moose133

Again, a well done steak is essentially flavorless; the only flavor comes from sauces and seasoning. A nice restaurant generally is light on sauces as the emphasis is on the beef and the natural, flavorful juices of the beef (that are cooked out when prepared to well done).

And this is where I respectfully disagree, when I grill (especially ribeye), I add salt and pepper and leave it there. Get it to a nice hot brown on the inside and it still remains quite juicy. Obviously it can be done, if you put in the effort and its rather sad that many places won't. That being said, I rarely order steak from a restaurant and generally order it medium when I do because people tend to overcook "well done", that doesn't mean I don't prefer the well done.

He is a bit blunt on this topic, but spot on:

 

"Oh yeah, word of caution for all of you that ruin your steaks by ordering them well-done, Bourdain says that most chefs will give you the worst cuts of meat when they find out you want it cooked that way because they figure you won’t be able to tell the difference anyway after it’s been burned to a crisp.

‘Saving for well-done’ is a time-honored tradition dating back to cuisine’s earliest days. … What happens when the chef finds a tough, slightly skanky end-cut of sirloin that’s been pushed repeatedly to the back of the pile? He can throw it out, but that’s a total loss. He can feed it to the family, which is the same as throwing it out. Or he can ‘save for well-done’—serve it to some rube who

prefers

his meat or fish incinerated into a flavorless, leathery hunk of carbon, who won’t be able to tell if what he’s eating is food or flotsam. Ordinarily, a proud chef would hate this customer, hold him in contempt for destroying his fine food. But not in this case. The dumb bastard is

paying for the privilege of eating his garbage!

What’s not to like?'”

Explains why I don't eat steak at a nice resteraunt, every time I've ordered well done, they always taste like crap. Nothing is better than a well done steak done well.

nothings better than a steak that's properly well done. Nice and charred on the outside and a nice, juicy hot brown on the inside.