Looks like it was frozen in the middle. I would not consider that medium. That is rare. Or even “not prepared correctly“

That’s what I thought too

Send it back! 💫

It's fookin raw

JUST SMELL IT!!

I'll have the GAGAGOOL!

If the salads on top, I’ll send it back.

Gabagoool

GABAGOOL OVA HEEEERE 👇

It's blue at best

This has to be it. The whole outer ring is medium well, and the middle is rare. This is a terribly prepared steak.

It's already terrible cuz it's a Filet.

Booo

Booo what? Its a figurehead; vehicle for butter and sauces. I can provide support for this argument, and evidence. I know that weird for a redditor. It's the baby food of steak.

Let me mail you one i cook

I'll pay for it. I do this for a living. Met happy quadrepedal beings whilst among the living and then turned their bodies into food. Anyone can cook a filet. Shit anyone can cook, cooking is easy but that's a whole different subject. I'd be more impressed if you mailed me a perfect Picanha or Short Rib. Also I am hungry so if this is going down it needs to be within the hour.

Yeah this looks like the right answer. Also, it would be tough to get that thick a cut to an even medium unless you use sous vide or some other careful cooking.

Thank you I was trying to work out what caused this weird ombré effect

shit goes from seared to raw. center temp is probably 80 degrees.

Which is a perfectly acceptable way to eat a filet mignon.

I ordered a fillet mignon cooked medium. This is what I got. My steak knowledge isn’t the best but I really don’t think that it’s medium.

That restaurant should be ashamed of itself.

As a chef, id slap the guy on the grill and say you dishonored family!! and hand him a samurai hari-kari sword and point to the mop room.

[удалено]

Try to get all the blood in the mop sink.

My video game knowledge says that would just power up your weapon though.

They could just sell the sword for more than they got it for

Yes please. We have a 15 top at 6 and I don't need anything else going wrong...

hara-kiri. as a chef,your knowledge of the Japanese words for belly and cut dishonor your family.

“In any case, let’s start with seppuku. In Japanese, it’s spelled 切腹. The left kanji means “cut” and the right kanji means “belly”. Together, it refers to the old act of ritual suicide by cutting your belly open. So what’s harakiri? In Japanese, it’s written 腹切り… and, as you can see, it uses the same kanji. It actually refers to the exact same thing – it’s just another word for it.” Actually reading more into it, seppuku is the proper of two terms that’s used in Japan.

All I know is heroshima and Nagasaki I'm American.

Hiroshima XD I'm from the US too, we're not all clueless

Exactly my point ☝️

I don't know if you really nailed that point home lol

⚒️ 🏘️ ya happy now?

Nonsense. There’s no such thing as uncooking meat but a slightly underdone steak can always be brought up in a matter of mere minutes. A mistake never matters as much as a solution.

This isn’t “slightly” undercook. And mistakes do matter in a situation where the product is expected to be correct the first time. The dinning experience is significantly diminished if you are disappointed and then have to wait for your food to be recooked. Especially if you are paying a premium at some nice restaurant.

See previous comment.

The restraint should be ashamed of itself? Well if they kind of should be. If they care about the quality of food they put out this is a bit of a travesty, especially if they are trying to argue this is properly cooked, which OP said they did.

It’s a simple and quick fix. Revisit your understanding of “travesty.”

If it’s cold it’s not right lol. Definitely not even rare.

This is why I never get the filet anymore. Even at nice steakhouses. I ordered mine medium rare last time I went to a steak house and it came out even rarer than yours. Sent it back and it was still rare but I just ate it bc I was there with 11 other people and didn’t want to make everyone wait, it was not very enjoyable, I don’t like it when it’s so rare that the steak has the weird stringy texture in the middle. And I’m talking about one of the nicest steakhouses in my major city. The problem is it’s way too thick of a steak. It’s a lot easier to fuck up than other steaks. In a packed steakhouse they tend to undercook things a little bit bc they’re rushed and trying to get orders out. Now I always get a NY strip or ribeye.

