Así lo entiendo.

There IS a different between "from the grill" and "a la plancha"...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=a la plancha griddled&hl...

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griddle - cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
cooking utensil, cookware - a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking
Verb 1. griddle - cook on a griddle; "griddle pancakes"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
fry - cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"


grill (grl)
tr.v. grilled, grill·ing, grills
1. To broil on a gridiron.
2. To torture or afflict as if by broiling.
3. Informal To question relentlessly; cross-examine.
4. To mark or emboss with a gridiron.
n.
1. A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.
2. Food cooked by broiling or grilling.
3. A grillroom.
4. A series of marks grilled or embossed on a surface.
5. Variant of grille.

eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant - a building where people go to eat
2. grill - a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"
grillwork, grille
framework - a structure supporting or containing something
Verb 1. grill - cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
barbecue, barbeque, cook out - cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"
hibachi - cook over a hibachi grill
broil, oven broil - cook under a broiler; "broil fish"
2. grill - examine thoroughly; "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology"
examine - question closely

Ribeye Steak a la Plancha
Yield: 6

Recipe Courtesy Anna and Michael Olson.

"A la Plancha" refers to the method of cooking steaks, that has now become our favourite way to cook steaks, beating out grilling. Try it once and you'll be hooked.


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plancha, a la
English translation: grilled/griddled/pan broiled
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Cooking / Culinary
Spanish term or phrase: a la plancha
Not really grilling, not really frying, what is it?

Maureen Dolan
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maryel: 11:42pm Aug 8, 2004 : Maureen, I guess your concern is to know what "a la plancha" means and not "how" it is expressed in English. In my answer I tried to do that, but the most widely used word, the one in the menus is "grilled". I assume that is the one cooks use to "bridge*
maryel: 11:44pm Aug 8, 2004 : * the gap" between different cooking styles.(US & Argentina)

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p.s. I have never been one to go with the majority ;)

Thankfully...