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Slightly OT, but Is this a language thing? In the UK frying in this context means in a flat frying pan with a very small coating of oil. This is perfectly normal for a steak. Deep fat frying, where the meat would be submerged in hot oil would be out of the ordinary.

It's not as common, but yes. One example found in Southern cuisine / Texas / etc. is called either chicken fried steak or country fried steak. Although often pan fried, some restaurants deep fry them.

With mashed potatoes and white gravy[1], it's delicious, too.

[1] People who put brown gravy on chicken fried steak are heretics who should be deep fried themselves.

I've lived in Japan for my entire adult life and we cook meats either in a frypan or a wok. Do you roast it in the oven or something?

They're referring to deep frying, rather than pan frying.

Have you ever had a hamburger...?