$50 Steakhouse Dinner Vs. $250 Steakhouse Dinner | But Cheaper 

This proves once and for all that the real secret to fine restaurant dining isn't technique, fancy plating or fancy schooling, but just, butter. Lots and lots of butter.

But Cheaper: Sushi? Might not be in your wheel house but I have faith in you!

That’s a very classy way to eat 2 sticks of butter in one meal

I just wanted to say Thankyou. Im in no way someone that cooks I just can't, don't know how. Followed this video to the T and made a dinner for me and my wife for our 12 year anniversary and it blew her mind how good it was. Thank you sir.

"But Cheaper Thanksgiving" now that November is coming around? (or just Holiday meals in general)

But Cheaper: Seafood? Could do anything really: Lobster, crab, those cajun boils, etc

omg you slapped that piece of steak so hard my body took a screenshot

Me: **looks at $50 tip* * Also me: **laughs in 'not' North American**

I’d really like to see a series “but quicker” for those quality weeknight meals. I’m getting tired of my current repertoire.

But Cheaper: Ben And Jerry’s, it’s like 7 bucks a pint!

Hey man. Been cooking in restaurants for 20 years. ...I'm 36, And I'm glad to see someone talented and authentic pop up. You deserve all that comes your way man.

You definitely ate at Perry's. The "sauce" on the asparagus was actually the same butter they put on the steak. It's a compound butter with Bleu cheese, romano cheese, garlic, and few other seasonings.

"you can turn 360 degres and get out" Custumer: *Runs into Josh*

But cheaper: Thanksgiving dinner or like maybe a roast dinner , since the holidays are coming :)

I made this tonight for a solo Christmas Day dinner. IT WAS DIVINE! I especially loved the veggies in the steak pan. I had some carrots and turnips on hand. They turned out so delicious!

This looks doooope. Btw caesar salads are always pricey esp when you add a protein. I'd love to make a good caesar salad at home for not $18...

8:58 "you can turn 360 degrees and get out" *visible confusion*

But cheaper: Thanksgiving dinner? I've promised my friend we'll have Thanksgiving this year since he can't celebrate with his family, but we're all students 🙈

Thank you, my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this dinner.

I don't think there's been a single episode of but cheaper I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. I love that you can take basic every day ingredients and make something look so fancy. It's a really great way to reach out to an audience that can't always get their hands on some of the over the top ingredients you always use. Im not in anyway way shape or form trying to have a go at you with this comment but I find this series is more relatable to me than some of your other videos and I legitimately get so pumped for every episode of but cheaper that shows up in my subscriptions.

Requests for "But Cheaper": - Lobster (whole, bisque, tail, whatever) - Sushi (I know you did this in a regular vid, but some cheaper cuts of usable fish would be nice) - Truffle (A video about how to get truffle flavor into food without buying actual truffles / explain when truffle works in a dish) - Beef Wellington (Again, I know this was a regular vid, but if there is *any* possible cut of meat that could be substituted for the tenderloin, tell us. I drop over $100 every Christmas for our annual Wellington. I like doing it, but it is 'spensive.) - Wine (What are your favorite budget wines? What is the difference between expensive wine and cheaper wine? You could make this 3 whole episodes covering red, then white, then sparkling.) - Oysters (Is there a cheap way to get delicious, fresh oysters?) - Fine dining. (Could you recreate something from E.M.P. or Alinea or wherever at a much cheaper price point while maintaining the presentation? Say.... the floating taffy balloon?) - Spices. (What is a good substitute for saffron? Or other expensive spices?) Hope this helps. Love the series.

I challenge you to try to make a nice meal only using ingredients from the 99 cent store. I bet that’ll be difficult. Pretty sure some locations literally have $1 steaks.

Joshua: “You can turn 360 degrees and get out!” Me: *turns 360 degrees just to see the beautiful man from earlier again*

This video is a treasure, Joshua! I love steaks but I often feel that it's too much for my budget! Will try this one soon with my hubby. How about making that 1000 dollar ice cream (you know, the one featured in Food Insider, said to be the most expensive ice cream in the galaxy) but cheaper?

When you watch this knowing that $250 is your monthly food budget. Heh.

