An influencer has become a viral sensation after recreating Salt Bae’s £1450 gold-plated Tomahawk steak for less than £65 – just 5 per cent of the price.
Harrison Webb, 24, from London, took to TikTok to recreate the dish which is served at the Nusr-Et Steakhouse in Knightsbridge.
The food blogger made the meal using £2 worth of President butter, 60p of garlic, 70p of coriander, and a £32.92 cote de boeuf before topping it off with £28 worth of edible gold.
The total cost of the dish came to a total of £64.44 – meaning he could mark it up a huge 2150 per cent if he sold it at the same price as Salt Bae.
Harrison’s clip has racked up more than 126,000 hits with many suggesting it’s a great way to indulge in steak without the hefty price tag.
However, some Salt Bae defenders pointed out Nusr-Et’s steak is Wagyu – one of the most expensive in the world, also adding he had the cost of labour and rent.
It’s not clear if the steak Harrison used in Wagyu, the beef that has come from Japanese cows is one of the most expensive in the world and cost around £50 per kg.
Harrison’s steak was also slightly smaller than Salt Bae’s at 1.4kg not 2kg – but many have commented it still demonstrates Salt Bae’s ‘tremendous’ overpricing.
Turkish butcher-turned-chef Nusret, has racked up more than 38million followers on Instagram since he went viral on social media in 2017 for his way of seasoning meat.
Harrison Webb, 24, from London, took to TikTok to recreate the dish which is served at the Nusr-Et Steakhouse in Knightsbridge. The food blogger made the meal using £2 worth of President butter, 60p of garlic, 70p of coriander, and a £32.92 cote de boeuf before topping it off with £28 worth of edible gold
The total cost of the dish came to a total of £64.44 – meaning he could mark it up a huge 2150 per cent if he sold it at the same price as Salt Bae
Harrison bought £28 gold leaf and covered his steak in it (left and right). The final product was just £64.22
The 38-year-old, who has been nicknamed Salt Bae by fans, currently has 17 restaurants in his successful chain and has a legion of celebrity devotees including DJ Khaled, Leonardo DiCaprio and David Beckham.
He opened his London branch last week, with reality stars and influencers keen to get a taste of the internet celebrity’s meat.
But the restaurant has been widely slammed by critics and foodies, with the Guardian’s Jay Rayner taking a £8.50 kebab from Fulham’s Kebab Kid to eat outside the restaurant in protest.
Evening Standard restaurant reviewer Jimi Famurewa described the food as ‘categorically bad and called the clientele ‘wealthy, bored-looking new parents, super-rich kids that always keep one AirPod in, tanned fifty-somethings with the air of suburban hot tub owners and groups of young aspirant influencer girls in swishy dresses.’
Celebrity restaurant Nusr-Et Steakhouse has been controversial since the start and has been accused of ‘deleting negative reviews’, after a customer’s eye-watering bill went viral last month
There’s also been controversy since opening, including bad reviews reportedly being deleted from Google.
Last month a customer’s receipt from went viral after totalling a staggering £1,812.40 earning the restaurant an onslaught of backlash, however Google reviews currently show a 4.8 star rating – with the site stating it was ‘updated by the business a week ago.
According to My London News, ‘a flurry of reviews appearing to criticise the restaurant when it first opened’ have since ‘disappeared.
The restaurant now boasts 4.8 stars on Google and 4.7 stars on Facebook, where one client writes: ‘What can I say apart from WOW! Yes the prices are not cheap but you get what you pay for in regards to service, ambience and quality of food and drinks.
The menu includes gold plated steaks (right) – which cost up to £1500 and a £100 golden burger (left)
The upscale eatery chain is owned by Turkish butcher-turned-chef Nusret Gokce, better known as Salt Bae, whose theatrical salt-sprinkling antics have earned him over 38million followers on Instagram
London diners will be able to get their hands on the 24-Carat gold Tomhawk steak, which has previously been a menu item in their Dubai branch (pictured)
‘I was lucky enough to meet Nusret and he’s a lovely, humble man. The theatre of performing the signature steak slicing by Nusret and then later the Baklava by another gentleman was absolutely fantastic.’
Only one less flattering review remains, with a customer branding it ‘too expensive’ and ‘not child friendly’.
Last month a customer’s receipt from Nusr-Et Steakhouses showed how a single steak cost £630, with four Red Bulls costing £44.
The eye-watering bill from ‘Salt Bae’s’ newly opened restaurant in London‘s Knightsbridge also shows the table of eight customers had a £236.40 service charge added to their spend.
Elsewhere, the customers paid £9 per glass of coke, £12 on four pieces of sweetcorn and £200 on a rack of lamb.
Revealed: The eye-wateringly expensive menu in full
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