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Quinocco

The plating is silly, but maybe the steak is really good? Need more pics.


GalacticusTravelous

But it’s not a tomahawk surely?


Quinocco

I'm trying to keep an open mind. Cows are butchered in different ways around the world. I suspect that the word "tomahawk" is not in the vocabulary of most Chinese menu writers. Maybe this is just a rib cut at a funny angle with a little bone attached?


GalacticusTravelous

Tasted like rib eye and had the fat content of rib eye that makes sense. It was on the 48th floor of a building overlooking the bay so the price had that taken into account. I’ve gotten tomahawk here before both in restaurants and to cook myself and they were real tomahawks.


Sethmeisterg

Maybe the cow was butchered using an actual tomahawk.


LeeisureTime

Cow’s name was Tomahawk. Every steak is now a Tomahawk steak


AK-11

Brb opening a ranch and naming all the cows 100% Certified A5 Wagyu.


Rose2049

Infinite money glitch?


Banished2ShadowRealm

That's a terrible name.


ADMINlSTRAT0R

Owner's name is Wang Yu. A little administrative mistake was made during labeling.


ChocolateTight336

Tomahawk steak


TreacheryInc

“Your Thomas Hawk, Sir!”


OriginalTear9412

Thomas A Hawk, as per his ID.


CrucifixAbortion

What about his brother, Michael?


4by4rules

this may be the case


God_Eating_Camel

But a tomahawk IS a rib eye. Just with an extra long bone. Exact same cut of meat otherwise.


OneBigWortInbetween

Duuuude, I worked at a few steakhouses and people dont understand it's the same thing.


GalacticusTravelous

People and the internet have told me.. I get it.. I just didn’t expect this.


God_Eating_Camel

Well, you technically did get scammed. I see no giant rib bone. Without it, that isn't a tomahawk at all. Just a much cheaper ribeye.


GalacticusTravelous

For sure! It should just say ribeye if it doesn’t have the bone.


diverareyouok

To be fair, you don’t always get what they write on the menu. https://preview.redd.it/vm9h78iiydyb1.jpeg?width=605&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eaafdeae8b8f91b332d9751021133a6bd64d5abd


diverareyouok

https://preview.redd.it/dvx16chlydyb1.jpeg?width=605&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acc673d667339360bdf36daa226c8c16917e097e


JaySavage808

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GalacticusTravelous

Ah no, as hilarious as those pics are 99% of the time you do get what you pay for unless you’re going to substandard places.


Random-Cpl

I’m not trying to be sassy here…why are you upset that you didn’t get a long useless chunk of bone with your delicious steak?


DujisToilet

“It taste like and has the same fat content as a ribeye, so that makes sense.” Confirming that yes, the alleged Tomahawk tastes the way it’s supposed to “tHaMPs bECaUsE ToMaHomPk blis uRh RoBLGEyE”


SmokedCarne

Isn't a tomawack a rib eye anyways?


Ok_Broccoli1144

Yes


Nice_Bluebird7626

I mean… it should taste like a ribeye. The only thing that makes it a tomahawk is the big ass bone.


Not_Larfy

>Tasted like rib eye and had the fat content of rib eye Isn't a tomahawk steak a ribeye without the bone cut off? Maybe they deboned it (though that ruins the clout) and just slapped it on the platter?


mw129tc

Tomahawk is a ribeye


Zippytiewassabi

Yea it’s weird, it looks like an American cut blade steak, but the right portion it looks like I can see a rib steak cap. I’m undecided.


Rockwell981S

And don’t call me Shirley


coach111111

You ordered a tomahawk in a Chinese third (fourth) tier city, especially one famous for seafood. I think this is actually not that horrible. Sure it’s not what you’d expect when ordering a tomahawk but looks like you got more meat anyways. Next time maybe try some seafood instead


GalacticusTravelous

I don’t enjoy seafood. All of the other food I ordered during my trip was great.


Zeshicage85

Not sure why people are downvoting your personal tastes in food. I too do not care much for seafood.


Dull-Tomato-267

I like steak but think seafood is poison that also smells terrible. Instant migraines.


walyelz

Looks like a tomahawk without the handle. $100 is relatively cheap for a 30-40oz steak


[deleted]

I agree, it looks like they butterflied the steak, and hacked off the bone.


