Cast Iron pan from Ikea.cheap and fab!

My new cast iron pan is fab!!!

i brought this pan to the cashier in Ikea yesterday, bcoz the code was blurred, the cashier rogerred her onsite colleague to look at the code on rack, she spoke to the walkie talkie: pls check for me a plain black, 'damn heavy' pan. i urged to correct her: it is a 'cast iron fry pan' for good. of coz, she didn't care what i said, just like these pans are treated in Ikea as no one cares they can be sold or not for ages.

anyway, these 'damn heavy' pans only cost $79 HKD each. no matter what, it is a good bargain to have this pan at home even though for frying steaks only. 79 dollars!! what can i say?

i cooked a small portion of non-expensive beef steak to check how the pan worked. the steak was from SOGO supermarket around dozens dollars only. since it was not at the top quality, i prefered to make it well-done. i heated the pan and put a half table spoon ghee inside and then the steak. i loved the ziiiiiiii sound while my steak was frying. it came out brown and crispy. although it was well-done, the meat was still tender enough. after the meal, the pan was still a bit warm, i cleaned it under running water. it didn't stick at all. it was so easy to rub the grease and remains off. i didn't use cleaning agent at all. then i put it on the stove and reheated it for 1 minutes until it was completely dry. not much work to do actually. brilliant cast iron pan!

(P.S. cast iron pan needs to be seasoned before use. the method is as similar as chinese wok.)