All of this because of steak sauce??

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

A good steak CAN be improved with sauce: sauce that's made out of the steak itself!

If you leave the fond (brown bits) in the pan, de-glaze it with a little wine, or, french-style, a little heavy cream (mmmmm)! Let the wine reduce; but don't let the cream boil. This is now a perfect compliment to a perfect steak.

You can also use a little stock, or beer for the liquid.

[XCashier]

In the end, SC didn't want anything else - he sat and sulked the entire meal with his wife calling him a dumbass and his kid telling him how he always ruins their nights out.

This should tell him something. When your wife, kid and friends are embarrassed by your behaviour, it's not the restaurant or the server who's in the wrong.

There's another thread here about SCs who embarrass their families. Like in that thread, here is another seemingly sensible woman who, for some unfathomable reason, is married to a total boor. If the guy I was dating acted like this at a restaurant, I'd break it off right then and there.

At least there's hope for the kid.

[alogram]

Why would anyone stay married to an asshole like that?

I know I wouldn't.

And I also wouldn't have taken the steak off his bill. He can go fuck himself.

[alogram]

If the guy I was dating acted like this at a restaurant, I'd break it off right then and there.

Um, Yeah, what you said!

[Kiwi]

Total bill: $63.00 (M took off the steak and their drinks)

WHY!!!!!!

So he is a rude jerk, gets you covered in food and generally makes an arse of himself and they got a DISCOUNT!!!!!

This is why I can't work with people any more. If a manager did that Id be shoving that steak sauce where the sun don't shine.

[BethB]

it may be time this family leave dad at home. If he wants to be a spoiled brat, he can be treated like one.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Steak sauce is to cover up cheap cuts or bad cooking. Some people like steak sauce the same way other people like catsup: they're so used to the taste that they can't imagine not having it or their taste buds are fried.

I have to agree with that. I like to be able to taste my meat.

But then I'm not a big condiment fan to begin with. A good marinade, however, does add pizzaz to meats without overpowering.

[Estil]

Wow, I guess like the commercials say, A1 really IS that important.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

He probably is used to having to cover up the taste of his food, his wife's probably serving him dog shit and odor-eaters at home.

I know I would be, if I had a husband like this.

[bunnyboy]

bah steak sauces should be based on one thing, the brown bits if pan made, a deglazing agent, and spices.... used to use A1, but now.... mmmm i discovered the wonderful world of pan sauices... that COMPLIMENT the favor (which is what asauce for something as flavorful as a rare steak should do.)

btw 57 dollars for a bill about half that, wunderbar.

[Stormraven]

Oh, I use steak sauce, but never on the steak - just to the side, and I give each bit a quick touch of the sauce for a slight accent to the flavor, not an attempt to cover it up.

[RayvenQ]

He's lucky I wasn't there, or I'd have force fed him the bottle.

*mutters somethign about nobody badmouthing his precious HP*

[MoxisPilot]

1. HP is the sh*t. I buy as much as I can when I find it.

2. That man needs gruel, not steak. ASK CHARLES DICKENS.

[Dips]

He probably is used to having to cover up the taste of his food, his wife's probably serving him dog shit and odor-eaters at home.

Hah!

That's probably somewhat true.

Even though the manager took the steak off the bill, he also banned the boor and whatever money he saved on his bill seems to have found it's way into the OP's pocket via the wife. It's not perfect justice, but it's better than a lot of these things turn out.

In a perfect world he'd also be in jail for assualt and battery as well as having to pay restitution to the victim but sometimes you have to settle for knowing his wife is finding ways to settle the score and, even worse, he's stuck being a boorish loser with all that implies.

[tropicsgoddess]

How did such a total douchbag like that SC manage to get such an awesome wife and kid like that?!! I'd divorce his ass if I was her. I'm happy the wife gave you a nice tip and that your manager banned that SC too!