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Steak

Postby dingobingo » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:52 am

Hi folks,

I love my steak I do. I wanted to ask for suggestions of where to buy it in the Frigiliana and Nerja area?

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Re: Steak

Postby El Cid » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:03 pm

A butcher!

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Re: Steak

Postby dingobingo » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:04 pm

Amazing, thanks. I was thinking more supermarkets as the butchers always seem to be closed when I'm shopping (even following their opening times) and don't have any parking near by.

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Re: Steak

Postby Lyric » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:14 pm

Mercadonna usually have Fillet, Sirloin and Rump pre-packed. Whole Fillet frozen for about 22 - 25 € .
Would need a few guests to shift a frozen fillet once defrosted :)
Supersol usually have all three varieties on the Butcher's counter.

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Re: Steak

Postby dingobingo » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:16 pm

yeah Supersol is my go to at the moment for the over the counter stuff. Not too keen on Mercadona's pre-packed stuff - or Lidl's. Cheers

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Re: Steak

Postby turner » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:08 pm

If you have an Al Campo any whwere near you have a look at their Argentinian and Irish steak, we buy both from the Granada store, fantastic.

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Re: Steak

Postby El Cid » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:19 pm

We have had Argentine steak from Alcampo. It is often sold as a whole fillet or Entrecôte, vacuum packed, with a sell by date up to two months ahead.

They also do Potro steak if you want it.

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Re: Steak

Postby dingobingo » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:41 pm

Never heard of Alcampo, but then again I am new off the boat - I'll check it out. Cheers!

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Re: Steak

Postby gavilan » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:47 pm

May or may not be of interest but ... I am told there is very good steak served at Venta el Curro just outside Archez which is not a million kms from you. They have a web site.

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Re: Steak

Postby Nimrod » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:52 pm

If ever you're that way there's a big Alcampo in the La Canada shopping complex just outside Marbella on the way to Malaga.

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Re: Steak

Postby dingobingo » Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:13 pm

Thumbs up!

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Re: Steak

Postby carrowcrin » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:47 pm

I also like my steak but as it can be expensive it is usually a treat apart from the fact that we are all being told that we should only eat yogurt and fruit.
I would be interested to know price per Kg which is really for to compare between UK and wherever.
As I am only going for week or so at a time I sometimes buy steak in Tesco on my out journey and this is what use, I have some Spanish Steak in the freezer but did not get to use yet probably next time....


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Re: Steak

Postby zanuck » Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:37 am

gavilan wrote:May or may not be of interest but ... I am told there is very good steak served at Venta el Curro just outside Archez which is not a million kms from you. They have a web site.
I'll second Gavilan's recommendation; if we are over for a fortnight we will eat dinner at least once at Venta el Curro.

When our son visits, he eats dinner there twice a week.

Sandra and Jose will also sell you raw steak, packed in plastic boxes to take away at about €3.50 less than the menu price - our son enjoyed his two steaks when we brought them back to the UK for him earlier this year.

Looking forward to our next visit around Easter time.

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Re: Steak

Postby eazbak » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:11 am

So some take raw steaks from the uk to eat in spain,and others buy raw steaks in spain to take to the uk with them, we certainly know how to make life simple!

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Re: Steak

Postby Wicksey » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:39 am

The best steaks we've had are from Mercadona - prepacked but aged and I think about 32€ a kilo .... we only have them for a special treat! I think they call it vacuno solomillo. They do less expensive ones - the entrecot is matured for 14 days and is 16.90€ a kilo (not under Hacendado label but Martinez Loriente 'specialists in meat' ..... I have these in the freezer for Easter).

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Re: Steak

Postby Mike.M » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:33 pm

If you cannot find a good local supplier and you appreciate a really good steak then look at mail order from these guys -> http://www.trasacar.es/ingles/index.html who have an online shop at -> http://tiendagourmettrasacar.com

They supply a restaurant that I have an interest in, and the quality is superb. Generally their beef is sourced from Germany and has a good level of marbling.

More pricey than usual but great as a treat.

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Re: Steak

Postby Erika » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:41 pm

You guys sound you know your way around your meat so I'm looking for help identifying local cuts of beef as have had a few disasters on the BBQ already.
Is filete de ternera what we would call topside? I tried some from Supersol (Nerja) it was great in stew/curry etc but I sliced it for the BBQ and it was inedibly tough.
I also bought lomo of anojo ternera there which looked like our sirloin (porterhouse) – is that correct?
If so what is solomillo? I thought it was sirloin but it's much more expensive than the ‘lomo’ I bought. Is it different somehow? maybe aged? entrecote is the same as sirloin (US) or porterhouse (Aus) isn't it?
I also bought something that was ternera and was sliced very thin. It was good/tender but I forgot to keep the label. It looked like a round or maybe rump. Anyone know the translation for those cuts?
By the way I’m Aussie so our names may not be the same as the UK either.

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Re: Steak

Postby Lyric » Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:23 pm

Solomillo de anything is what the English know as Fillet.

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Re: Steak

Postby Wicksey » Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:04 am

Añojo is a young cow. Basically the more you pay the better the meat (see my earlier post above - Eroski also have some nice steaks).

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Re: Steak

Postby Erika » Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:05 pm

Thanks Lyric and Wicksey.


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