The latest buzz on beefPosted Dec 11th 2006 4:04PM by Jonathan M. Forester
I can, I tried it several times in Japan and is is so well marbled that it is just full of white and pink speckles and streaks. (See the photo I took fall 2004 in a department store in Kobe, Japan of what I think is around grade 10) The grade 12 is so creamy that it is more white than red or pink. I enjoyed it best seared slightly on the outside but basically raw, chilled, sliced paper thin, with a soy and scallion dipping sauce to accentuate the flavors. Oh, by the way, I only recently found out that technically speaking, there's no such thing as Kobe beef, it is merely the shipping point for super premium quality beef from elsewhere in Japan. What is called "Kobe beef" comes from the ancient province of Tajima, what is now called Hyogo Prefecture, of which Kobe is the capital. In Japan real beef connoisseurs, however, refer to it as Tajima beef. This beef comes from an ancient stock of cattle bred for marbling and tenderness called "kuroge Wagyu" i.e. black haired Japanese cattle. Wagyu has become readily available in the US and Australia, sometimes it is called Kobe beef, which is both somewhat illegal and immoral, or else "Kobe Style" or American / Australian Wagyu. |
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