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>biftek Seen that word, with that spelling, IIRC, in Iranian restaurant menus in India.
by fuzztester 3y ago
>biftek
Seen that word, with that spelling, IIRC, in Iranian restaurant menus in India.
- hackernewds 3y agoyou're thinking of Bistek, also in indonesia
- prawn 3y agoI remember biftek in Turkey also? Bistek appears to be "beef steak" in the Philippines?
- bitbckt 3y ago“Bistec a la X” for many types of X is part of the Spanish-speaking world, including the Philippines. The spelling with a “k” is a loan word into Tagalog.
- fuzztester 3y agoAnd what does the X stand for in that?
- jdminhbg 3y agoAnything. Bistec a la Mexicana is “Mexican-style steak.” Replace with any nationality or style or whatever.
- teknico 3y ago“Bistecca” in Italian.
- narag 3y agoBistec a la X” for many types of X is part of the Spanish-speaking world Right, even for X = pork. But lately, it's fading in favour of "filete" (slice) of X, at least in Spain.
- fuzztester 3y agoYes. Not been to Turkey, but I read about cuisines, for fun, including on Wikipedia and food blogs. And IIRC, steak is called biftek in Turkey.
- cyberax 3y agoIt's also similar in Russian and Ukrainian: "beefshteks"
- nemo8551 3y agoThis was definitely a tradecraft code word when two dudes passed a briefcase between each other in a cold park one day in Moscow. Heavy, heavy pronunciation going on to near comical effect.
- fuzztester 3y agoPsst! Tovarisch! Next meeting at 11:00 p.m. Tuesday under the bridge just after Gorky Prospekt! Wear a grey checked coat, with a copy of Pravda under your arm. Da? Oops, too many spy novels plus a bad sense of humour ... ;)
- fuzztester 3y agoOr maybe, too many bad spy novels :)
- nemo8551 3y agoI think there used to be a kebab place in Glasgow called bifteki. It generally signalled the end of a night when you headed there.
- samstave 3y agoYep - Bistek is beef steak in PH. and Bifstek in India is likely due to colonialism. Its amazing that Chicken Makhani was actually invented in the UK.
- makapuf 3y agoThat spelling is not the generally used one in French (or other languages) : it's spelled bifteck (See https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/bifteck https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/bifteck)
- fuzztester 3y agoYes, but I've seen it the way I wrote it above, in restaurants in real life, that's why I wrote it the way I did. :) Also, see the Czech, Macedonian, and other entries under the Descendants section at your own link above. Many of them spell it the way I did.
- nottorp 3y agoRomanian doesn't use K so it's "biftec" in menus and recipes :)