Best kobe beef in Tokyo ?
Sep 22, 2009, 11:21 am
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There is a nice place in Kichijoji..
You can read some guy's story here.
http://www.ededition.com/steak-house...atsuzaka-beef/
Sep 22, 2009, 12:19 pm
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A place I've had a good experience with is called Himorogi, at the top of the Brighton Hotel which is adjacent to Shin-Urayasu Station on the Keiyo Line (several stations east of Tokyo Station, just over the line into Chiba Prefecture).
I don't know if it's Kobe, Matsuzaka, or what not, but it ties with the best Japanese high-end beef I've had. It's served teppanyaki style in a nice setting with you seated at the grill with the chef behind it, and a full set meal was a very reasonable 6500 yen or thereabouts. You could probably pay twice that for the same thing at one of the high-end hotels in Tokyo proper.
I don't know if it's Kobe, Matsuzaka, or what not, but it ties with the best Japanese high-end beef I've had. It's served teppanyaki style in a nice setting with you seated at the grill with the chef behind it, and a full set meal was a very reasonable 6500 yen or thereabouts. You could probably pay twice that for the same thing at one of the high-end hotels in Tokyo proper.
Sep 23, 2009, 1:26 am
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Had a great beef meal in a restaurant at the Imperial hotel, forget the name, but there almost certainly is only one teppan place in there. Also don't remember if the beef ws actually from Kobe, there are other places in Japan producing great stuff as well -- it was the best beef I've ever had in my life.
Sep 23, 2009, 3:11 am
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Some interesting articles on Wagyu....
Sep 23, 2009, 6:41 am
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Had a great beef meal in a restaurant at the Imperial hotel, forget the name, but there almost certainly is only one teppan place in there. Also don't remember if the beef ws actually from Kobe, there are other places in Japan producing great stuff as well -- it was the best beef I've ever had in my life.
Sep 23, 2009, 6:44 am
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Sep 23, 2009, 7:07 am
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Sep 23, 2009, 8:21 pm
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Sep 23, 2009, 9:07 pm
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it near impossible to get Kobe beef in Tokyo as it's the wrong prefecture? Matsuzaka should be what's available.
I had my Kobe steak in Kobe. Magnificent.
I had my Kobe steak in Kobe. Magnificent.
Sep 23, 2009, 10:30 pm
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I heard people say that Kobe beef is really Sanda beef or Tajima beef. But looking at how Sanda had developed, Tajima is probably more like it.