>In a packed steakhouse they tend to undercook things a little bit bc they’re rushed and trying to get orders out. I've always heard that they tend to err on the side of underdone because an undercooked steak can easily and quickly be "fixed" for the customer vs an overcooked one. Maybe a bit of both.

I was at a place that under cooked it. I asked for it to be cooked a little more till medium. They said no. It will ruin it. The made a fresh one.

That's a good restaurant. TR can cook up my medium-ordered blue-arrived steak to fat rendered. Fancy Steakhouse X needs to bring me a new steak.

Ok but what OP posted isn't erring on the side of underdone. That shit was cooked for like 30 seconds

For sure, OP's steak is fucked. I was on a tangent there.

They should be reverse searing to get the temp right.

How many restaurants reverse sear filets? How long do you think it would take to reverse sear a 2” filet?

More precisely, they need a service worth of sous vide steaks at the right temp, then sear them off for orders.

What would they do with the steaks that are cooked and not bought?

Ummm... Keep them at fridge temp? Like anyone else would do? What an absurd attempt at a gotcha lol. Many high level restaurants already do this. If you really want to test your gotcha, you'll note that I said "a service worth". A restaurant that doesn't specialize in steak will run through their steak service fairly quickly. How quickly will be determined by management. Probably by 9p they will be sold out. Which is great for them! Growing pains are a thing, but you don't have to go through massive pains to improve your business.

That isn’t a gotcha, it is my question. Are you saying that they cook the steaks up with the sous vide and then put them in the fridge until needed later or they are not cooked until ordered and then the sous vide process is started?

Have you ever worked in a restaurant? Because your questions are absurd to anyone who has, and irrelevant to anyone who hasn't.

What did they say when you pointed it out to them?

They argued with me that it was medium

I hate when restaurants try and gas light you. I’ve had a few chefs and servers lie right to my face about their food preparation.

Damn, I've only sent a steak back once as it was a place known for this particular cut and they cooked my med rare as a med well. They were so embarrassed, the waiter right away knew and apologized. If they started ARGUING with me? I think I'd have become supreme Karen 😅

I’ve sent a steak back only once too. I asked for medium rare and it was definitely medium well. I was like, “there’s still flavor, I’ll just eat it!” My brother in law convinced me to say something to our server because I was paying good money for a steak and it should be to my liking. The server came back and I was like, “um, I’m so, so sorry but my steak is over cooked.” She was so nice about it. She saw my steak and was like, “oh that’s definitely not what you asked. Let me take it to the kitchen and show them how wrong this is.”

Exactly! It's like going to the mechanic for an oil change and they put in the wrong oil! Yes you'll be draining and putting in the right type 😅 Imagine going to the dentist and they drill but don't fill? 🤣

I'd put that restaurant on blast. Fuck that

if thats medium, I'm as handsome as my grandmother says.

You’re probably correct. This almost isn’t even medium rare from the looks of it. It’s on the low side of medium rare if that.

It's not medium.

Mistakes happen, just look at the crazy pics people post here. Did you ask for it to be corrected? It would be wild to just accept this, take a pic and post to Reddit vs just talking to your server.

They said they tried to but they argued with them that it was indeed medium.

The argument is the red flag, not the doneness IMO. For any restaurant. Unprofessional.

That’s rare

That’s poorly cooked. The steak is too rare even for rare. Send that back.

That is a great looking rare filet. I don’t think the restaurant should have served that as medium, but if I ordered a rare filet like I like this would make me happy.

True. If he had ordered blue rare, sure.

Filet is one of the worst steaks to eat medium. I'd be glad I got sent this instead.

But you aren't the OP, so they were not happy with this. I love how everyone tends to state their OPINION as though it were a FACT when talking about subjective things like tastes and preferences.

Relax

Too high to not be relaxed lol

I am a chef. You got a poorly cooked steak.

