Is it okay to ask a (steak) restaurant to pre-cut your steak back in the kitchen?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think this is a big problem to ask. Especially if you’re splitting plates with others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t like cutting steak either but I have never considered that, ha! If you get a good knife, that helps.

True story - my dad cut my meat for me until I went to college. I think that was an act of love.

Watching all these Instagram and Facebook vids, these chefs cut it so perfectly & quickly with their big sharp knives. Why can’t they just do that for guests? I find cutting meat so annoying and tedious.

You were not meant for this world.

[Anonymous]

If you go to a decent recent, of course they will do this.

[Anonymous]

Most of the world thinks Americans and European are weird for serving food that has to be finished cutting on a tiny, curved plate with a little knife.

[Anonymous]

As a former restaurant cook I don't ever remember being asked this but it would allow for the cook to be able to ascertain the level of doneness more easily--without cutting you go by feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have one functional hand pricks.

I’m sorry you experience this and for the insensitive and downright mean remarks. I would think you could ask the server and that restaurants would respond positively. If they did not, I wouldn’t visit again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course it is. No self respecting Chef would refuse little customization and this is not even doing nothing as far as cooking. .it is just cutting.. 5 second deal really.

Exactly. A functioning adult, he11 even a kid can do this with a steak knife.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only if you order it well done.

With steak sauce

[Anonymous]

It’s weird but not going to be a problem if you have a sling or artificial arm, etc. if you are just lazy, I don’t think it’s a problem for the kitchen but karma will find your lazy ass and punish you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only if you order it well done.

Gotta kill all the germs!

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t the kitchen have huge sharp knives where it would take two seconds to do this? I don’t see the big deal. Especially when even petite filets are like $60 now.

[Anonymous]

Why not have the server feed it to you like momma bird to baby bird?

Maybe if you go to salt bae restaurant they will cut it