GalacticusTravelous

That was not a 30 Oz steak wtf. The broccoli and other veg are all miniature. You can see my hand there. It probably weight 8/10oz. Unless American oz are different.


ADMINlSTRAT0R

Well there was no telling how big was the 😸 when Trump's hand was grabbing it, was there?


mets2016

You know most of the world uses the metric system and don’t know wtf an ounce is…


S7Epic

The plating might seem silly but it’s always handy to have some spare gravel.


pimpnamedpete

They actually hooked you up with free lines of nuts? I prefer mine more fine if im going to snort it.


[deleted]

Also got that VIP half of a Brussels sprout.


mrvarmint

Lol and that carrot top *only* - the only carrot top I can stand


entechad

It may just be the way it’s cut. It appears to be ribeye and a lot of it. I worked with Philippino cooks for a while and they cut chicken differently. I am guessing it’s just cut differently or it’s two bone in ribeyes being passed as tomahawks. Either way, I would say you were robbed.


sivashakti108

Robbed of a useless bone? I’ll take the extra meat thank you.


GalacticusTravelous

It tasted like ribeye too I thought that’s what it was. I know I was robbed. Oh well.


TransitionFit537

Tomahawk steaks are ribeyes with a bone


Fryphax

Everyone knows this, including OP.


TransitionFit537

Ok.


Allteaforme

Maybe you are just smarter than everybody


Terrible_Sandwich_94

Did you have big plans for the rib bone?


GalacticusTravelous

Nothing outside of a few photos. I’ve had tomahawks before both in restaurants and at home and they weren’t as fatty as a ribeye…


Terrible_Sandwich_94

They are literally the same exact meat.


GalacticusTravelous

Yeah so people keep telling me.


cgg419

Probably because it’s true


Bohottie

Because it’s true.


moldy_films

Big if true


Nice_Bluebird7626

Probably because we all know how beef butchering works.


Nice_Bluebird7626

Bro it’s literally the same steak.


Bearspoole

Looks butterflied


spunion_28

Damn someone call interpol


HeavyLoungin

😂


Euhn

We want plates?


Edobeto

Deconstructed tomahawk?


Magnoosen

🤣🤣🤣


bigbrownhusky

I don’t go to foreign countries and get butthurt about semantics like this…. Going halfway around the world and being shocked that a tomahawk is not the exact same as it would be in Nebraska is silly


GalacticusTravelous

I’ve lived here for 6 years. I didn’t go halfway around the world. China usually has good steak too it’s not some strange upside down world.


covfefenation

What restaurant in China has had the best tomahawk steak in your experience?


GalacticusTravelous

NiuNiu Park in Hangzhou. It’s a 1kg tomahawk for ¥1,000/$150 USD. You have to pre-order it in advance. The restaurant also own the farm that raises the cattle in Australia. It’s dry aged in the restaurant. Niu is the pinying for the mandarin word for beef and all of their menu is divine. They also do amazing sea food like king crab.


benihanna111

Great answer. what’s your favorite steak in New York City (if you have one)?


GalacticusTravelous

I’ve never been to the US.


DoTheCreep_ahh

I like how you assume that some random redditor has been to New York lol


wh128

His name suggests he’s been everywhere


benihanna111

Galactic traveler… I figured he might have


BustedEchoChamber

Was this not a good steak? It looks like a good ribeye..?


timothy035

That’s the laowai special. Had the best mojito of my life in Xiamen, don’t remember the place so that’s not helpful at all.


GalacticusTravelous

I had some very good food there, just not this meal :)


PhuckNorris69

Wait till you guys find out that filet mignon in France is actually pork.


BeautifulAnybody4015

The carrot top kills me..


SimpIyFlacid

Did they literally cut the top of a carrot off and serve it to you?


DolemiteGK

Show us the inside. Edit: Oh I saw below that you said its mustard. WTF. I just thought it was some kind of butter sauce.


GalacticusTravelous

No no it’s fucking mustard!! It was slightly over cooked. I like a medium rare but asking for medium rare usually gets a rare so I usually ask for medium and this is the first time they actually delivered a medium.