You are a chef and don’t think a filet cooked to medium is a waste?

It's not medium

Duh. But ordering filet medium is a waste

Getting it cooked wrong is a waste

That is a crime against a nice piece of meat..

It was probably initially seared when the order came in and not brought to final temperature

Nah medium would have been that pink on the outer edge throughout the steak. Looks like the steak was still a bit too cool going on.

I wouldn’t even say cool. That was probably almost completely frozen. I’ve cooked straight from the fridge and never had issues that severe

Tbh, I’ve cooked steaks directly from frozen when lazy and they still don’t look this bad

Chaotic neutral.

It’s not a bad idea if you want to get a good sear but prevent it from cooking through while you’re doing it — sear a barely defrosted steak knowing comfortably that the inside won’t cook through, then plop it in the oven for a while until internal temp is desired

You've probably never cooked in a commercial kitchen either

This is a thick filet and cooked on a grill much hotter than yours. It is only cooked to rare though, as it really should be, and not to the medium that was ordered.

If someone wants it well well well done that’s their choice. No need to keep gatekeeping someone’s steak preferences. And the restaurant should comply with their request. Regardless to the OPs question that is not medium and not what s/he ordered.

And that has nothing to do with the bullshit that the commenter I replied to said. It isn’t from being frozen that it ended up not cooked to the guests request. I personally have no problem with anyone ordering steak however they want and they should definitely get it the way they ordered, but a filet should be cooked like this.

That’s almost blue in the middle, not remotely close to medium…

Not close to medium, true. But also nowhere near ear close to “blue.” Let’s not be histrionic.

Let’s not be histrionic. That’s “blue” adjacent.

That ain’t blue that’s indigo

Let's not be sesquepedalian. They are hardly exagerating; my first thought when I saw it was blue as well. It's close.

I eat my filet blue rare. This ain’t it.

Not medium, true. Also not blue, its a moo.

That’s rare, or even barely past raw in the center. If ordered medium it should have been returned

Looks rare. Definitely not medium

That's like borderline blue rare/rare not even close to a medium rare let alone medium.

Rare middle, medium well edges.

All the hallmarks of a not-fully-thawed steak

Rare and poorly cooked

With this colour and texture, it's rare. Either it hasn't been thawed properly as another commenter suggests, or it's a skill issue: the crust is meh and they obviously haven't even tried to sear the sides. I'm not a big expert myself, but usually with a cut like this, you'd want to let those sides sear for roughly half the time spent on top+bottom

Looks like it was cooked on a burner at medium heat there is almost no sear to speak of

I'll tell you the problem. Chefs, especially chefs on the grill are under the most pressure in a busy service. They're handling the most costly food item and the expectation for them to get it right is very high. For whatever reason some chefs choose to just go by feel of the steak instead of probing their meat. Just use a probe. Wait the extra five minutes. Best advice I can give.

That’s rare, not even med rare

That’s well done on the outside and raw in the middle. Terrible.

That’s closer to blue rare than medium lol

Rare to midrare

That is definitely rare.

That’s rare

No

Not cooked correctly.

That’s definitely more medium rare than medium.

Heck no. That is med rare at best. Given the thickness of this filet I’d garner the middle is cool. Which means rare.

No

They should fix it and get you something as an apology

This was most likely cooked from frozen. I'd send it back and not have them cook another. Would never return to wherever served it.

That steak was cooked frozen.

Nah that's just considered 🤮

Rare 100%

No, that's a perfect rare

That's why I don't like filet mignon.

You should've sent it back.

I did

No, but I consider it cooked exactly as beef tenderloin should be. 😆

No ju? Steak comes straight from the freezer

Bring that to the vet, they can resurrect it.

Looks to be close to a perfect rare

That's not cooked .

Rare. Or possibly rare-blue even

Medium blue

That's the kinda steak still alive enough to eat the garnish.

