gonna write the same thing...and you left out the fact that a kilo of it costs at the very least $25 and often $35/40...

However, there is an independent butcher near my place in Oslo where I've found excellent beef.

Luckily for me i travel often so I get my allowances of proper beef every other week or so...

I'd give my vote to bistecca fiorentina, preferably at Trattoria Pandemonio in Florence. This is a super juicy T-Bone that is out of this world.

Chili's makes a good steak with cheese and other condiments melted on top..
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Seriously, Kobe beef, the Wagyu thick kind has been the best I've had. Not the thin shabu shabu style cut.

Matsusaka beef is on my next Japan todo list for sure. Have read enough about other's experiences that I need a towel to dry off my laptop.

I've had some very good island beef on Kauai (seemed slightly gamey & very lean) and pretty good stuff on Maui too... To find the local beef on the islands, you need to go to a local store (not Safeway)... Kauai had a couple good ones - sometimes Foodland carried it, and it seemed it was irregular on what cuts of beef you would find. Longs on Maui had local beef too... but never found the shortribs I adore... visiting KOA in June and can't wait to try their beef... mmm...

(Have no international dining experience but have had several exotic meats in Alaska - moose, caribou, beaver, seal, whale :cool:)

I have to agree. I had this at the Four Seasons in Bangkok, and all I can say is OMG, it is better than Kobe. I also had it sashimi style while in Tokyo, and it was unreal.

- Dave

^ We ate steak both in Argentina and Australia (two repeat visits to Oz) last year. We were actually more impressed by the Argentine pork than the beef. We greatly enjoyed the steaks we ate, we look forward to return trips, yet for us the steak of choice comes from U.S.D.A. Prime and Certified Angus.

It's a definite à chacun son goût decision.

Cheers,
Fredd

Being a steak person myself, I must vote for the USDA Prime. Its just REALLY good. But I will give a nod to a good steak i had recently, it was the Austrailian Wagyu ribeye. just cooked and tasted amazing. Was so good i even converted a friend who "doesn't like steak" into "I didn't know it could taste this good!!!"

Also, was at the Palm last night, they have a deal right now, for 2 people and $89, you get 2 9oz filet mignions, 2 seafood(lobster tail, shrimp scampi, or crab legs), 2 salads(house or caesar), 2 sides (one is the fried onions and chips, the other your choice), and 2 deserts (I think choices were chocolate molten, key lime pie, and some other one). usually the filets alone would set you back 80, so its a great deal (comparatively) And they didn't try to give you the "cheap stuff" or trash or leftovers or extras or anything second just because you had "the special discount." Now I need to find someone else to go back with again. Had the filet and the lobster tail (is that really a hard choice), with mashed potatoes, a cognac peppercorn sauce, my house salad, and the molten. Per person 45 bucks (plus tip), literally a steal. Not trying to advertise just to spread good news to fellow steak lovers. Its nice when I don't have to spend 250 for 2 people at morton's or ruth chris. :)

At last someone mentioned it, Matsuzaka is absolutely incredible!

After Matsuzaka, would come Kobe, Wakyu and Argentinean meat (gosh how inexpensive the last one is!).

I absolutely love meat, could eat a pound every day, but unfortunately the meat you find here in Switzerland is usually nothing to shout home about.

For those who pass through Paris, there's a place where you can get up to 1 kilo steaks, all meat is Argentinean. I would highly recommend it, but the restaurant is inside a bar with a very "heavy metal" influence (music as well as the clients), hope that doesn't deter you. The place is called Black Dog or something like that...

I had it at the Hilton in Bangkok, it really was incredible. So soft, a rib eye, paid around $200 for 7oz (crikey what a price), but so worth it. I could cut through it with the blunt side of a butter knife, and although Matsuzaka is supposed to be more heavily marbled then Kobe, this particular rib eye was quite free of any marbling, they cut it just right.

Best steak I ever had.

Irish Grass fed beef!^http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/...story39101.asp . It is my first time attempting to post a link, so please excuse if it does not work.

Peter Luger's Steakhouse Brooklyn NY.

Atmosphere: loud and boisterous

Waitstaff: sometimes very rude but knowledgable

Price: High, very high

Menu: limited

Taste: Out of this world.

Shofar

The worlds best beef comes from the Orkney Islands. It has the perfect climate for growing grass and produces stunning results. No matter the breed, the Orkney climate delivers. Anyone who has visited the islands will tell you the same. :cool:

Menu looks great, Im going to try it next time.

While somewhat off the beaten track, Paraguay produces some of the finest beef I have ever tasted. Tender, moist, juicy, with a lovely "beefy" taste of the Chaco to it.......yummy!!!! Also, some of the best sausage I have ever consumed can be found in Paraguay.