Agree with you, Clanad, a NY Strip is excellent, especially as Karen likes them, well hung.
However, I will have one gripe with the US and is that restaurants can not cook a really good extra rare steak. It's a case of "slap it the cow on its rear, wipe its asse, carve a chunk off - slap it on the hottest barbie or grill, two mins one side, then the other and straight on the plate."
Now Belgium/France, lovingly on to a wood fire with medium heat, four mins a side - and the crucial bit, let it rest in a warm place for ten mins and you have ultra rare meat but the centre is warm, unlike the cold strip you get in so many restaurants.
Having said that, I have eaten some pretty good rare steaks in US folk's houses when it has been bbq-ed.....
And well done meat is yeeuuuk