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The $185 Wagyu Steak Sandwich
- Thread starter Saya
- Start date
Japanese guard the semen pretty relgiously, i believe its nuture is what makes those cows so delicious
Yes, I know you mentioned eating beef in Japan but A5 grade beef is still something special there too and not found in all menus. I don't know whether you have or not.
You originally stated that one could make a $20 sandwich which would be indistinguishable in taste to this one to most people and that is what I fundamentally disagree with.
The texture and taste is vastly different. They could never be the same.
Now for which sandwich someone prefers, yes, that's simply a matter of taste.
To me this A5 sandwich would be too much. I'd eat a quarter of it at most.
yeah, it's like... shitty ham or mince meat. if you think that looks the same.... get your eyes checked?
Have to agree. I have had the great privilege to have eaten great steak all over the world including the US, South America, Australasia, and the UK, and real Japanese Waygu is head and shoulders above everything else in terms of flavour and mouth feel. After the first time I had it, I actually wondered whether I could go back to "normal" meat, and I go to Alexanders in SF once a year to remind myself of what "peak steak" tastes like.
Not sure I'd waste it in a sandwich though.
Other steak can, on occasion, come close if you luck out on the marbling with the right cut and have it prepared right. That happens once in a blue moon though.
I'm confused. "Wagyu" is everywhere here in Australia. Even fast food chains have jumped on that bandwagon.
Why can they sell it for $10?
Why can they sell it for $10?
Probably because they're not actually importing actual top quality wagyu
Okay so first of all, the A part shouldn't matter here at all, this is a small cut and the yield has no really bearing on how it tastes, as for the marbling, well, I can't speak for everyone, but I'm really not sure I could really tell the difference between a cat 5 marbling cut and a cat 3 when served in a fried bread sandwich.
And really, there's nothing magical about that grading system, in fact, it's a pretty close mirror to the USDA one, have you ever tried a steak from a cold weather cow breed with a high marbling score?
I thought as much. I hear they practically pamper the cows throughout their lives with specialized diets and massages.
Definitely! Kind of funny I'm eating a wagyu beef dip right now lol. Nothing too expensive though.
And here was my first real Kobe steak I experienced (not the best cut) in Kobe:
I couldn't find any pictures of some of the better cuts I've had.
damn that looks so good. dunno why people are annoyed with it being served on shokupan. nothing wrong with white bread, especially asian white bread, like shokupan, which is made with quality ingredients and treated with a lot more respect and is undoubtedly higher quality than the grocery aisle WonderBread many of us grew up eating. Its rather plain characteristics makes it a nice vehicle for the fatty beef, and i'd rather have the wagyu be served in between slices of shokupan than a naturally leavened country loaf.
The new "$30 meal" meme.
Anyway I thought it was a fucking ripoff but then I read you get to keep the box, so...
My dining-out budget usually exceeds $200 per month. I could probably tighten the purse strings for a month and splurge on this dish. After I could to myself say "welp, you did it you cunt. you paid $200 for a white bread sandwich", and go back to my 4 piece dark meal at El Pollo Loco and be perfectly content.
From where? I've had like three and didn't like any of them that much. Well they were good but not best burger material.
Wagyu as a general marketing term is completely useless without knowing the source, breed, and grading. Cheap places selling wagyu don't even source it from Japan. More likely mixed breed cattle from Australia. If it's got some Japanese blood in it, it's wagyu. Standards be damned!
These are amazing pieces of humor, well done haha.
Interesting, thanks!
I'd love to try some actual quality wagyu one day then!
i once ordered an "American Kobe Burger" from my neighborhood sports bar and no doubt it was legit.
If you're really interested in good Japanese beef, look for restaurants which list where the beef comes from, or just take a trip to Japan and look for a good place to have steak. Just google around for recommendations depending on where you are going. Hakushu at Shibuya was highly recommended to me, but unfortunately I couldn't get a reservation at the last moment on my recent trip to Tokyo. Definitely wanna go the next time.
It's was at a spot called Roy's Restaurant. You can find them in maybe four different states. I go to the one in Tampa, Florida.
This fat is like a velvet and smooth fat. Very much different than fat from a USDA steak.
An outstanding reference.
Steak aside, I don't know why you'd wrap near $200 worth in a bit of bread. A good steak from the north of Aus would be just as good.
I've only eaten well done steak my entire life, and looking at those photos....I don't see it changing anytime soon.
Why even eat steak if you're getting it well done? Much better proteins that maintains it's flavour when fully cooked then a steak. All the flavour is stripped away with a well done steak.
And if for some reason you love flavour of well done steak, then just buy the cheapest cut as it doesn't matter with well done as you won't be able to tell difference of cut.
Then why eat meat? Fat is what gives it the flavor. Unless you're talking about gristle which is entirely different, or low quality meats that just have a giant chunk of fat on them.
I had Wagyumafia in Japan. It was so good. Honestly would pay for it again even though it's super expensive. It just melts in your mouth.
Oh yeah I'm talking about gristle (I didn't remember the word) I hate that rubbery shit.
Will keep it in mind.
I had Wagyumafia in Japan. It was so good. Honestly would pay for it again even though it's super expensive. It just melts in your mouth.
From the restaurant or the sandwich shop in nakameguro (I think the resaurant has sandwiches too). A friend went and had the zabuton and said it was good but 円円円. Which one did you have?
Yeah, I mean, it's not for me, but let's not pretend videogames are the most fiscally responsible hobby.
I had Wagyumafia in Japan. It was so good. Honestly would pay for it again even though it's super expensive. It just melts in your mouth.
Looks raw as hell. How people think its tasty blows my mind. Stop wasting good lamb/beef cuts on freaking sandwiches, braise them with wine, let the fat turn into flavor, folks!
People think it's tasty because they actually tried it. Maybe you shouldn't assume it tastes like your ordinary medium-rare beef?