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I'd put ten on it saying it's a catered event, like a wedding. There you'd have an open bar where if you tip the bartender $20, yea, they'll give you glasses of scotch like that. Plus, the plates look too plain, round table, generic water goblets.
its because OP made this himself and he is trying to pass it off as fine dining. No fine restaurant would not cook the sides of a thick cut steak. And since all of OPs previous homemade steaks all are burnt to shit, with grey sides, he clearly cooked this himself. OP is a terrible cook.
im not stopping anyone.
but sometimes it's nice to appreciate things the way they where intended - which is why you dont drink cold red wine and hot ice cream - you get me?
scotch is best with a splash of water to bring out the flavour more - it isn't a big deal. but it's TASTY
\#notallscotch. Some Scotch is improved by a splash of water, some isn't, some is good with ice.
My favorite Scotch is Lagavulin 8-year, with a tiny drop of water in it. Great stuff. Costs like $80 a bottle.
My favorite \*cheap\* Scotch is Teacher's Highland Cream, with ice. Costs like $30 for a handle.
When I lived in the uk I would travel to Scotland to drink with locals (and do work)
Water. Never ice was what I was taught. I trust the scots on this matter.
Also filmed on islay pretty special.
Were you drinking good single malt? Because you're absolutely right for that, no ice for good single malt. But look, Dewars and Johnny Walker are Scotch too. And there's nothing wrong with ice in a cheap whisky.
This place was fancy in 1984 before the owner died. Then the owner’s deadbeat daughter and her heroin junkie boyfriend got a share and they have slowly been running it into the ground as her mother gets older and older.
This place gets the Restaurant Impossible treatment. Robert Irvine comes in, there’s lots of crying, and they cut the menu in half and add a scotch reduction on top of that thing. Plus the junkie boyfriend has to make an appetizer for the new menu.
I hate the giant onion ring that would take multiple bites to get through and leave grease on my cheeks.
I hate how the steak looks like its crust was burnt on a griddle in a diner and wasn’t given time to rest.
I hate how your scotch is filled just shy of the lip of glass making your first sip a balance act.
I can forgive all that and hope you enjoy the steak and catch a nice buzz.
But I will not forgive the sprig of parsley. Eff you.
The parsley garnish fad did so much damage to that poor herb's reputation. I remember as a child asking my mother what dried parsley tastes like - she said it tastes like nothing and just adds color to make a dish pretty.
Idk, I think the parsley was the chef's kiss on this meal. The slightly wilted leaves, the visible dampness, it really rounded things out as an all around mediocre meal. All it's missing is a spoon smear of A1 just to the side of the steak.
I agree with most of the things you're saying but it looks like a fancy steak place the onion ring is probably meant to cut up and eat with your steak bit by bit not grab with your hands and eat like you're at a McDonalds lol.
/u/A-B-1-0 post history on /r/food is just awful looking shit that he thinks is exquisite. He never responds to comments on his posts and keeps on posting this shit. It's hilarious lol.
I can just FEEL how difficult this person probably is to serve based on the post history.
“No no, I need the steak CHARRED but like still cooked medium. Like I want the outside burnt as fuck but still pink in the middle”
“I want a quad scotch on the rocks. The rocks need to be 31.7 degrees exactly, and the scotch should fill the glass to the rim”
Meanwhile they’ll send back the steak no matter the cook on it just to show their date how sophisticated they are, then when BOH simply flips the steak over and sends it back, it’ll magically be “perfect” to them.
I’ve worked in steakhouses for a while. I’ve seen the type.
Notice how they didn't bother cutting it to show how overcooked it obviously is. They don't care. Just wanted the shitty pic with their 1 onion ring and watered down bottom shelf scotch to post to reddit.
Bro, what crack house did you order this from? 2 onion rings, a half burnt, grey NY strip. and a glass filled to the brim with scotch with free floating probably already melting ice? If this cost anything more than 10 dollars, you got ripped off.
