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Old 08-23-2012, 04:12 AM   #24
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Veal Pajamas is slang for veal parmesan, which is veal breaded, and covered with sauce and mozarella cheese.

Once burned by a steak house, I remember and order one step more rare. They can always bring it up a step. Personally I find that most places cook too rare. I order medium-rare and get cold center a lot. She order well and get medium, with a pink center.

The wikipedia seem to match what I was taught:

Extra-rare or Blue (bleu) very red and cold
Rare (saignant) cold red center; soft
Medium rare (à point) warm red center; firmer
Medium (demi-anglais) pink and firm
Medium well (cuit) small amount of pink in the center
Well done (bien cuit) gray-brown throughout; firm

The server can cause overcooked by taking too long to get you your food, it cooks on the counter. Only the chef can undercook.
Where do you go to get your beef under cooked? I cannot find a place that doesn't over cook my beef.
I constantly order med-rare, more on the rare side and usually get med-well.
I've totally given up on Longhorns, T-bones and recently had the same problem on a visit to Sunny villa in Ossipee where I asked for rare and got medium. There is nothing worse then spending good money on a rib-eye and cooking all the flavor out of it.
I've given up, and now just stay home and cook my steak the way I want it.

Oh as for Lago, been there twice and it never really impressed me enough to want to deal with the Meredith traffic and go back.
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