This is for you folks that have access to the ubiquitous roast known as a "Tri-Tip". The Coulotte is nothing more than a Tri-Tip cut into steaks. If your market sells Tri-Tips, they will also carry Coulottes.
I've eaten a lot of Coulottes and New York Strips over the years...I mean a lot. I am here to forward the premise that dollar for dollar, the Coulotte is a better piece of meat. The NYS has a finer texture. The Coulotte has better flavor(all IMHO). Although tri-tip has become "discovered", hence there's been a significant price increase over the years, it's still substantially cheaper than the NYS. As a result, if you can only afford to buy Select grade New York's, you can also afford Choice grade Coulottes.
Case in point. Here in Idaho, I can get Prime New York Strips from the lower end of the Prime grade for $18.99 a pound. That's a lot of money for most folks, but compared to the SF Bay Area, that price is a substantial discount. Today I bought two Kobe Coulottes for the wife and I on sale for $16.99 a pound. I wish I had taken pictures but I ended up seasoning, grilling, and scarfing it down like a hyena on a rotting corpse in the hot Serengeti sun. It was sublime. This steak was as tender, and more flavorful than all but the best New York's I've eaten at a much higher price.
Just for the sake of discussion, please feel free to throw in your opinion, or do a side by side comparison and report back. Back when I was working in the fire service and working out a great deal, a couple of small Coulottes seared on the grill made for a great lunch for about five bucks. The comparable New York would have run about $8-9.
I've eaten a lot of Coulottes and New York Strips over the years...I mean a lot. I am here to forward the premise that dollar for dollar, the Coulotte is a better piece of meat. The NYS has a finer texture. The Coulotte has better flavor(all IMHO). Although tri-tip has become "discovered", hence there's been a significant price increase over the years, it's still substantially cheaper than the NYS. As a result, if you can only afford to buy Select grade New York's, you can also afford Choice grade Coulottes.
Case in point. Here in Idaho, I can get Prime New York Strips from the lower end of the Prime grade for $18.99 a pound. That's a lot of money for most folks, but compared to the SF Bay Area, that price is a substantial discount. Today I bought two Kobe Coulottes for the wife and I on sale for $16.99 a pound. I wish I had taken pictures but I ended up seasoning, grilling, and scarfing it down like a hyena on a rotting corpse in the hot Serengeti sun. It was sublime. This steak was as tender, and more flavorful than all but the best New York's I've eaten at a much higher price.
Just for the sake of discussion, please feel free to throw in your opinion, or do a side by side comparison and report back. Back when I was working in the fire service and working out a great deal, a couple of small Coulottes seared on the grill made for a great lunch for about five bucks. The comparable New York would have run about $8-9.
