Good British Beef is some of the best in the World.
The fact that the OP seems to think that there is better beef on the Continent shows he know **** all.
Due to the obsession with low fat, bright red meat the vast majority of beef comes from charolais cattle. A French breed that was originally used for pulling stuff and is very muscular and lean. Crap for eating.
The best beef comes from Hereford or Aberdeen Angus,or a cross between the two. Should be heavily marbled and fed on grass.
Also, don’t waste your time with fillet, overpriced and pretty bland.
Had dinner at a colleague’s house in Amsterdam a couple of weeks ago and he served up a piece of beef and carved it at the table, it was incredible, just so tender and tasty, beautifully pink but not running with red liquid.
Well that doesn’t sound like steak to me, more like roast beef?
Get yourself to a butchers and buy yourself a roasting rib on the bone. However, you sound like the sort who “won’t pay for fat and bone”! 🙄