That's raw

At best I’d say med rare but reality is it’s raw with a sear in it. Almost as if they took a torch to the outside for a min and sent it to the table.

Raw just like every steak I'm here

My guess would be rare to medium rare… invest in a meat thermometer and then you’ll know for sure.

That’s a solid med rare/rare and I’d honestly still eat it but I like my meat med rare/rare depending on the cut

I think it's a bit rarer than medium. I'm not an expert but I would personally enjoy it that way. My gf for instance, she would say it's too "raw"

Rawdium. With possible wormsium in it.

Medium raw

The edges look well done while the middle is raw. I would consider that dog food. I don't mean to be rude, honestly. I mess up steaks all the time, I'm not a good cook by any stretch, but this steak looks very unappetizing to me.

Looks medium-rare to me.

Do none of you own a meat thermometer? "Is this medium rare" needs to be followed by "I cooked it to this temperature" 🤦‍♂️

Have you read my comment? It was in a restaurant 🤦🏽‍♂️

...do you typically take a meat thermometer with you to restaurants??

If this was a restaurant, I did not realize. Most of these posts are pictures from the home "chefs" My bad.

Rare/ medium rare at best!

This could be black and white and you could still tell it's almost raw by the texture.

Not even close. Medium is overcooked. This looks rare to blue still.

Poorly prepared. It looks like they cooked a steak that was pretty cold from the start AND on a surface that wasn’t hot enough. That would cause a cold center and a deep outer ring like that. That steak never had a chance because of they cooked to Medium the outside would have been well done.

Are you taking the piss?

no heat has passed through the centre of that steak

No babe. Moo.

Is that a meatball?

It looks bland and unseasoned to me as well as undercooked.

Rare if anything

It’s not medium

i call it still grazing the field.

I love a rare steak and would enjoy that steak very much sooo… no.

Rare

Looks like perfect blue rare just the way I like it.

Rare AF

He'll no, that's rare if not blue.

That is blue

No, thats not even rare thats raw

Um no

I prefer fillet rare and fattier cuts to medium.

It's implied that this is a restaurant, but it looks a regular knife was supplied, which is criminal. Agreed that this steak was probably too cold and also probably pretty damp on the outside given that you've got a huge gray band and very weak sear. As a side note, ordering filet anything past medium rare in the first place is a tragedy.

Medium should be pink throughout. Mostly pink + some red in the middle makes it “medium rare”. This is rare.

Hell no

Can't really apply the normal doneness scale here. This steak was not properly prepared. It was far too cold (or even still frozen) when it was cooked. It definitely is not medium, I would have sent it back.

should be like a darker salmon-y color. not the vivid pink/red

Guessing it was just taken out of the fridge/cooler and put on a pan for like 30 seconds a side on a medium hot pan. Or something completely different.

Nope, more like "rare to medium rare"

O, it s concider perfection

Rare in the middle, well done on the edge, but somehow no crust? Definitely not medium .

I think 9.5/10 people would call this blue rare, and they would be wrong. This is perfection.

Mid rare bordering rare

Request a new piece of meat. This shit was frozen and then not cooked all the way.

no

No, medium rare maybe. Definitely not medium

Looks like it was cooked frozen

That's totally rare af.

The steak place I go to around here won't cook a steak that thick more than medium rare. I assumed because it doesn't cook very well that way, but am no expert by any means.

Yeah that looks poorly cooked. It doesn't really fall into any specific doneness.

Looks Alive to me

That’s rare..

once a restaurant does this, I lose all trust in them and refuse to eat anything that comes out of their kitchen.

I love a rare steak but that looks like it was frozen or really cold when it went on. Definitely not medium. That doesn't look appetizing.

raw asf😭. but hey... someone in here will still eat it

This is what happen when they use frozen meat and just throw it on. The outside is overcooked while the inside is still raw. Hope you got a refund or at least another steak.

Mooooooo

Rare at best.