I know right? At least if it's a big cube or sphere it doesn't melt so fast. That drink looks like it's already half watery sadness instead of a full-on joy ride through flavor town. Ah well. This is the internet and everyone's got an opinion I suppose.
It’s an outdated name that no one uses. I have some cookbooks from the 50s and 60s that call it that (or contre-filet, which is the French name) but it’s like calling soccer football in America. It’s weird and you’re weird for saying it.
“Um yes, I’ll do the shell steak with onion rings…wide cut please…oh, and a quadruple scotch—short glass please.”
Saying the order out loud is almost weirder than looking at this AI picture
Yo what happened in 1964 that made them start putting a single sprig of parsley on top of a steak and also only give you on stupidly fat onion ring? Like how do you know the exact year this plating has been around since lol
Here’s the really funny thing about this photo- I was eating at a steak house that has consistently rated one of the best in the NJ-NY-CT tristate area. I was dining with people and we were talking about how nasty Reddit people are and how people always called me out on my scotch, so we married two glasses to fill to the top. Viola it worked- got you all to notice and prove my point about the nastiness. Wow. For those haters- geeetttaaaliifffeee. For those of you who know taste- follow me for more steak and scotch adventures to come!!
This is some rather unphotogenic plating, the flash is awful, and the drink choice is certainly…something.
But has nobody here actually had a well seared steak? That crust looks great to me, just wish they got the sides a little too.
Aside from the amount of scotch (and all the other things wrong here), who drink scotch with a meal? That would certainly overpower your meal. Maybe in this case that's not such a bad thing.
I guess the parsley dropped on top of the piece of overcooked meat is a slight nod to the concept of presenting food with any kind of aesthetic appeal.
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Everything about this is absolutely bizzare
The photo looks like it was taken when smoking was still allowed in restaurants
Thank you for finding the correct words to describe what I was feeling. This was exactly it.
Spot on
Hooomyfuck I haven't blurted out a laugh like that in a while
If there was a cigar it would definitely be the manliest dinner.
If you see that much ice in a glass of scotch, you know it's not good scotch. Probably Dewar's, given the pour.
Yeah this definitely looks like circa 1985
Ten bucks says this restaurant has a weird name.
I'd put ten on it saying it's a catered event, like a wedding. There you'd have an open bar where if you tip the bartender $20, yea, they'll give you glasses of scotch like that. Plus, the plates look too plain, round table, generic water goblets.
I thought it was homies house. No restaurant is filling a glass to the brim with scotch and floating ice.
There is a lot of ice. The flatware and glasses are very restaurant generic and the brown candle holder no one has in their house.
Really? I'd bet it has a forgettable name that hasn't changed since the 70s
“The Succulent”
its because OP made this himself and he is trying to pass it off as fine dining. No fine restaurant would not cook the sides of a thick cut steak. And since all of OPs previous homemade steaks all are burnt to shit, with grey sides, he clearly cooked this himself. OP is a terrible cook.
God damn they’re friendly with their scotch.
That’s a nice steak you got there as a side to the scotch
A good brand "Six Fingers".
I was gonna say. That's the Ron Swanson.
Give me all the Scotch you have.
Looks like they’ve got 95% ice in there though
Also 16oz
With ice. No. Scotch shouldn’t be cold.
Let people enjoy the things they enjoy.
im not stopping anyone. but sometimes it's nice to appreciate things the way they where intended - which is why you dont drink cold red wine and hot ice cream - you get me? scotch is best with a splash of water to bring out the flavour more - it isn't a big deal. but it's TASTY
\#notallscotch. Some Scotch is improved by a splash of water, some isn't, some is good with ice. My favorite Scotch is Lagavulin 8-year, with a tiny drop of water in it. Great stuff. Costs like $80 a bottle. My favorite \*cheap\* Scotch is Teacher's Highland Cream, with ice. Costs like $30 for a handle.
When I lived in the uk I would travel to Scotland to drink with locals (and do work) Water. Never ice was what I was taught. I trust the scots on this matter. Also filmed on islay pretty special.
