WAR foods etc

[Tyrial]

Isn't loaghtan steak better than steamed staff for around the same price (or at least in my server each HQ costs around 25k for both of them)? In terms of cost effectivity, I still prefer baked pipira (5-10k each HQ) or maybe something lower like flint caviar or bacon bread, but that's just because I don't craft/gather so all my money comes from roulette bonuses and sometimes selling materias from weekly VA (only using mat V on my accessories, IV on the rest until I get i240s from savage).

It would be, but you're comparing a 1* food with a 3* Specialist food. Steamed Staff is far easier to make.

Steak:

Characteristics
Specialist Recipe
Quick Synthesis Unavailable
Craftsmanship Required: 850
Control Required: 820

Staff:

Characteristics
Quick Synthesis Unavailable
Craftsmanship Required: 620

*EDIT* On Sarg Staff is quite expensive (Almost 50k each for HQ last I checked). I don't recall what Steak was at.