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A bit overcooked but still good.

I really miss the way we buy beef in Thailand saying that we can pick specific cuts we want such as a while chunk of picanha or sirloin and many more option (even at fiat supermarket)

But here in the uk I have to find some good butcher providing good quality and know what I want. Many butchers here don’t know what is Picanha or sirloin cap. Even there are my option of joint beef (a chunk of beef to put in the oven) but some brands don’t allow you to pick the specific cut. They just write on the label sort of ‘this product come from partA or partB or partC’ which is very weird for me. I just want to know the exact kind of cut that I got mate 🥲

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Piriya ⚡🟧 2y ago

That was kind of opposite from my experience.

I grew up in Manchester UK and I can always go to the butcher shop asking for cuts I want, precisely cut to the thickness I wanted.

And for years that was not available in Thailand. The closest thing I've come across are wholesale meat dealers who can't even tell which cut is which. Or some 'specialty' muslim butcher.

Beef is often looked down on in modern Thai culture and doesn't get a lot if attention.

It's only just recently that this has begun to change, now it's easy to pick any cut, get anything I want, Even restaurants that would scoffs at me for asking for beef, 'we don't serve that kind of food here', I know adding beef items on their menu.

Beef is seeing a renaissance here and I'm all for it.

Johnny Jun 2y ago

Exactly! I think maybe just around the last 2-3 years that we have variety of options. Maybe I should keep looking for more butcher here but I’ve found any decent one so far. Another problem is the way UK call some part of beef is not the same as what I used to call 😭

Piriya ⚡🟧 2y ago

Ah, yes, the names are different, but it's easy to google it.

Eg, Picanha is (but not exactly identical to) a Rump steak or sirloin cap.

Johnny Jun 2y ago

Thanks! Hopefully I can find some good butchers not too far from my flat 😋

Piriya ⚡🟧 2y ago

There used to be one on almost every block. Then fiat hits, and many smaller businesses are just ... Gone.

Johnny Jun 2y ago

That’s really hard to find now. I live in London central. There are no butcher, only big supermarkets selling roasting joint of beef and not telling us which exact part is it. They just label something like ‘This product will be from one of following cuts’ lol. Like beef lotto 🤣