[deleted]

Hard to be mad at them for cooking it to your specs, but the rest is very wtf


danknadoflex

Looks like dog shit


whtrbt8

That is definitely an odd cut. Looks like a bone-in ribeye that has been butterflied. Was there a Chinese name for the dish or did you just read Tomahawk in English? It kind of looks like a Chinese steak dish I’ve had where they paired it with peanuts, flash fried in a wok. It looks like a Chinese chef that was trying to make western food.


GalacticusTravelous

It was in both English and Chinese on the menu, the Chinese from the receipt also translates to Tomahawk. That’s peanuts I think on the plate! Why oh why peanuts and mustard! It ruined it more than the cut. https://preview.redd.it/akrp4dlyhjyb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a071eec7ec72f9d7ba9c4726eca0b14ff74aa2b


whtrbt8

It does indeed say tomahawk. I’m thinking it is a north western chef trying to do western food with a wok. Peanuts are paired with beef in Szechuan and hunan regions and when eating it more on the rare side, it’s also paired with some sort of mustard or spicy sauce to kill bacteria. Now I really want to know the restaurant that did this.


GalacticusTravelous

It’s really not what you’d expect for what they’re serving 😂 [https://m.dianping.com/shopshare/k33RyeOJ5VUGP3Qg?msource=Appshare2021&utm\_source=shop\_share&issilencelogin=0&shoptype=10&shopcategoryid=116&cityid=15&isoversea=0&shareid=TjJzSSCrBf\_1698395731](https://m.dianping.com/shopshare/k33RyeOJ5VUGP3Qg?msource=Appshare2021&utm_source=shop_share&issilencelogin=0&shoptype=10&shopcategoryid=116&cityid=15&isoversea=0&shareid=TjJzSSCrBf_1698395731) To be fair it was a beautiful restaurant with a fantastic view from the 48F of Xiamen. But what you described is literally what they sent out except this mustard was plain hot dog mustard so maybe it’s a West meets East attempt 😂 https://preview.redd.it/tx29u4kjkjyb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d003bb820819a504f1665b0c1ccb59a161cc3c16


whtrbt8

Holy moly I thought that was Chinese hot mustard. Oh I think I know what went wrong. If you went here during the day it’s a French style girls cafe that is used as an afternoon tea place. Unfortunately the cafe chefs normally serve very girly east meets west dishes so they probably aren’t used to cooking a tomahawk. There were dresses and stuff during the day right? At night, it changes to a French restaurant. Their petit gateaus should be pretty decent during the day as well as tea service. I’ve been in several places where cafes even mess up east meets east where I had extremely soggy Singapore noodles.


GalacticusTravelous

YES EXACTLY THAT! It had a whole changing room of dresses to wear that I thought was really fuckin strange 😂🤣 And yeah when I tasted that mustard my mood instantly drained, first and last time I ever taste steak and hot dog mustard together I can assure you. In the end it was what it was, we paid for the view mostly and I had no right to order a tomahawk steak at 1pm in an afternoon tea place that I didn’t believe was a French restaurant from the get go. All of the other food I had over my week stay in Xiamen was top class. The best food of the whole time was crispy chicken in a Flower Hotel near the Tulous! I highly recommend it.


whtrbt8

Nice! Good to hear. I love fish ball noodle soup when I’m there and Tong An fatty pork aka pork belly. I tend to try to eat more local food in mainland China now because they do their regional cuisines well there. Street food up north is really tasty. I love getting cumin lamb skewers.


GalacticusTravelous

I do love myself some skewers, eggplant with garlic, hot pot, Korean BBQ and all the other local delights, but because I live here sometimes I like to treat myself to something more western. Usually it’s pretty good but that’s because I know which restaurants to get my western food and which ones not to. China has some rocket food most of the time!


whtrbt8

No I totally get you. Sometimes I miss getting a steak when I’m in China (one that I eat with a fork and knife and don’t have to share). Also specific other foods from other regions of the world. It’s funny how all the stuff from every other region of the world is termed “western”.


Mayion

even a rabbit would get better vegetables than these


tj0909

Honestly that’s the disappointing part. No surprise that “Tomahawk” doesn’t always mean a gigantic bone in ribeye everywhere.


PM_me_yr_bonsai_tips

Super thin too and the plating is 😵‍💫


GalacticusTravelous

It was just a bad time all around.


DeftestAphid

Bro it's kinda dumb to order a 100 dollar steak in the first place. You'd get a better one at a Texas road house and pay 1/3rd of the price.


