In Thailand: OK to eat steak tartare?

[GammaGlobulin]

I am perfectly OK with eating ALL Thai food here in Thailand.

 

But, what about if a friend of mine asked me to share a dish of steak tartare?

 

Would sharing this dish with my friend be safe for me?

 

Specifically, I am asking about the quality of the butchery, and the preparation of the dish, and then the serving of the dish.

 

So, should I eat it?

 

What do you think?

 

Regards,

Gamma

 

 

[Olmate]

Eat up bigtime, order seconds, do us all a favour! 

[Lacessit]

If any protein here is not cooked, I don't eat it.

 

[Gottfrid]

No problem whatsoever. I have been eating raw beef here for over 20 years. Such as all from the Thai style raw beef they dip in spicy sauce, and tartare to carpaccio.

[GammaGlobulin]

30 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

No problem whatsoever. I have been eating raw beef here for over 20 years. Such as all from the Thai style raw beef they dip in spicy sauce, and tartare to carpaccio.

 

Well...

 

Has your stool been checked, lately?

 

If not, then how can you be sure you are completely, OK?

 

 

By the way, speaking of taeniasis, the beef worm, might I ask....

 

 

Is this YOU?:

 

 

BEWARE the tapeworm, my friend!

 

[bkk6060]

3rd world cleanliness and food preservation here.  Non refrigerated or properly heated foods.  Letting foods like Chicken just sit out for days.

I would never eat anything raw here. 

[steven100]

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

3rd world cleanliness and food preservation here.  Non refrigerated or properly heated foods.  Letting foods like Chicken just sit out for days.

I would never eat anything raw here. 

agree ....  I've been to friends houses and after we have the grilled fish and bbq chicken from the markets ... they will just leave the chicken & fish out ( covered with plastic fly net half moon cover )    and it's left out to have later.

I usually stick each plate in a plastic bag and put it in the fridge when no one's looking ...

 

they cannot get the concept that food must be refrigerated 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

6 minutes ago, steven100 said:

they cannot get the concept that food must be refrigerated 

 

Have they ever peered through the lens of a microscope, one wonders?

 

 

If they had, then they might think twice about eating steak tartare....

 

(Of course, one does not "peer through" an electron microscope.)

 

Still, a very beautiful image.

This one was probably made using an SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope)....

 

Enjoy the image...

Enjoy your meal, too....

 

 

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

Then if you keep raw meats in the fridge, they (my ole lady) think it's good there for what seems like forever. Take chicken out of freezer, cook 1/2 and leave 1/2 in fridge. After some days I ask if it's OK, response is it's in the fridge.

[steven100]

so uneducated in every aspect of life... cannot even comprehend salmonella or bad bacteria

[Gottfrid]

Let the scaremongering commence. I am an over 20 years of proof it is not a big chance or especially dangerous to eat raw beef in Thailand. Now, let´s read all that are going to tell me I have been lucky for over 20 years. Sorry guys! Never won the lottery.

[brewsterbudgen]

Just now, Gottfrid said:

Let the scaremongering commence. I am an over 20 years of proof it is not a big chance or especially dangerous to eat raw beef in Thailand. Now, let´s read all that are going to tell me I have been lucky for over 20 years. Sorry guys! Never won the lottery.

 

Well said.  Raw beef is a staple of Japanese and Italian cuisine, as well as French.  Why would eating it in Thailand be any different.  Thais love their raw food, prawns/shrimps not to mention 'larb moo'.

[Gottfrid]

11 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

Well said.  Raw beef is a staple of Japanese and Italian cuisine, as well as French.  Why would eating it in Thailand be any different.  Thais love their raw food, prawns/shrimps not to mention 'larb moo'.

The only reason why, it that we have far too many foreigner in Thailand that feel the need to complain and try to prove that Thai´s are doing everything wrong. I just wish we could put them all on a plane to Ukraine as cannon fodder. That´s what people coming to another country, taking advantage of it where they can and just despise the citizens deserve.

[Iron Tongue]

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Specifically, I am asking about the quality of the butchery, and the preparation of the dish, and then the serving of the dish.

???

Beef tartare means it is raw.  Chop it & throw it on a plate.

Maybe put a raw egg on top.

How much work were you expecting?