50 dollar tip: *exists* Me: *laughs in Finnish* is this a joke?

Your tip is 52x more than how much my lunch costs where I live.

Greetings from Jacksonville Florida USA. I love my Weber grill, but I have learned that your pan technique gets a superior result, especially in a cast iron skillet. The sides look perfect, too. I'll pick up some New York strips at Costco and try the whole thing for guests soon. Thanks for showing us this! We're retirees, so our steakhouse days are behind us - especially given this wild inflation.

Josh: turn 360 degrees and get out Me: But... you wouldn’t be walking out..

Joshua: Now pour your hollandaise into a thermos- Me: To drink. Joshua: To stay warm. .__.

God bless you for your generous tipping. More people should be like you

Just thank you for all of this.... all the vids are phenomenal.

As an european seeing a 50 dollar tip blows my mind

Josh: "360 degrees and get out" But..

Kudos Joshua, between you and Babish my cooking has been transformed from a dull tasteless chore to fun, challenging and damn tasty! Thank you so much for producing your content!

I love all of your videos and this one is one of the best! Fantastic idea and nicely done, kudos kiddo! Thank you for sharing and God bless your sweet conscientious heart. 😊❤

Thank you, Papa for this blessed upload.

Time to bust out the Chaliapin steak...

Me here in Tennessee going to Longhorn & paying $60ish for myself, husband and two kids 👀 Is Longhorn a 5 star steakhouse? No. Does it taste good? Yes.

Hey Josh! I would LOVE to see a But Cheaper episode with seafood. I know seafood’s usually going to be expensive but I also know you got the insider tips n tricks. 🙌

Much respect for that tip. People who work in restaurants don’t get enough respect

I tried to leave before the B roll, but i turned 360 degrees so I'm still here.

I’m revolted when a man refers to themselves as “daddy,” but for some reason “papa” doesn’t trigger the same nausea. I’m sure the guy saying it also helps 😂

This year I find myself celebrating Christmas by myself. And I made all of this. It took some work/time but I followed it as best I could with the tools I have with me. And let me tell you 10/10 would recommend.

For all the guys who dont get why he tipped 50 dollars. Its the US. 20% tip is normal. In the us there is somthing called tipped minimal wage. Which means you get less then minimum wage, because it is estimated that the tipps will get you there. This is a horrible thing. So please, no matter where you live, tipp well. The guys and girls have a tuff job with long hours and really deserve it. sry for my english btw. :P

You must hae been reading my mind Josh. I just did this for my 18th weeding anniversary last week, although I did go with a american waygu steak. Even with the added cost of the waygu steaks I saved at least $150 and the meal was just as good or better. Great video

Love the channel Bro!!! Excellent, you are helping me to get my kids interested in cooking.

"We also had three drinks, so you can take off $35." - Excuse me what

Day 1 of asking for a series where u show all of your mistakes/gone wrongs to help us learn what could possibly happen

You should make a segment called 'but healthier'

Your channel has grown so much I’ve been subbed since 200k

Fancy Salmon Dinner. Love your videos!

As suspected, the secret is humongous amounts of butter we usually don't use at home. I'M IN!

Thank you brother. Learned a ton from you over the years and your “Bit Cheaper” series is one close to my heart, cuz I’ve been telling my wife this same thing for years 🙌🏾🙏🏾✊🏾.

Joshua paid $50 for the tip to the waiter, and $250 for a meal that could be made with $50. The waiter probably went home and made the exact same meal with a smug smile on their face.

I have difficulty listening to north American accents for too long but Josh's accent is so cute I jump from video to video nonstop. Also the recipes, and content in general, are so fun and inspiring... I love it.

The fact that he’s a good tipper made me MOIST

Me: "50 dollars? Madness." Josh: :"Madness? ...Madness. I am Weissman!" *slaps more SALTED butter*

Enjoyed the video! Might be doing this in lieu of turkey this Thanksgiving since I’m cooking for two! Thanks for sharing!

I'm making filet mignon tonight. I really need a video on your technique! I usually do my steaks like you did in the one video with lots of butter, garlic, and thyme.

Getting ideas for Thanksgiving/ Christmas here thank you Josh for all that you do with sharing these videos ❣️🙏

I've so far tried 23 out of all of your recipes, amazing content brother! Very proud of what you've accomplished so far man!!! Much love!!!

