Beefeater celebrates 35th birthday

1st October 2009, 12:04pm

To celebrate its 35th birthday, British restaurant Beefeater is launching National Steak Week later this month.

The week, which runs from 12th to 18th October, will be a celebration of all things steak, from rumps, to sirloins and T- Bones.

The team at Beefeater establishments will be offering a choice of 12 sauces to complement the steak including peppercorn, béarnaise and Argentine speciality 'Chimi Churi', plus an extensive wine list.

Steak facts 

• The word steak is derived from an old Saxon word, steik, meaning meat on a stick 

• It's fabled that Henry VIII, King of England, was so impressed with this meat that he dubbed it Sir Loin 

• To see if your steak is done, touch it! A firm steak is well done, a springy steak is medium, and a soft steak is rare 

• Most steaks are cut perpendicular to the muscle fibres 

• The charcoal briquette was invented in 1920 by Henry Ford, with help from Thomas Edison.

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