“I want a hunk of meat, cooked. No coverings, no pepperings, no crust, no paste, no extras - nothing. Just a hunk of meat cooked.”
I do the same thing with my New York Steaks. I ask for no salt, pepper, seasonings of any kind, bacon-wrappings, butter, gravies/sauces, toppings and please, extra rare, LOL! I then add the amount of salt/pepper I like. I want to taste the meat!!
Don’t you find that you get the strangest look from the staff when you ask for that? “But sir, if you leave off the X, it will only taste like .... meat.” When they give me that line or something similar, I have to tell them I’m from Colorado and we LIKE the taste of meat.
Cow, buffalo, elk, boar, squirrel, rabbit, venison, even black bear and antelope. But it is not possible to taste the meat if they insist on putting all that other stuff on it.
I dont know about you but I get the STRANGEST looks. In Chicago at one fancy (customer recommended) restaurant, I even had the cheif come out, verify the order and basically tell me that they would not allow me to send the plate back if I did not like the steak.