Hi Josh, It was be nice to see sea bass and tuna steaks done by YOU! Love your channel! Diane

I cooked the steak with Australian M9+ Wagyu Rib-eye for my boyfriend on Valentine’s Day. He said he went to many Michelin restaurants before yet that was the best he had ever had. Thank you so much my fav RU-vidr.

Respect on the tip Joshua. And wow...For 250$ in the Netherlands you can eat at an 1-Michelin star restaurant 😅

I love how Josh makes a really hearty fancy meal and eats it with no utensils. 🤣😂

I saw the butter basting goin on in the intro and I already knew this was gonna be fire

Absolutely awesome!!

Turns 360 degrees -Oh, hi again. Was it 1$?

Thank you very much for the scoop man. I always struggle making a decent seafood dinner (usually fish steaks or shrimp) and end up eating out so I can have seafood cooked well. Can you do a nice seafood/shrimp dinner please?

I work in a fine dining steakhouse and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see your take on a wet aged and dry aged steak

Enjoyed your video. I do a lot of cooking at home for the same reason-you can get higher quality ingredients for the money that you’re saving. But also understand that much of the restaurant’s cost is for labor and overhead.

But Cheaper: Beef Jerky. I always get angry at the price of store bought haha Edit: It has come to my attention that he has already done it.

I literally could watch just a B roll of Josh cutting Chives.

Josh always showing working class solidarity. Appreciate it!

I loved this so much!

But cheaper: high end meal prep. Would love to see affordable meal prep with a cheffy touch.

Josh, I made those mashed potatoes for dinner tonight, and my family went crazy over them. They’re absolutely the creamiest potatoes ever. And so perfect for a thanksgiving side. They’ll be on my list to fix that holiday.

I made this dinner followed the directions correctly and it tasted absolutely delicious I will be making this again

That fried asparagus with crab is definitely from Perry’s!! Incredibly amazing!!!

So, was the only purpose in eating at that steakhouse, which we didn’t see, to have a $250 meal that’s technically a work expense? I see you...

Teacher : " what do you want to be when you grown up?" Me: " Joshua Weissman"

above all else, i appreciate the fact you are a good tipper.

Love your vids Josh!! I’ve recently done an at home hibachi experience for my girlfriend, was wondering if maybe you could do a but cheaper for that!

Josh: "if you think you can make a steak dinner for 1 dollar, you better turn 360 degrees ... " People who think they can make a steak dinner for 1 dollar: "we are still here."

Joshua: 50$ tip Me: cries in Spanish

Love it. The hollandaise is a bit tough. Saw Zakarian make it on the show The Kitchen. Thx. Will give it all a try. U da man.

Amazing! As you already demonstrated in another video, one thing that it's absurdly expensive in restaurants but can be made at home ridiculously cheap is fresh pasta with the fanciest sauces you can imagine. Take aglio e olio as an example: flour, water, olive oil, garlic, parsley, chilli flakes, salt, pepper, and there you go, an insanely good dish for like what, 2 dollars?

make “but overpriced” where he tries literally every way humanly possible to complify the most mundane dishes

But Cheaper: Laotian Pork Belly/Tofu Laap with Sticky Rice. Good amount of technique required.

holy shiiii that is so much for that place you went to, what you made also looks so amazing . heck

Thank you for specifying the butter. Salt or non salt. A lot of videos don’t specify that!

Should do a vid on classic Duck à l'orange with a sauce that uses a gastrique. Perfect for holiday dinners. Doesn't have to be a but cheaper

Looks at Josh... Turns 360° around ... ...Walks directly at him!

Addicted to your videos. Excellent work. Been trying to spread the "But Cheaper" gospel in Canada for a while now. You took it to the next level though :)

😋i love it! this is amazing

I'm cosigning the sushi suggestion hard body. We need that

PAPA FED US WITH THE VIDEO TODAY

Thank You Joshua, made a very nice dinner following your video :)

BRO! You cured my steakhouse woes. You gave such a great and mostly thorough instruction, that I'm 90% sure I can make for me and the significant other. Now I have the perfect excuse to NEVER pay for expensive restaurants again.