Conor McGregor ate a $1,000 gold-covered steak served by Salt Bae as he continues to recover from KO loss

• Conor McGregor continues to recover from his recent knockout loss by living his best life.
• He took his family to Salt Bae's restaurant in Dubai and bought a gold-leaf tomahawk.
• McGregor, though, messed-up the salting process, inviting mockery from fans on social media.

Conor McGregor took his young family out for dinner this week, spent $1,000 on a gold-leaf steak at Salt Bae's restaurant, and then got told off by fans for getting the salting process all wrong.

The former two-weight UFC champion is currently in the United Arab Emirates, where he has spent all of 2021 so far.

The final weeks of his training camp before UFC 257 were in Dubai. He then lost his lightweight match with Dustin Poirier at Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, on January 23.

Though McGregor gave a good account of himself in the opening round, he was shellacked against the fence in the second, and left bloodied, beaten, and unconscious on the canvas in the second.

He was next seen limping around the Octagon, needed crutches to walk to the post-event press conference, and then told reporters he would recover on board his $4 million yacht.

That recovery process has now included a trip to the Nusr-Et Steakhouse in Dubai as McGregor, his pregnant fiancee Dee Devlin, and his two children Conor Jack Jr. and Croia, ate at the restaurant.

McGregor ordered the gold leaf-covered tomahawk, a steak widely reported to cost $1,000.

True to his theatrical style, when the steak arrived at McGregor's table, Salt Bae - real name Nusret Gökçe - didn't even look at the steak when he began slicing it.

He then invited McGregor to salt the meat, which you can see in a video below:

Fans, however, fumed at the Irishman for not salting it in true Salt Bae style by sprinkling it off the forearm, with dozens commenting on the post to condemn his poor technique.

In another video, McGregor can be seen showing Salt Bae how to perform the billi-strut walk he made famous during his rise in the UFC.

Though McGregor is reportedly desperate to return to the Octagon and avenge his recent loss to Poirier, he is currently serving a six-month medical suspension.