Thread: Good steak in vic?

The Steakbank, North rd Ormond
Cheers Dean.

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

Originally Posted by joel_nicholson

The only place is Vlado's in Richmond on Bridge Road.

Anywhere else is artifical, imitation, not genuine, downright crap, Americanised, commercialised, family orientated, impersonal and the domain of the inferior.

Do your innards a favour. Go to Vlado's.

$70pp, wines start at around $90/bottle.

http://www.vlados.com.au/

You're relatively young, aren't you Joel!

As you get older, you tend to think in shades of grey rather than black & white.

No, I'm just biased. They are friends of ours that go wayyyyy back.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Vlado's in richmond, the only word you'll ever need to know in regards to steak- trust me, 22 years as a chef.

Damn good appraisal there. How can that be beaten?

Viva "40 years of no change"

Originally Posted by joel_nicholson

No, I'm just biased. They are friends of ours that go wayyyyy back.



Damn good appraisal there. How can that be beaten?

Viva "40 years of no change"

They may be good, but I have to disagree about places like this. They are generally a rip off. $70pp and wine starting at $90pp is a joke. There are many basic restraunts / bistros around that you can get as good a feed for the whole family for that. The restraunt has bugger all to do with it, it is the choice of beef and the way it is cooked. As for $90 wine, only fools would pay that in Australia for a bottle of wine. If you can not find a great wine for $40 max you are doing something wrong. Australia has some fantastic wines in the $10-$30 bottle shop price range that most people would be hard pressed to tell the difference with a $100 bottle. The 2 best steaks I have had cooked for me have been in mid class eateries, Akajurra in Kalgoorlie and made the chefs night and Char Char Bulls in Fremantle. I have been to many so called great high class restraunts where the food was crap and enough for a pigeon.
And by the way I am a qualified chef.

Originally Posted by Barra1

Yep. Would that be Roo Steak garnished with Cane Toad sauce.

....and pray tell....what's wrong with Roo Steak,..Ronald Reagan loved them, just did'nt know what he was chompin' into

Originally Posted by RobHay

....and pray tell....what's wrong with Roo Steak,..Ronald Reagan loved them, just did'nt know what he was chompin' into

Love my roo!!! (provided its not overcooked).

Originally Posted by RobHay

....and pray tell....what's wrong with Roo Steak,..Ronald Reagan loved them, just did'nt know what he was chompin' into

Could be the cane toad sauce is the problem.

Ronald Reagan didn't know what he was doing - period.

Originally Posted by Barra1

Could be the cane toad sauce is the problem.

Ronald Reagan didn't know what he was doing - period.

Surprisingly, I think that history will disagree with you.

Originally Posted by CraigE

They may be good, but I have to disagree about places like this. They are generally a rip off. $70pp and wine starting at $90pp is a joke. There are many basic restraunts / bistros around that you can get as good a feed for the whole family for that. The restraunt has bugger all to do with it, it is the choice of beef and the way it is cooked. As for $90 wine, only fools would pay that in Australia for a bottle of wine. If you can not find a great wine for $40 max you are doing something wrong. Australia has some fantastic wines in the $10-$30 bottle shop price range that most people would be hard pressed to tell the difference with a $100 bottle. The 2 best steaks I have had cooked for me have been in mid class eateries, Akajurra in Kalgoorlie and made the chefs night and Char Char Bulls in Fremantle. I have been to many so called great high class restraunts where the food was crap and enough for a pigeon.
And by the way I am a qualified chef.

I agree with you entirely. Like most, I have spent what I consider too much for a steak/seafood or whatever that was memorable only for the price, not the meal. On the flip side, I went to a local pub here, counter lunch, couple of mates, great food, big servings and all under $15 each.