I’d give my right artery for some Peter Luger’s cholesterol sauce right about now

Take a moment to picture that perfect steak in your mind. The sizzle and crackle when it comes to your table. The first salty bite. The buttery texture of marbled steak. The second when you tell yourself you’re not going to eat everything on your plate and the guilty pleasure of doing exactly that.

My perfect steak is at Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn. And although it can be topped with the restaurant’s signature sauce — a spicy, brown horseradish sauce — the real juice is in the cholesterol sauce spooned on top by an ageless waiter in a white apron.