Kobe Beef

... are extremely small - I guess that's why Japanese aren't as large..  Ok, so if you are in Kobe, you have to try real Kobe beef, right?!?  We had been saving for this, and we splurged on a meal at Wakkou, a nice...not just nice but a posh ...

... beautiful with fine and shiny black hair, and they already had an air of dignity about them fitting of Tajima cattle. Incidentally, Kobe beef has never been exported from Japan, but apparently this may change in the future. I hope those who live outside ...

... are really only two things I can say about the city. 1) its incredibly western, with more italian and french restaurants than japanese.  2) kobe beef is hard to find.  In fact, over my whole day there, I only saw 2, yes 2 places that sold it. ...

... difficult to resist. So the first thing I did when I got to Kobe was to find the tourist information, and have them show me a good Kobe beef restaurant. Wow that was quite a meal. I was at the restaurant for an hour and a half, and all I did was eat. ...

There's nothing to do in Kobe, why come then?  For the beef.  The wagyu beef they have here has a lot of "marbling" of the unsaturated fats making it melt-in-the-mouth smooth.  Apparently the cows are fed a diet of beer and sake and ...

Hello, of course I stopped in Kobe and had some beef there. It was delicious and expensive. 150gramm Rump Steak cost 4500JPY. Roughly 45 Euro. Nice. The cook was so friendly to prepare it in front of my eyes. Unfortunately is the meat mamorized with ...

... place where you BBQ Kobe beef strips on a small grill at your table... like a Korean BBQ joint.  Ordered up the special Kobe beef multi-cut plate and 2 big Kiren beers and were ready to unwind.  Food was great and not very expensive ...

In the final day in Kobe we finally got a chance to try the marvelous world-renowned Kobe beef! Mark (my co-supervisor) and a few more conference attendees headed to a nearby steak restaurant to try the beef. Maran, me and several guys from the ...

... Kobe, exploring the harbor, Chinatown, and the cable cars up the mountain. I met them that night and we had a taste of Kobe beef- complete with digestive tablets for dessert (never seen that back in Wisconsin...) Day two involved a trip to the ...

... food at the banquet was rather underwhelming. Most of it was fairly western, the dessert was missing and, most importantly, the world famous Kobe beef was nowhere to be found... The only good thing about the banquet (apart from the birds) was that we were ...

... view the entire port, and surrounding mountains.  It was probably the prettiest city we have been to thus far.  Our new mission- Kobe beef.  A few restaurants were recommended to us, but at 4,700yen (over $40) a person, we would have to do ...

... boiling water on a hob on our table, an open salad/veggie bar, endless soy sauce and plates upon plates of MEAT...including the awesome Kobe Beef. The name of the game is to basically throw it all in the pot, stir  and eat as much as can possibly ...

... was caused, and lives lost, in their recent earthquake. For Grant's birthday supper, we splurged and visited the best kobe beef restaurant in town. The presentation and experience were both incredible. You're assigned your own personal chef, who ...

... restaurant in the city. Now if you don't know what Kobe beef is you maybe wondering why did I want to take a detour for steak. Kobe beef it the most expensive and best beef on the planet, what makes it so good is the cow is given the best of ...

... a beautiful symbol of their union, and souvenir from this trip! Dinner was served after our sound check, and alas we didn't get Kobe beef... but we did get a deliciously seasoned "Kobe Chicken". Might not be as expensive, but it was pretty tasty (and ...

... whole meal... He also thinly sliced garlic & grilled them very crispy to go with the steak.. Tips : some people don't like Kobe beef since they are used to the sirloin, ribeye steak..etc. You have to think 'out-side the box' don't compare ...