[syadasti]

I'm not so sure that is melted cheese

Restaurant Serves $100 Philly Cheesesteak
Wed Oct 6, 8:25 AM ET
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA - The traditional Philly cheesesteak has gone precipitously upscale at one new restaurant, where the chopped steak and melted cheese standard includes goose liver and truffles — and costs $100.

Barclay Prime owner Stephen Starr admits the haute cheesesteak is a marketing ploy for his steakhouse, which opened Tuesday. And he thinks it'll sell.

"I believe you will have the rich guy in there who will say, 'Cheesesteaks for the table. And buy one for the guy over there,'" said Starr, an acclaimed restaurateur who has opened 13 eateries here since 1995.

Served with a small bottle of champagne, Barclay Prime's cheesesteak is made of sliced Kobe beef, melted Taleggio cheese, shaved truffles, sauteed foie gras, caramelized onions and heirloom shaved tomatoes on a homemade brioche roll brushed with truffle butter and squirted with homemade mustard.

The standard $4 cheesesteak, available at hundreds of sandwich shops, pizzerias and burger joints around the city, is made with thin-sliced ribeye on an Italian roll with American or provolone cheese — or Cheez Whiz at Pat's King of Steaks, the South Philadelphia landmark that claims to have invented the steak sandwich in 1930.

"I am sure it will be good," Pat's co-owner Frank Olivieri commented politely on the newest entry to the cheesesteak club.

Not everyone was so accepting.

"You shouldn't mess with the Philadelphia cheesesteak," groused Samuel Lehrer, who was eating takeout Chinese several blocks from Barclay Prime. "Let it alone."

 

[DßR]

Doesn't look too cheesy, you're right. I think that's the "squirted with homemade mustard" part...:barf:

 

[Motionboy2]

Mmmm Pat's! I don't know about a $100 cheesesteak. I bet they won't have rules like

Step 1.
Specify if you want your steak with (wit) or without (wit-out) onions.
{if you're not a rookie this should come naturally}
Step 2.
Specify Plain, Cheez Whiz, Provolone, American Cheese or a Pizza Steak.
{we have lettuce and tomatoes / { if we have to read your mind it's 50 cents extra}
Step 3.
Have your money ready.
{do all of your borrowing in line}
Step 4.
Practice all of the above while waiting in line.
{if you make a mistake, don't panic, just go to the back of the line and start over}

 

[Acadian]

Mac – yuk - that doesn't look appetizing at all...

 

[narlus]

haha, i was gonna say it better be made w/ kobe beef, and lo and behold...

 

[I Are Baboon]

For $100, that thing better give me an instant heart attack!