Posh London restaurant is selling 3D-printed vegan steaks for eye-watering price
A SWANKY restaurant is selling vegan steak for £29 a pop — and herding in the hipsters.
Le Petit Beefbar boasts it is made with 3D-printed “new meat”, which is 100 per cent plant-based.
Diners have filmed themselves gleefully tucking in to the chunks of “fillet”, though some have a beef with the price.
Customers at the fancy diner in Chelsea, West London, get the steak frites served on a platter and topped with a vegan sauce.
The steak consists of wheat, soy and potato, while the texture replicates animal fibres.
There are also flavourings like mustard and corn starch as well as beetroot colouring to give a meaty appearance.
One customer claimed “you can’t tell the difference” from a real steak.
But another moaned: “Why are you eating all this processed crap? Eat real food!” One joked: “3D-printed? Control, alt, delete!”
It comes after KFC said it was looking at 3D bioprinting tech.
Cells are taken from a chicken then turned to a paste which is printed into sheets with a special machine.
By Eleanor Sharples
AS a big fan of steak, a vegan copy of the gourmet chop wouldn’t exactly be my go-to.
But Le Petit Beefbar’s £29 “Redefine Steak Frites” might just tempt me in the future.
The dish, served on a silver platter, could have been meat, seared on the outside and pink on the inside.
Tucking in, it was soft and had a meaty texture — but ultimately, it didn’t quite have a steak’s full juiciness.
It’s a fantastic alternative, but not quite the real deal.