A friend of mine likes his steak cooked well done (yeah I know, don’t ask). When we went to France, he was told that they tend to cook their steaks less than we do in the UK, so he asked for it burnt on the outside and well done inside, thinking that would come just as he liked it. It still came what I’d call medium rare. I’m sure if you ask for your steak rare, they’d just wave it over a candle for 1 second on each side and then put it on the plate.
A friend of mine likes his steak cooked well done (yeah I know, don’t ask). When we went to France, he was told that they tend to cook their steaks less than we do in the UK, so he asked for it burnt on the outside and well done inside, thinking that would come just as he liked it. It still came what I’d call medium rare. I’m sure if you ask for your steak rare, they’d just wave it over a candle for 1 second on each side and then put it on the plate.