Quotes of the Day

Monday, Dec. 01, 2003

Open quoteSYDNEY
At the aptly named Prime, a business-community favorite, a 7-cm-thick, 450-g slab of Wagyu Chateaubriand for two is served up at $119

JERUSALEM
The seven-table, Lombardy-style Cielo offers a 270-g veal tournedos, rising 6 cm from a bed of toast and lathered in a thick sauce. It's yours for $21.50

DALLAS
Worshipped by locals and snooty New Yorkers alike, Bob's Steak & Chop House is a clubby, wood-paneled retreat best known for its strip steaks from choice tenderloins; 450 g goes for $43.95

JOHANNESBURG
In the land of the braaivleis (barbecue), the Butcher Shop & Grille offers 550 g of prime rib-eye cuts, aged up to 21 days, with a choice of starches for the side—all for a welcome $11.50

TOKYO
Mon Cher Ton Ton will do you a superlative Kobe beef supertop sirloin that's tender enough to cut with chopsticks. A snip at $120 for 200 g Close quote

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