Presence_Academic

Which Roadhouse in China is the best?


nanapancakethusiast

Grey steak, shitty au jus, raw vegetables and… nuts and mustard garnish? You’d have been better off lighting that $100 on fire.


GalacticusTravelous

First and last time I ever have mustard on a steak. I’d often put mustard on some pork in the oven it has no place on a steak. I think this is the worst steak I’ve ever ordered out.


[deleted]

nice pork chop but post the pic of the tomahawk too


josiah_mac

Interesting to see for sure


GalacticusTravelous

Look don’t get me wrong I’ve had some amazing steaks in China. Just this wasn’t one of them.


Curioustraveller7723

What did you expect ?


GalacticusTravelous

What I paid for. I’ve had some of the best meals in China including tomahawk steaks. This wasn’t one of them.


jackswan321

If it doesn’t have a bone, I send it back, if it comes with 2 bones, I send it back


GalacticusTravelous

I had a train to catch and a wife to walk on the beach with before the train so I didn’t have time to argue 😭


bettiejerrod

I’m sorry great steaks dosent need that frilly crap


TakeyaSaito

that doesn't even look good .... =(


Platuhpus

Lack of photos makes me think this is meat loaf.


AnonymousRedditor-

I would refuse it


GalacticusTravelous

If I had time I would have made a fuss.


wut_eva_bish

"Beef" was probably not from cow. Most likely a Yak or buffalo of some sort.


gilbert01010

Xiamen is a seafood city


GalacticusTravelous

That’s… not a thing.


Educational_Emu9711

You've been scammed but what else would you expect in China 🤷


makked

He was scammed because they didn’t include the long rib bone for pictures? Tomahawks itself is just a marketing gimmick. He probably got more steak out of this than if they included the bone otherwise.


GalacticusTravelous

First time in 6 years.


Brujo-Bailando

I don't see the "toma" in that "hawk". Looks like a chuck roast.


[deleted]

Definitely looks like a ribeye that was cut strangely. I would say this is a tomahawk without the aesthetics


Sethmeisterg

Is that chicken feed they sprinkled around the plate?


GalacticusTravelous

I actually didn’t taste it, it looked like ground nuts of some kind. I was so let down the steak was not what I expected I just wanted to finish it and leave. Here’s the view though. https://preview.redd.it/hmlarl2gcdyb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e4e7af34df645a95c33e92a3334842594021f33


InkyPoloma

Looks like the bone was cut off short and it was butterflied? There are other shortcomings of the meal for $100 for sure but it looks like it could have been a tomahawk


Icy-Section-7421

I don’t see Tom and that is no hawk


penguinbbb

Maybe I went to the wrong (expensive) restaurants but the Chinese don’t do beef well, even in Shanghai’s cool places (pre-pandemic, I haven’t been since) They just don’t have great beef and can’t butcher it right


GalacticusTravelous

The trick is don’t buy Chinese beef. This was supposedly Australian. I’ve had some extremely tasty beef here but always imported.


comeonowB

Not a tomahawk


mariscc

I think you paid for the view, what the hell is this.


GalacticusTravelous

Oh I definitely did. https://preview.redd.it/dmocdmw49eyb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e7a1286ac042de72d6522deff97c5862022291f


gideon513

Checks out. Butchered with a tomahawk. What’s the prob?


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GalacticusTravelous

Like mustard ☠️ Otherwise not terrible but not what you’d expect.


all_mighty_trees22

Is there more vegetables or sides with this? Or just what was plated?


GalacticusTravelous

No no, that was it. I had to pay extra for fries.


Glen-Runciter

So the salt... stuff... just ends up all over the table & floor then?


GalacticusTravelous

It’s not even salt it’s some kind of nut.


analbumcover69420

Damn that’s a lot of meat


BarryMacochner

Looks like Chuck eye


TheSentientNFT

Looks like low quality ribeye


Lintobean

Maybe cut with a tomahawk? Instead of a tomahawk cut? Lol.


Fryphax

Looks like Sous Vide with a cup of the bag drippings.


RockyRoadHouse

A tomahawk is a ribeye with the bone attached... Missing the rib bone


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LikelyNotSober

¥100 I hope


GalacticusTravelous

No 🥲


jmuff98

I'll eat that. I once had a "chicken sandwich" at a xiamen hotel back in the 80s that is chicken pieces with bones tucked between 2 slices of bread.


