I flew to Turkey to eat at Salt Bae’s restaurant – because the flight and meal was less than the cheapest steak at his London venue

A British man flew to Turkey and bought a steak dinner from Salt Bae’s restaurant for less than the cost of the same dinner in the UK. 

Callum Ryan, 23, saw that the cheapest steak on offer at Salt Bea’s UK restaurant was a thinly sliced wagyu striploin for £95.

He wondered if he could get it cheaper at the original restaurant in the same chain, based in Istanbul, Turkey, and booked a flight from Luton Airport, London, to Istanbul, Turkey with Wizz Air. 

The flight on the budget airline cost him just £17.99.

Once he landed in Istanbul, Callum went to Salt Bae’s Nusr-Et Steakhouse and ordered a New York steak, fries, chilli sauce, coca cola and a dessert for £57.95.

He wondered if he could get it cheaper at the original restaurant in the same chain, based in Istanbul, Turkey

Salt Bae, or Nusret Gökçe, (pictured) went viral in 2017 after a video of him finishing a steak with salt in a unique way blew up

In total, he spent £75.93 which is £19.07 cheaper than the price of a steak in Salt Bae’s UK restaurant.

Callum, a content creator, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, said: ‘The food was unreal, it was the best steak I have ever had.

‘I will definitely be going back, the steak itself was worth it alone.

‘I think I would rather take the trip to Istanbul if the food there is as good as the London restaurant to get a weekend out of it.

‘I would be rushing to his UK restaurant in a hurry.’

This isn’t the first time he has managed to game the system and get a holiday for less than the price of a meal. 

In May, Callum flew to Portugal and bought peri peri chicken all for less than £15 – cheaper than the cost of his usual Nando’s order.

He also flew to Spain for a three day holiday for less than £100 all in.

Salt Bae, or Nusret Gökçe, went viral in 2017 after a video of him finishing a steak with salt in a unique way blew up.