 

 

[transam]

7 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

No problem whatsoever. I have been eating raw beef here for over 20 years. Such as all from the Thai style raw beef they dip in spicy sauce, and tartare to carpaccio.

Must be the worst piece of daft information I have read on here for a long time.

Follow it at your peril...........🥴

[traveller101]

I have eaten Steak Tatare on quiet a few occasions and regard the dish as safe, if the following conditions are met.

● The beef (tenderloin, striploin) has

   been imported from Australia, US

   or New Zealand.

● The Restaurant has a good

    reputation and - judging from the

    high number of customers                  visiting - has a high turnover of

    fresh foods

    

 

[alex8912]

4 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

Well said.  Raw beef is a staple of Japanese and Italian cuisine, as well as French.  Why would eating it in Thailand be any different.  Thais love their raw food, prawns/shrimps not to mention 'larb moo'.

Larb moo/gai is raw meat?  Are you sure about that?

[alex8912]

27 minutes ago, transam said:

Must be the worst piece of daft information I have read on here for a long time.

Follow it at your peril...........🥴

Hundreds of thousands have eaten raw meat at Japanese and Italian restaurants in Thailand and never have been ill. Do you actually deny this?  Or is it simply YOU don't? 

[nauseus]

8 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

No problem whatsoever. I have been eating raw beef here for over 20 years. Such as all from the Thai style raw beef they dip in spicy sauce, and tartare to carpaccio.

 

Did you have some just before you took your photo?

[khunPer]

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I am perfectly OK with eating ALL Thai food here in Thailand.

 

But, what about if a friend of mine asked me to share a dish of steak tartare?

 

Would sharing this dish with my friend be safe for me?

 

Specifically, I am asking about the quality of the butchery, and the preparation of the dish, and then the serving of the dish.

 

So, should I eat it?

 

What do you think?

 

Regards,

Gamma

Thais are eating raw beef meat – i.e., tartar – and have survived. I've also survived, but I buy my beef meat in Makro. However, be aware of the raw egg on top of the steak tartar...

[nauseus]

43 minutes ago, Iron Tongue said:

???

Beef tartare means it is raw.  Chop it & throw it on a plate.

Maybe put a raw egg on top.

How much work were you expecting?

 

 

 

Extra chips? 

[KannikaP]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

agree ....  I've been to friends houses and after we have the grilled fish and bbq chicken from the markets ... they will just leave the chicken & fish out ( covered with plastic fly net half moon cover )    and it's left out to have later.

I usually stick each plate in a plastic bag and put it in the fridge when no one's looking ...

 

they cannot get the concept that food must be refrigerated 

 

 

 

Same same in my home with the Mrs' food. But never any bad tummies in 15 years.

[wombat]

hydatid cysts should be taken into consideration if you're eating raw meat...those little suckers will kill you

[wombat]

26 minutes ago, khunPer said:

 be aware of the raw egg on top of the steak tartar...

 

[noobexpat]

You don’t leave the computer ...so, have to be on grab??

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, transam said:

Must be the worst piece of daft information I have read on here for a long time.

Follow it at your peril...........🥴

Seems like you don´t read much.

[tgw]

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I am perfectly OK with eating ALL Thai food here in Thailand.

 

I guess you are not familiar with the Isaan raw beef salad

[tgw]

5 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

Well said.  Raw beef is a staple of Japanese and Italian cuisine, as well as French.  Why would eating it in Thailand be any different.  Thais love their raw food, prawns/shrimps not to mention 'larb moo'.

 

the main difference is in how the animal is slaughtered.

meat from professionally grown and slaughtered cattle is fine, but the risks associated with home-grown cattle and home slaughtering are high.

and then of course how the meat is stored and sold.

if eating steak tartare, use only meat from industrial farms that gets industrially slaughtered and then refrigerated throughout until sold and eaten.

[FruitPudding]

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Let the scaremongering commence. I am an over 20 years of proof it is not a big chance or especially dangerous to eat raw beef in Thailand. Now, let´s read all that are going to tell me I have been lucky for over 20 years. Sorry guys! Never won the lottery.

 

You think it kills you overnight?

[FruitPudding]

48 minutes ago, wombat said:

 

 

That egg clearly isn't fertilised.