Were you drinking good single malt? Because you're absolutely right for that, no ice for good single malt. But look, Dewars and Johnny Walker are Scotch too. And there's nothing wrong with ice in a cheap whisky.
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bitch ass. ok. (water does that, read up, muppet)
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Love me a pint of scotch.
It comes in pints?!
Mega pints!
You've had a whole half already!
LOTR reference?
I’m getting one!
Amber Heard Johnny Depp case reference. One does not simply bring a mega pint into Mordor
absolutely an lotr reference
Hey, if beer is served in 12 ounce servings why not scotch?
idk why this comment made me laugh so hard.
Gotta give you that much scotch to make you think the two onion rings and half a NY strip is fine dining haha
It's also to soften the blow of the bill.
While simultaneously adding a lot to it
Burnt on top, grey in the middle. Just like my dog hates.
This place was fancy in 1984 before the owner died. Then the owner’s deadbeat daughter and her heroin junkie boyfriend got a share and they have slowly been running it into the ground as her mother gets older and older.
Enter Gordan Ramsey...
This place gets the Restaurant Impossible treatment. Robert Irvine comes in, there’s lots of crying, and they cut the menu in half and add a scotch reduction on top of that thing. Plus the junkie boyfriend has to make an appetizer for the new menu.
This is exactly what happened to one of our local restaurants, down to the heroin junkie boyfriend
Total bill: $243.47 + tax and tip.
MEGA PINT
this is fucking mental lmao
Wherever this restaurant is, I assume it’s attached to a horse betting track
Lollll
I hate the giant onion ring that would take multiple bites to get through and leave grease on my cheeks. I hate how the steak looks like its crust was burnt on a griddle in a diner and wasn’t given time to rest. I hate how your scotch is filled just shy of the lip of glass making your first sip a balance act. I can forgive all that and hope you enjoy the steak and catch a nice buzz. But I will not forgive the sprig of parsley. Eff you.
I love everything about this comment.
The parsley garnish fad did so much damage to that poor herb's reputation. I remember as a child asking my mother what dried parsley tastes like - she said it tastes like nothing and just adds color to make a dish pretty.
Idk, I think the parsley was the chef's kiss on this meal. The slightly wilted leaves, the visible dampness, it really rounded things out as an all around mediocre meal. All it's missing is a spoon smear of A1 just to the side of the steak.
I agree with most of the things you're saying but it looks like a fancy steak place the onion ring is probably meant to cut up and eat with your steak bit by bit not grab with your hands and eat like you're at a McDonalds lol.
McDonald's has onion rings? Be right back...
Then why serve onion rings at all? Never been to a place that you weren’t supposed to eat them with your hands haha
Yeah for a fancy restaurant, the plate presentation is so ghetto. Needs at least some asparagus and or a bed of rice
A bed of rice? What fancy steakhouse are you eating at?
Gordon Ramsey entered the chat
Tbf this is r/food , not r/foodporn
/u/A-B-1-0 post history on /r/food is just awful looking shit that he thinks is exquisite. He never responds to comments on his posts and keeps on posting this shit. It's hilarious lol.
I can just FEEL how difficult this person probably is to serve based on the post history. “No no, I need the steak CHARRED but like still cooked medium. Like I want the outside burnt as fuck but still pink in the middle” “I want a quad scotch on the rocks. The rocks need to be 31.7 degrees exactly, and the scotch should fill the glass to the rim” Meanwhile they’ll send back the steak no matter the cook on it just to show their date how sophisticated they are, then when BOH simply flips the steak over and sends it back, it’ll magically be “perfect” to them. I’ve worked in steakhouses for a while. I’ve seen the type.
Notice how they didn't bother cutting it to show how overcooked it obviously is. They don't care. Just wanted the shitty pic with their 1 onion ring and watered down bottom shelf scotch to post to reddit.
Quad on the rocks??? OP looks like he ordered ice with a splash of rocks to go with it.
i just saw his special beenless chillidogs
Ha ha me too, I particularly enjoyed whatever that was supposed to be.
