Big Juicy Steak?

[Rosamunda]

But you have to slog through a really foul smelling Indian Curry fast food shop to get to it.

You mean the Bombay place in Heikkintori...? That's OK. Just smells like curry to me. Though I can imagine that Annabella's and the antiques lady are not too keen on the smell. Anyway, I've had samosas and Thali there and it's fine. Just fast food. Better than the really yucky Atria sandwich I ate in my car yesterday lunchtime

[hanj]

if you mean big juicy steak prepared for you...then Grillit in Radisson SAS Royal hotel....http://www.grillit.fi/english/ruokalista.htm

[jas_rho]

http://www.halalliha.fi (yes, they are really friendly and very good meat, excellent value for money)

I went to have a look at this place since its really close to where I work. I must say that the service was good and their selection was ok and looked fresh. I wanted to get some T-bone steaks but they didn't have so I ended up taking some beef ribs and they came out nice. Hopefully they'll get some T-bones in though sometime Here's how the ribs turned out

[wattypiper]

Toro's meat is certainly good enough but the mountain of absolute run-of-the-mill French fries is pretty boring. A smaller amount of fresh made fries from a TASTY potato (eg Rosamunde) and even with skins left on would be a tremendous improvement!

[wattypiper]

JR - what's your recipe for the good-looking beef ribs?

[Rosamunda]

Toro's meat is certainly good enough but the mountain of absolute run-of-the-mill French fries is pretty boring. A smaller amount of fresh made fries from a TASTY potato (eg Rosamunde) and even with skins left on would be a tremendous improvement!

I also think Rosamunde make excellent fat chips. We leave the skins on, roll them in olive oil, herbs, cracked pepper and posh salt (fleur de sel) and bake them on HOT in the oven (this is something the kids are happy to help with and they are quite competitive about who makes the best). Rosamundes keep well too, which is why we just planted half a ton at the mökki.

[Mook]

Id a nice horse-meat steak last time I was at Henrix, which is in the Kamppi center

[jas_rho]

JR - what's your recipe for the good-looking beef ribs?

The recipe is fairly easy actually. The day before I put some dry rub on them. Usually its whatever I find in the kitchen. Brown sugar, garlic powder, basil, pepper, chili powder, coco powder, a little curry, and whatever else sounds good at the time

Then the next day take them out of the fridge about an hour before you grill them. Oh and this works in the oven too. Then I put one side of my grill at medium heat and put the ribs on the other side where there is no heat. I leave them like that for about an hour then I put the heat to the lowest and move the ribs over to the heat bone side down for about another hour. After that I brush on some BBQ sauce every 5 or 10 min turning them a little bit for about 30 min longer. So total cook time is about 2.5 hours. But that all depends on how you like them, and how thick the meat is.

Personally I prefer pork ribs. These beef ribs came out good but all last year I wanted to try beef ones and never got the chance till I went to the Halal meat shop in Leppävaara. They also have brisket (naudan rinta) which is something I plan on trying sometime soon. I just want to go there when they have some T-bone steaks. That was the main reason I went there because their web page advertised those but they didn't have any when I went there. I will have to call next time before going. I have yet to see T-bone steaks in any K-stores or Prismas.

[wattypiper]

Did my own steak at home

But took some Rosamunde - microed them for a few mins - sliced - and fried in walnut Oil - till a neat brown

VERY good

It really makes me wonder why places like Toro just try to fool you to satiation with mountains of TOTALLY zero fries. A bit of effort and they could move to a 7th wonder for Finland (no - the walnut oil not necessary - just mentioned it)

[Rosamunda]

Yeah but... you shouldn't fry with walnut oil. It has a low burning point which means it gives off nasty cancerogenic thingies when it gets too hot. I use olive oil (but baked in the oven, not deep fried), rapeseed oil is good too, or groundnut, or even sunflower oil.

There are quite a few of those oils (sesame is another one) which are really only good for seasoning or dressings but can't be heated.

[wattypiper]

OK - thanks - hadn't done the research on walnut - usually use grapeseed or olive - was just curious about taste of walnut - was good - but will refrain from using at high temp

Here's a good blah-blah on frying oils - smoke point for olive and walnut seems to be the same

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/361304

[Rosamunda]

Yes, there's also a list on Wikipedia and several others. They all seem to give different temperatures, so I guess it is not an exact science. Walnut oil is good though, I love it in salads.