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I don't like Wagyu beef (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There, I said it. Had some Wagyu A5, genuine certified import from Japan prepared by an actual chef on a handful of occasions. The last one was on Saturday as part of a business conference in the exec suite of some fancy hotel, talking to potential investors.

The set menu cost the equivalent of $700 per person, wines not included.

And. I. still. don't. like. it.

The meat is simply too rich, too soft, too greasy. There's no bite to it. Every time I try it, it reminds me of sucking on a piece of beef flavored butter. A slightly solidified cube of beef lard.

Just give me a Black Angus rump or sirloin steak if you must, that's pretentious enough at a fraction of the cost and provides such a nicer eating experience.

And please, PLEASE, for the love of everything holy, don't give me Wagyu cubes topped of with steamed foie gras. That's akin to buttering your lard. Maybe in 50 years when all my teeth are gone, I'll appreciate being able to grind down a piece of beef between my gums. But as it stands, the Wagyu hype couldn't die fast enough.

/rant

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Use of wagyu and it's consumption should be and usually is executed differently compared to most steaks and it's philosophy. Like you said that wagyu is so extremely rich and fatty that it cannot be eaten in large quantities.

When wagyu is tastefully used (no pun intended) it should be a few small slices on the side of a larger dish. It can also be added to smaller bite size pieces, like wagyu nigiri for example (I have had it and it is wonderful).

If it's properties are understood and it is used correctly it is certainly outstanding.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a common error: people import food from other cultures and don't import with it the way it is prepared in that other culture. Then they say "this sucks".

Similar thing happens with even something as basic and trivial as tofu: it's not a meat substitute, and if you try to use it as that it's going to suck. Make it the way it's made in the culture that invented it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough I also love tofu. My favorite recipe with it is very simple and only includes onion, scallion, mushroom, bok choy, pork, chicken stock, black pepper and of course tofu (soft).

It's also excellent when adding rice to thicken it, making it a sort of porridge

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do Wonder though because they said it was bought and paid for at a company function and prepared by a professional chef so you would think that their experience with A5 wagyu has been as Good as it gets.

As far as I am aware, I've never had it so I don't know which side to believe and I'm not about to shell out big money to give it a try.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You'd think that ... and yet here we are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's how I had it and I really liked it. Of course it's not a typical western steak.