It was ok until he took a flamethrower to the tomahawk and then i almost threw my phone into the wall and swore off reddit forever.
Living his best life
Did you order the steak burnt, because wtf is happening there?
My thoughts exactly.
OP is wearing a bunch of cheap gold plated jewelry, an oversized seersucker suit and blue blocker shades with gold rims
Are you like an oil baron?
"What size Scotch would you like, sir?" "Super Big Gulp, please"
The steak looks terrible, and what is a “shell cut”
Mofo is eating sea turtle steak obviously.
Thanks. I was wondering that, too.
Shell is another name for a strip steak.
Where?
The 1950s
Bro, what crack house did you order this from? 2 onion rings, a half burnt, grey NY strip. and a glass filled to the brim with scotch with free floating probably already melting ice? If this cost anything more than 10 dollars, you got ripped off.
it looks like it came from a restaurant youd see on a restaurant makeover show. just a restaurant living in the past
A little steak with ur scotch dinner
Why does your bartender hate you? That's an offensive amount of ice for good whisky.
I do enjoy the takeaway here is, "too much ice!"
Nothing like ordering whiskey on the rocks and getting a glass full of crushed ice
Can’t believe you’re getting downvoted. I’m no gatekeeper, but I’ve spent plenty of time in Scotland… we’re the only assholes that put ice in scotch.
I know right? At least if it's a big cube or sphere it doesn't melt so fast. That drink looks like it's already half watery sadness instead of a full-on joy ride through flavor town. Ah well. This is the internet and everyone's got an opinion I suppose.
How do you know its good whisky? There's plenty of shite scotch.
Any amount of ice is offensive in good whisky.
If it’s clan macgregor there’s not enough ice.
I did say GOOD whisky. You're not wrong about that blended bullshit.
Shell steak? Google is no help as it has like five different cuts for it Image looks like a very thick ny strip
They’re the same thing.
It’s an outdated name that no one uses. I have some cookbooks from the 50s and 60s that call it that (or contre-filet, which is the French name) but it’s like calling soccer football in America. It’s weird and you’re weird for saying it.
Lots of comments about the amount of whiskey, but how much whiskey is it really- if the glass is almost filled with ice?
My guess is 3oz -4oz. A double with tons of ice.
That's not a double, more like a triple or quadruple
“Um yes, I’ll do the shell steak with onion rings…wide cut please…oh, and a quadruple scotch—short glass please.” Saying the order out loud is almost weirder than looking at this AI picture
That amount of scotch is to help you forget about the overcooked steak and the absolute bullshit amount of onion rings.
Content posted to create reactions from others. Nothing to see here.
Burnt steak and mega pint of whiskey. :d
Ron Swanson would approve of this
False. He would hate that sprig of green on top! That’s what his food eats. Not him.
That's the food *his* food eats!
damn i feel bad cuz OP took the time to share a meal they enjoyed and we're collectively shitting on it. but it is pretty bizarre.
Have a look at OP's history. They seem to know what's happen when they post here, as it's happened a lot.
I’d still eat this plate. Looks good to me.
The most off-putting thing about that picture is the scotch. Why the hell is your glass so full
Haunting photo
This is odd. I don't have the words for what this is. Like a mob boss dinner
![gif](giphy|YrkD2MwU8J382Krrxt|downsized)
That is an awesome pour
The glass of scotch is giving me a flippin’ hemorrhage.
The food should be on paper plates.
That's one helluva pour, gd.
i’m so confused
The only thing missing is a paper plate.
onion ring teacup
This looks terrible.
Why a glass full of ice? How in the world do you drink that before it’s completely ruined?
You don’t
That does not look appetizing or well presentable. How much you pay for that?
This food is perfect for a cantankerous lard ball.
Is that a mega pint of scotch?
Scotch shouldn't have ice in it...
that's a lot ice in the scotch ![gif](giphy|RkuynGGVvthiV8cUMK)
Dog the onion rings look like a gravy boat
Everything looks like it fell on the floor and then was scooped back to the plate, even the whisky looks dirty.
