Article: Stone me, it's a perfect steak

Tales From Behind The Swing Doors No 349.

One of the most satisfying true stories I've heard about restaurant kitchens concerns a steak deemed by the woman who ordered it to be undercooked.

The wife of the proprietor of the smart South Cheshire venue, she was entertaining a friend and was keen to demonstrate her clout with the hapless staff.

So although the fillet steak was exactly as ordered, the ghastly woman summoned the duty chef and told him to take it away and grill another one.

"Certainly madam," he said, but when the swing doors closed behind him, he picked up the steak and hurled it across the room.

It hit the tiles above the sink with a resounding splat and stayed put for a few ...

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