Originally posted by Formerly Rockymtnole:
Kobe Beef. Hands down. This beef comes only from Kobe, Japan; therefore, costs more the
further you travel from Japan as it only comes from Wagyu cows that have been massaged with sake-fed grain fodder
and given one beer a day. This makes the beef tender, flavorful and
wonderfully marbled. You can find this in most of the top, high-end
steakhouses in the U.S. like Japonais in Chicago. On my list of getaway weekends I'm planning (still living in Tallahassee unfortunately) when I'm back from my 10 day Southwest tour I plan to scout out a trip to the Renga-tei Restaurant in Kobe, where they are known for Wagyu wrapped in rice
paper and seared on an iron grill, then served with salmon and salad. I was hoping to get in a dinner at Chef Varley's place in Vegas yesterday but after doing the Grand Canyon (North Rim, not the uber-touristy West Rim with the glass skywalk), hiking to the top of Angel's Landing, an afternoon of calf-roping and seeing Blue Man Group (meh, I much prefered the show in Orlando), we were a bit spent for the day and decided against a big meal and decided to grab some wine and cheese to eat for the sunset helicopter tour over the city.