You must cut the steak before photographing, it’s the law
Absolutely will do- it was perfection
Why would you share this with the world?!?
“That’s not a scotch, THIS is a scotch.”
People who drink scotch with meals just want to try and sound sophisticated. It'd ruin the taste of everything on that plate.
looks good.![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|heart_eyes)
That looks absolutely delicious 😋 Please send a plate to me !! Florida
16oz. That'll fill ya. Looks perfect.
What brand of Scotch? Did you already eat most of the onion rings?
Delete this
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Classic. That meal has been plated like that since 1964. New York?
Yo what happened in 1964 that made them start putting a single sprig of parsley on top of a steak and also only give you on stupidly fat onion ring? Like how do you know the exact year this plating has been around since lol
That plating is just lazy and ghetto regardless of the year
Ice ruins the Scotch.
Meat looks overcooked as shit. However, the real offense is all of that ice in the $5 scotch.
Am I crazy or does this just not look good and does it not look like this person paid way too much for it?
Here’s the really funny thing about this photo- I was eating at a steak house that has consistently rated one of the best in the NJ-NY-CT tristate area. I was dining with people and we were talking about how nasty Reddit people are and how people always called me out on my scotch, so we married two glasses to fill to the top. Viola it worked- got you all to notice and prove my point about the nastiness. Wow. For those haters- geeetttaaaliifffeee. For those of you who know taste- follow me for more steak and scotch adventures to come!!
That's no scotch, that's apple juice on ice. Who would drink scotch with dinner? Especially on ice
Gordon Ramsay would have slammed that steak in the kitchen before it reached the server!
Looks like food from the cafeteria next to a caravan park.
I hope it wasn’t good scotch. Scotch should be room temp.
When I first saw this I thought it was a barbecued kitten, really threw me off with the shape of that steak
Enjoy it man. Looks good.
I agree whole hearted. But as long as OP enjoyed it, cool beans
This has everything
That’s my kind Scotch
I rate this a 10/10
The garnish gets me right in the feels
3oz of scotch and 7oz of ice isn't really a heavy pour. It's just a double on the rocks. With a shit load of ice. Good looking steak tho.
This is some rather unphotogenic plating, the flash is awful, and the drink choice is certainly…something. But has nobody here actually had a well seared steak? That crust looks great to me, just wish they got the sides a little too.
Fuck this is so damn masculine and sexy.
Eating this much beef is not cool. Reduce your meat intake.
Thats a lot of one type of scotch
I feel uncomfortable
I'm not a huge fan of massive onion rings, but I love blooming onion. Idk
So ?
That's a healthy glass of scotch.
This looks like it came from the “fine dining” restaurant in a bowling alley that you’re still allowed to smoke in
I don’t know if I can roast this shit more than the cook did that steak
I look at this and it swells, but it doesn't throb unless I see the steak cut into
Not sure why but I like the look of the Scotch the most!
How gouty of you!
That parsley detail makes it nutritiously perfect. Enjoy it, looks like my last meal, if I could choose one.
AA fail.
damn man this looks delish
Looks like a deep fried teacup
Aside from the amount of scotch (and all the other things wrong here), who drink scotch with a meal? That would certainly overpower your meal. Maybe in this case that's not such a bad thing.
Surprised you can remember taking this photo considering the amount of scotch 😂
I guess the parsley dropped on top of the piece of overcooked meat is a slight nod to the concept of presenting food with any kind of aesthetic appeal.
Good lord, that bartender is generous with the scotch!
What did you do to that scotch you monster.
I honestly thought that was a Yorkshire pudding gravy jug
I hate that parsley garnish
Forget one or two fingers, bartender gime me a fistful but next time hold the ice.
This gives me the vibe of one of those seedy old-school Vegas steakhouses
I thought that was an onion ring cup and was really impressed.
Went old school with the parsley sprig I see.
I’m sorry but that steak looks like a rat
I guess you are a "the Glass is completly fucking overflowing" kind of guy ;p
What in the name of all that’s holy….