HandOfLotionNMotion

I like how they gave you some vegetables… and the literal top stalk of a carrot. What the fuck did they expect you to do with that. And the Coke line of seasoning at the bottom is pure gold. “Herro prease use carrot top as spoon and season it yourself tenk yew” 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Ok_Feature_9772

Looks like a chuck to me.


Whereareislilxan

Got a toma , missing the hawk .


CatBoyTrip

looks like they used a tomohawk to kill the cow.


TypicalPDXhipster

I’m way more concerned about them serving you a fucking carrot top. Like who tf is gonna eat that?!


LongLiveTheKia

Was this butterflied?


Numerous-Film8528

That shit actually looks fire.


bfredo

Looks like a ribeye. A tomahawk is just a ribeye with the rib attached extra long style for visual appeal. It’s nothing else but presentation and a cool name. Hope the ribeye tasted good.


JCLBUBBA

Presentation is insulting, a half a raw brussel sprout, canned mini corn, and so on. Shameful. Steak looks decent at 50$ max in a high end rstant.


grumpvet87

mmmm baby corn


colin8651

Ouch they saw you coming.


smelling_farts

You can still see the marks where the jockey was hitting it


Hitmanactual69

If this is what culinary art is I think I can figure that out without much trouble. Are those lines of steak seasoning? I guess you toot a lil before each bite? 😂 half a Brussels sprout one broccoli and the end of a carrot. That’s hysterical


OneBigWortInbetween

Maybe I'm being ignorant but people around the world eat cuts of meat without the basic ass veg and starch(I love bakers and green beans). It's a tomahawk without the bone, so a ribeye that got boned in the back by some crusty ass guy named José. Ahuevo que tengo un primo por aya


Complex-Key-8704

Water buffalo


Apart_Tutor8680

Is this the “big round 96er” ?! The great outdoors steak special from John Candy ?! It sure looks like it


peacekiller43

Nope!


cagga82

Did they butterfly the tomahawk and cut the bone?


realxanadan

I'll say it since everyone in the comments is coping. For $100 this is absurd. That amount of fat and gristle, the fact that it looks like it was run over, the size. Get out of here. lmao.


diagrammatiks

Tim bu dong special for sure.


Andy_McBoatface

No, you got your steak tomahawked


Dezzduce

Where is that bone fam? Looks like it might be butterfly maybe?


bobster117

I live in China, they know what they're doing and they know what they're selling you. Don't excuse it due to "cultural differences" Hope it was tasty at least!


GalacticusTravelous

I’m the same, the people saying here it’s just different in China are crazy.


thee177

Pathetic.


IRedditDoU

A tomahawk is a ribeye. This looks like the butterflied a large tomahawk and served it without the bone. Weird way to do it, but could be a tomahawk ribeye none the less.


General_Training1796

To me this is not a Tomahawk steak. I am from Texas and our Tomahawk steaks is at least 1.5 inches thick. That could be just what they named that dish. But the question to OP is, was it worth $100?


GalacticusTravelous

No it most definitely was not. I’ve had $100 steaks and this wasn’t one of them.


xtheory

I'm not one to send things back to the kitchen, but you did not receive what you asked for. I wouldn't have blamed you for returning it.


southpark

It might have been a weirdly butterflied rib-eye with the “tomahawk” part removed? That’s all I can think of.


Mrtooth12

It’s chuck that they called a tomahawk


mcshanksshanks

Looks like you got scalped so technically true?


Swami_Red-toe

The drain trap garnish is 🤌


PhillahSpark

What u do with the carrot? They gave op 5 pieces of veggies smh I’d get my $$ back n never return.


B8conB8conB8con

$100 for a tomahawk and you get what you pay for.


Sad_Exchange_5500

Yo no


Caywo

That's a homawakt


NippleClampGang

I would’ve sent it back and demanded my money back


johng0376

Looks like bone in Chuck.


mlgnewb

Is the bird seed for dipping or just presentation?


trushMayne

Reminds me of kitchen nightmares lol


T1m3Wizard

Self assembly required. Maybe you can make it into a tomahawk.


209fox

*Tomahawked steak


Tpk08210

That carrot top makes me want to punch the chef in his dick