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Best Steak tartare in London

“Raw ground beef with onions, capers, and a raw egg yolk — seasonings added to your taste.”

Steak tartare

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Steak tartare, or tartar steak, is a French dish of raw ground (minced) beef. It is usually served with onions, capers, parsley or chive, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and other seasonings, often presented separately, to be added to taste. It is commonly served topped with a raw egg yolk. It is similar to Piedmontese battuta al coltello, as well as Levantine kibbeh nayyeh, Ethiopian kitfo, Turkish çiğ köfte, German Mett and Korean yukhoe. The name tartare is sometimes generalized to other raw meat or fish dishes. In France, a less-common variant called tartare aller-retour is a mound of mostly raw ground meat lightly seared on both sides.

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Steak tartare is a French canvas of raw ground beef, deliberately minimal so that each element—the bite of onions, the brine of capers, the yolk's silken break—arrives on your terms. The seasonings come scattered around the plate, letting you build the dish yourself, one forkful at a time. It's the kind of dish that trusts you.

Order it here when it has

  • customizable seasoning
  • minimal preparation
  • egg yolk centerpiece
  • similar dishes across cuisines

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