Bistro Chateau Steak From Pin Head Susan’s

Bistro Chateau Steak From Pin Head Susan’s

A few days ago I went to Pin Head Susan’s for dinner. It is a popular restaurant in Schenectady NY.

My friend that treated me to dinner asked where I wanted to go for my birthday dinner and I knew she always wanted to try this place so I suggested we go there. I have been there several times and have never had a bad meal.

Prices are par for the course so there were no surprises.

When we got there we ordered drinks. Since I was not driving I ordered pale ale and she ordered a glass of wine.

We looked over the menu and I was going to order fish. I love cod and it sounded good and would be perfect with the ale I ordered, but she insisted I order a steak.

She knows I don’t often cook steak and felt this would be a nicer treat than fish since I do make fish on a regular basis. Heavens knows what she would have said if I had ordered the pork chop that was the special that day since I am a confessed pork aholic! I didn’t want to argue so I looked at the menu again and found something that sounded good.

I ordered the Bistro Chateau Steak, which was  broiled steak with blue cheese topping.  I had never had blue cheese on a steak before but how bad could it be?

Then to begin the meal I had a side salad. The steak when it arrived had mushrooms and onions with it. I think the mushrooms and onions could have just as well been left off  it was over kill as far as I was concerned, but the steak itself was the best flavor I have ever had!

I am not a big eater so I had a lot of steak left over and almost half of my salad.

Since I enjoyed the steak so much I wanted to duplicate it.

When it was cold I tasted it when I made a salad and sliced some steak on top of it with blue cheese dressing. I learned how to make this salad at the same restaurant. I had enough steak left to use for another meal and when it was heated again I smelled it. I figured out what spices were used and how to top the steak with the blue cheese.

Tonight I made a small steak that I got at Hannaford’s last week at half price. People for some reason don’t buy that kind of steak for marinating and baking very often so the store always has a nice supply marked down.

When I ready to make the steak I heated the oven to 35o degrees and rubbed in some garlic powder, sea salt, and fresh ground pepper.

 After rubbing in some garlic powder, sea salt, and fresh ground pepper.

I then basted the top of the steak with blue cheese and put it in the oven for about 45 minutes.

When I took it out I topped it with more blue cheese.

I had made mashed potatoes earlier with cream cheese and sour cream for the holidays and froze half of the potatoes and used the rest to go with the steak. I then used the balance of some left over peas I had from the other night.

I think I liked my steak even better than the one I had at the restaurant. It did have all the same flavors and I did duplicate it successfully. But I think the fact I used freshly ground pepper made a big difference.  I also liked the mashed potatoes and peas with the dinner better than the side salad.

I guess it’s all in what mood you’re in on any particular day what will taste the best when dinner is ready.

The next time you make a steak give this idea a try. I had never thought of using blue cheese on top of a steak before but I will think of it next time I make a steak again because it was a truly successful way to make steak!

Here is the information on the Resturant:

restaurant hours

Monday through Friday
11A Monday through Friday
11AM - 10PM

Saturday
Noon- 10PM

Sunday
Noon-8PM

Reservations: 346-6431

 M - 10PM

38-40 North Broadway
Schenectady, NY 12305-2902

Facebook address:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pinhead-Susans/101475643254188

Noon- 10PM

Sunday
Noon-8PM

Reservations: 346-6431