The best steak in the world?
I've tasted the best steak in the world. Just look at these photos...
Down in the Cotswolds for a long weekend, we were mooching around Stroud because it was far too rainy and miserable to actually do anything. We called into Tony's Butchers to stock up on a few essentials ready for the week ahead in Manchester.
Just as we were paying, a butchered cow was brought in the shop in huge chunks. Tony told us this was a grass-fed rare breed Shetland cow, and he'd probably never have another one in his shop again.
Standing in the sandwich shop ever, the husband and I looked at each other, thinking the same thing: "I want some of that beef." We put in an order for two sirloins and went to sit in the car for half an hour to await our chunks of beef.The two HUGE sirloins only came to £13 - and if I'd have known just how delicious it would be, I'd have brought home half the cow. The marbling was delicate and fine, like veins on a leaf, and the fat was a beautiful yellow colour. This cow was purely grass-fed, which is unusual for a beef cow because they are usually fattened up on grain.
Sizzled under a hot grill to crisp up the outside, and the inside soft pink, meant this was a rather superb and special meal, if I do say so. It needed nothing but a dab of homemade mayo, roast sweet potatoes and tender stem broccoli to make sure nothing overpowered the sweet fatty taste of sirloin steak.
I would happily eat mostly vegetarian food, if it meant that when I did eat meat, it was like THIS! Once you've had a truly good steak, there's no going back. Check out Tony's Butchers if you're ever loitering around Stroud.
www.tonysbutchers.co.uk.
