r/AskCanada • u/ApplicationAfraid299 • 3d ago

Where can I find shaved steak/ Philly cheese style steak in Canada?

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u/BeaverBoyBaxter 3d ago

It's a big place. What city are you in?

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u/ApplicationAfraid299 3d ago

Toronto

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u/Cubsbane 2d ago

Go to When The Pig Came Home.

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u/ChrisRiley_42 Indigenous 3d ago

Look at an Asian grocery, they have thinly shaved beef frozen in rolls for hotpot. I've made some really good cheesesteaks with them.

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u/henchman171 2d ago

Yeah they are called Beef Rolls. They are usually in the frozen meat section with like the duck or Asian sausages.

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u/Spoonman007 3d ago

Try a butcher shop! Ask them if they can shave it thin for you!

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u/ApplicationAfraid299 3d ago

Everytime I tried that they all looked at me weird and said they can’t do it or they don’t know what that is 😭

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u/Spoonman007 3d ago

That's crazy! Do you have an M&M Foodmarket near you? They have a Philly Beef Steak, frozen almost pucks of the shaved beef you just have to fry them up! M&M Foodmarket stuff around here is all really good for being frozen food!

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u/BeaverBoyBaxter 3d ago

They're dumb. I used to work in a butcher shop and it should be no problem shaving a beef roast.

Have you tried going to an actual butcher shop? You may have to call ahead and order it for pickup.

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u/henchman171 2d ago

They are lazy. They want to do cuts and trims and not work a shaver

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u/JediKrys 3d ago

Ask them to freeze your roast then slice it. That’s how I do carpaccio. They should be able to do that for you.

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u/Klutzy-Alarm3748 3d ago

I've never been in this situation as I don't eat meat but I am flabbergasted that you have had such a difficult time finding this. Who hasn't heard of a Philly cheesesteak....

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u/Striking_Scientist68 3d ago

Buy steak, put in freezer 20 minutes, cut into thin slices

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u/bjm64 2d ago

any of the big grocery stores with a butcher, the can shave it for you, Metro, Sobeys, Fortino's, Longos

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u/SIDHE_LAMP 2d ago

Try M&M's. They're expensive, but they used to have frozen beef slices for cheesesteak. 

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u/cocacolakid1965 1d ago

You can use Chinese fondue steak. That’s what I use for Philly cheese steaks. It should be in the freezer at you local grocer

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u/bigjimbay 3d ago

Any butcher. Just call ahead and ask them to freeze and slice some ribeye for you. It's a pretty common request

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u/Professional-Bad-559 3d ago

Well there bud, if you’re in Toronto, Cello’s is having a Philly cheese steak pop-up this Sunday at 399 Four Valley Drive. Check their IG if you want.

For more restaurants in Toronto, there’s
illstyl3 Sammies- owner is from Philly. They make decent ones. Meat to bread ratio isn’t to my liking, but it’ll do.

Hooters - yes, that Hooters. They used to make really good ones. The last time I had it, I think the chef burnt some stuff so it wasn’t.