Strip steak New Zealand and Australia, it is known as Porterhouse and Sirloin (striploin steak) and can be found in the "Handbook of Australian Meat" under codes 2140 to 2143. In the UK and Ireland it is called sirloin. In Canada, most meat purveyors refer to this cut as a strip loin; in French it is known as "contre-filet". Delmonico's Restaurant, an operation opened in New York City in 1827, offered as one of its signature dishes a cut from the short loin called a Delmonico steak. Due to its association with the city, it is often referred to as a New
Flat iron steak of steak is from the shoulder of a beef animal. It is located adjacent to the heart of the shoulder clod, under the seven or paddle bone (shoulder blade or scapula). The steak encompasses the infraspinatus muscles of beef, and one may see this displayed in some butcher shops and meat markets as a "top blade" roast. Anatomically, the muscle forms the dorsal part of the rotator cuff of the steer. This cut is anatomically distinct from the shoulder tender, which lies directly below it and is the teres major. Flat iron steaks usually have a significant amount of marbling.