Have tried Matsuzaka, Kobe, Hida, the best Australian, Luger, .... and many of the best of the world except Argentinian. My fav? Best is in Korea. Think best Japanese beef with similar marbling but not the fattiness. Stronger taste and firmer texture. Best in Korea is probably Park Dae Gam but Bamboo House might be more accessible for foreigners. Second for me is probably Sostanza in Florence. Third will be any of the best beefs in Japan.

Kobe beef is great, but it does taste good when eaten raw. Raw as in steak tartare. :( I made this mistake when I was visiting Japan few years ago. :(

so my question is: what is the best beef in the world, if you're eating it raw?

best steak experience in a restaurant
 

I also had my best steak in Italy.

I would have to say the best steak experience I have ever had in a restaurant was near Greve just outside Florence in La Cantinetta di Rignana in the very small village of Rignana.

FANTASTIC!

I shared the classic Bistecca Fiorentina with my group, and it was the best steak I have ever experienced. A classic T Bone, (2kg!) and it was cooked over a wood fire, nice and rare. Rare is the classic way to serve it.

It was carved tableside by Guido no less - yes that is his real name.

It was a dry aged steak of Chianina beef, which is getting fairly rare these days.

Serve with a nice drizzle of extra virgin Tuscan olive oil, sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper....

I had a front row seat of the Tuscan countryside, a very nice Tuscan red wine and a beautiful young Tuscan woman dining with me... Wow!

Recording last night's steak for posterity - and an easy lunch if you are coming to SYD anytime.
Kingsleys (aka Steersons)[menu]
Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB) - Rib Eye - 150 day grain fed.
Cooking tempterature: Blue
Served with: Red wine jus & potato mash.
(USD$20-40 for most options; expect 20-something for most of them)

Add one of the livelier reds on the wine list (try a Cab Sauv) is a popular match. (Under USD$30/bottle! [list])

Heaven! :p


(Given the fact that most FTers I know enjoy a steak, it's a potential Do / dinner location, looking across Cockle Bay, from King St Wharf :))

The Espiritu Santo beef is indeed excellent! I was able to enjoy some staying in Santo (stayed 10 days or so at the Deco Stop Lodge for some diving, the S S President Coolidge et al), as well as some very nice lobster. They know how to take care of divers...

Some Fijian beef is pretty good - the story is the beef was en route from Argentina to Australia as breeding stock when the ship foundered on a reef. Some local Fijians helped themselves - to the crew, and ate them. They kept the beeves, as well as the herdsman, and today... you eat their tasty progeny. Er, the beef, not the crew or the Fijians.

I also ahve to agree good beef can be found in a number of places - economically in Paraguay, Argentina and Brasil, not at all economically in Matsuzaka beef, mid-priced in Australia, etc.

Botswana - excellent beef and very, very affordable ^
And great country in general :)

Oh man, you guys just wait. They're funneling tonnes of money into genetics research here to create better marbled beef. I don't think it will help local industry as much as they hope it will, but it will help the industry as a whole. Yum yum, Alberta beef....

I would rather they didn't, along with others constantly trying to make sweet corn sweeter. Grass fed Alberta beef = ^^

That is good enough for me!

I will think about eventually organizing a Who Will Be The Next FlyerTalk Member To Post? An OMNI Game LIVE and In Person:Botswana FlyerTalk member gathering sometime in the future, and one night of beef indulgence will be a requirement!

Now I understand better why Precious Romotswe, the owner of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, is so proud of her late father's cattle.

Seriously, reading that series has whetted my interest in visiting Botswana someday.

I haven't had the pleasure of Australian beef, so I can't comment there.

The best beef experiences I've had were in Argentina and the Orkney Islands. Both grass fed, both flavourful and delicious. And never was it overcooked, which was amazing! I like my red meat bloody in the middle. Hell, just walk it through a warm room then put it on a plate :)

Ok I'm not quite that bad, but I do love it nice and rare.

Not the best steak I've ever had, but one of the best I had when I was in Australia last year was a Grassland Rib Eye with chips and a glass of good red wine at Kingsley's in Sydney near CBD. I think it was a lunch deal for about $29AUD. Simple, nice presentation, and satisfying!!

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/membe...-kingsleys.jpg

Kingsley's: http://www.kingsleysauststeak.com.au/

I would join - Botswana beef + Namibian's Windhoek Lager beers = Me happy :D

Have anyone had Mishima beef? I saw it on a food network show and it's said to be one the most expensive beef in the world.

Japan's finest beef shows an interesting range of Japanese beef.

Argentina's beef are great, but the best ones I ate in Sao Paulo (Brazil), in a restaurant named 348. Incredibleeeee