Restaurant creates cheaper version of Salt Bae’s £850 gold-covered steak

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A restaurant owner with eateries in Durham and Sunderland has created a budget alternative to Salt Bae’s famous 24-carat gold-covered steak, which costs £850 at his Knightsbridge restaurant. The menu prices at chef Nusret Gökçe’s restaurant Nusr-Et Steakhouse London have shocked customers since it opened last month, with customers previously expressing their dismay over a £44 charge for four Red Bulls. Now, John Stirk, a butcher and steakhouse owner at Stirks Italian Steakhouse in Sunderland and The Butcher’s Deli in Durham, has offered a cheaper version of the famous dish, which feeds two and costs £100. “What annoys me about the restaurant in London is that there’s a lot more pictures of people posting receipts for how much they’ve paid for the food rather than the quality.” He went on to criticise the hype that has surrounded Salt Bae’s menu prices.