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badfishlbc
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The US has fine steaks, anything prime or CAB is pretty damn good. I just looked at the Lowake website and I am not impressed by their menu selection nor prices as they seem to be a little on the inexpensive side. But that's not to say they can not have a good steak...
Mel Gibson, steaks are not BBQ'd. They are grilled and actually lesser known "secret" is that they are seared. Grilling is not the same as BBQ. Steaks do not even need to be grilled to taste great. In fact, I've found the best cooking technique to be pan searing on cast iron and finished in a high temp oven. This gives the steak the best, most even sear and sears the fastest. Some steakhouses have special high temp ovens that can sear very similarly but can do higher volume.
Great steaks can come from several parts of the world. Australia and even New Zealand has fantastic meat. Argentina, Brazil... Japan has their unmatched kobe. It depends what you like. Kobe is forgiving and will even taste great well done. I'd say that 60% of a great steak is how you prepare it, the other 40% is the meat. Who's better? Australia or America? I prefer American beef but that's just me and I'm probably biased. But to call it lesser quality if you're trying to infer that Australian beef is better is completely wrong. People have preferences on what type of cut they like the same as they have preferences on the origin of their beef. Given the same steak from down under or here in the US, I prefer the marbling of the US prime.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:06 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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expatchuck
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badfish:
Obviously you don't like seafood, but your taste in steaks and your post make sense. You can get good beef from anywhere, even including the US.
I have eaten at Lowake many times and the food is outstanding. When I was last there, you picked your own beef from the display cooler and they cooked it to your specs. Really cold beer and good beef.
My first ex-wife and I used to drive from Midland to Lowake, 135 miles one way, for dinner on a weekend night and stop in Colorado City, TX, on the way home for the best Chocolate Meringue pie you ever tasted.
By the way, "inexpensive" in West Texas is good.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 1:24 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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RodneyAnsellEsq
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Yes, all praise the fantastic US and UK steaks, those pieces that are not infected with mad cow, foot and mouth and inbred trailer park inhabitants semen though.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:57 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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jack attack
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Now Now Rodney, you are lucky as this is the one thread where flaming is part of the discussion! Until and unless one has tasted inbred trailer park inhabitants' semen, one should not be so hasty as to pass judgement. By the way, would that be better taken on the side?
I am more concerned with the JW martini situation than with the taste of semen. And it would seem the Polish storm trooper needed help from JW to get his new steakhouse right!
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 5:57 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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Mel Gibson
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How did I know I'd get a bite throwing out that bait??? :0 
Nothing wrong with US beef, just ribbing yah,,,
But I do prefer my steaks BBQ'ed, flame grilled whatever you want to call it, Kobe beef has been genetically crossed into Aus cattle over the last 15 odd years and has definately made a difference at the top end of the market.
I must say the Thai steak I have tried is nowhere near the same quality as US / Aus / NZ beef but I do like their black, wild stock, pigs,, yummm.
If only we could get the Thais to learn about bread and coffee from the Vietnamese then we could really party!!!
Smiles from a SAD Mel,, look like next months trip is off and I will have to wait till January : (
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 6:19 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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hyperterminal
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mel what happened? Didn't you get your animal permit you were after?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:41 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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China Sailor
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Quote: from expatchuck on 1:54 pm on Oct. 11, 2006
Were you ever in Lowake Steak House, to name just one of many? Lowake has a private landing strip and people from all over the US fly there just to have dinner.
Damn EPC,
Being that I am in Austin I think I will buzz over there for dinner, hell its only 90 miles, just down the road a piece.
Another old time great steakhouse is The Red Barn in San Antonio. All of their steaks come from thier own ranch. Now these steaks may not be as tender as the grain-fed beef most people eat but when you tucker down into a 1 kilo T-bone with the unique taste that only range-fed beef has, you know you are in heaven...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:15 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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dcutter
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Damit MG...not coming until January...what's the beef!  OK, wasn't that damn funny....was looking forward to a RT and a whole lot of drinking of some of the finest Kentucky sippin' whiskey mate....that blows!
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:17 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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mansaturday
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Quote: from RodneyAnsellEsq on 9:15 am on Oct. 11, 2006
Yes, all praise the fantastic US and UK steaks, those pieces that are not infected with [...] inbred trailer park inhabitants semen though.
Just out of interest, how would I be able to detect such an infection?
By the taste? How would I know?!
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 7:26 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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thailife
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by the cook! Look in the kitchen and you will know if yours is foing to get that 'special sauce'.......
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:51 am on Oct. 11, 2006
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