Drooooooooling Over Kobe Beef
I might have caught strep throat over the freezing weekend in Japan, but the Kobe beef more than made up for the slight inconvenience of chills, headache, fever, body aches and a very sore throat. See, everything can be put in perspective!Since this is probably my last visit to the Land of the Rising Sun for a while, of course I had to have Kobe beef again. And just in case this is the last time, I took some shots for posterity...
The entire meal is cooked before your eyes so you're given an apron first to protect you in case the oil spatters, which it never does, though you do smell like you were grilled too after the meal. Then you're served smoked salmon on a bed of fresh onions to clean the palate, while you watch the chef fry the garlic to a golden, crispy brown.
The garlic chips are really good; someone ought to market them as a healthy junk food alternative. Yum... and that's just the appetizer! Next he brings you the 800g slab of meat and with a set of knives so sharp, just cuts the fat right off. That's also cooked with the tao-ge later for taste.
And voila! The beef is served -- I always have it cooked medium, anything more is criminal since you lose the beef's tenderness. Just writing this post again is making me want to go back... the beef literally melts in your mouth. They do serve it with mustard, salt, pepper and soy sauce as garnish but the 1st bite must absolutely be virginal.
I hope I get to have it again before I request it as my last meal.
posted by moan @ 4:05 PM
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