Bought some steaks at Jaya Grocer from The Garden. Decided my first attempt in pan searing steak. Surprisingly it turned out nice and delicious.

May I know where else can I get nice steaks for own consumption? I'm looking for dry aged beef. Many pointed to Las Vacas.




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The best place to get beef is from wholesalers. I use pok brothers, you can buy whole joints a few Kgs at a time. Just google search for them - they have 2 locations in the Klang Valley. Last year I got 3.1kg cuberoll/ribeye for about RM225. And I also picked up wagyu striploin (between 3-4kg) for less than rm800.

I don't know about buying dry aged steaks because its damned time consuming and unless the butcher is moving enough volume, he's going to waste a lot of meat selling them as individual steaks. So if you're buying whole joints, then you might want to try dry aging your own beef. Just need to clear some space out in a fridge.

Do you cook all few kg's at a time? If not I'd like to hear how you keep the beef? I live in south Penang and its not easy to get a good, steady supply of reasonably priced steak cuts. So sometimes I see frozen Striploin at Rm50+ per kg and I buy it. Being frozen I may keep it that way for some time. By the time I do get around to cooking it to Medium rare I find the texture is way poorer than chilled, fresh Striploin. I usually resort to overnight marinading to get it tender but at the same time it is never as nice as fresh (duh). For chilled striploin, I can just marinade a few hours with simpler marinade like just soy sauce, salt and pepper and it turns out just nicely chewy and tender.

If there is a secret to keeping certain cuts frozen I may buy more when the opportunity arises and just keep them till I want to cook it.

Thanks. Will get whole joint from them.

don't think you can find any dry aged beef off the shelf in Malaysia. unless you got special contacts with the suppliers.
even wet aged is rare. but still possible

I think all beef that's shipped to MY is to some extent frozen. This includes much of the meat that's found in supermarkets and sold as chilled. So it's never fresh from the cow like during Hari Raya Haji. I'm not an expert on this though so I could be wrong.

Normally, when I do buy in bulk it's usually for a barbecue and entertaining friends, so I'll usually use at least half. If I'm planning ahead, i'll try to dry age about a week before portioning the meat out. The unused individual portions are wrapped in cling film and kept in freezer bags and I try to get as close to vacuum sealed before storing them in the freezer. You can keep them like that for a few months.

For those frozen striploins @RM50 per kg, I really don't know how long they have been frozen for and the quality of the meat before they were frozen - it's no surprise that they're not as good as the ones that you buy chilled at the supermarket.

Here's the thing though, even though it looks like i'm shilling for them (I'm not) - Pok brothers also has a branch in Penang which you can google for their contact details. At their glenmarie branch they do occasionally they sometimes sell chilled beef vacuum packed in individual portions, and I can guarantee you that it will always be cheaper than at your local supermarket so it's worth going to even if you're not in the market for the larger cuts.

This post has been edited by Kidicarus: Aug 29 2017, 03:29 PM

Had my favourite aged beef at San Francisco Steakhouse in KLCC but they removed it from menu shortly after before closing down. Been hunting around for it ever since, last dining place was BEATO (Publika), their steak lacks flavour, suspect they used wet aged instead since displayed in vacuum packs.

After few disappointed trips, decided to prep my own steak. DIY dry aging takes too much work, humidity/Temp control is crucial. Have to go with Supermarket or Pok Brothers for now.

Dry aged bone-in ribeye is available from w-mart, sg besi.

recently, grain fed ribeye price is over $120/kg, wahyu eye round is $100/kg, price has increased fair amount. if one know how to cook, eye round texture could become tenderloin like.

those take steak with sauce, whether the steak was grain fed, grass fed, frozen or chill would hardly made any different.

This post has been edited by icemanfx: Aug 30 2017, 12:13 PM

Thanks for sharing, I'll make a trip to WMART tomorrow, saw their FB page, seems to carry good selection of beef.

Usually marinate my steak with good amount of sea salt and black pepper, never like them with sauce.

This post has been edited by Xccess: Aug 31 2017, 12:34 AM

Thanks icemanfx for recommending Wmart. Just got back from there. Bought a slab of striploin weighing around 3.5kg at RM488.00 and 2 pieces of aged steaks (2 months old aging)

Will definitely go back again. Loved their cuts selection, wide variety to choose from. Never expect them to carry aged beef, what a pleasant surprised.


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