Have you ever had wagyu beef?

[Kingofkings1992]

The marbling on that steak is unbelievable

Yes

No

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Multiple times living in Japan including some of the highest grade on fancy occasions. This is going to be blasphemy for most steak lovers but I actually don't like it very much! It's so fatty and makes me feel stuffed so quickly.

I genuinely prefer more like a USDA Prime at a good Texan steak house. The best steaks I ever tried to my palate were in Texas and Hawaii. I also actually like a little bit of chewiness to my steaks; I don't like them so tender that they're almost melting in my mouth.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

My body might also have some difficulty digesting certain animal fats. I can consume a large amount of fatty fish and nuts and so forth just fine, but with certain animal bats like eating a lot of fatty bacon, pork belly, or fatty beef, I do have to limit myself to very small portions or else I start to feel a bit sick after (not nauseous but a feeling like I ate too much and want to lie down).

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

* animal fats

[Phoenix98]

To be fair to Japan Texas has some of the best steak houses out there.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Phoenix98 I miss them very much! I worked in San Antonio for a good while and they had the most amazing steaks and barbecues.

[Phoenix98]

When I eventually go to Texas with my buddy we have a whole list of BBQ and steak houses we want to try, gonna eat it all.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Phoenix98 I'm probably an oddball but very fatty meat is something I never cared for so much. For example, I might be one of the few people out there who genuinely doesn't like bacon much at all. The only time I really like bacon is the dried bacon bits they put on things like loaded baked potatoes together with sour cream and cheese.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Phoenix98 Some of the best I tried were local restaurants but I loved this one little chain they had called Rudy's:


They actually let you order meat by the pound. My favorite was the brisket and I'd order a whopping 2lbs of it. Also the side dishes like the creamed corn was amazing.

[Phoenix98]

Yeah it's not for everyone that's for sure. I'll have to keep that place in mind, I hear Terry Blacks is pretty good to.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Phoenix98 That looks awesome! I've never been or to Austin yet (only San Antonio and Dallas). I figure just about any Texan barbecue place is going to be great.

Something that really surprised me is that Hawaii also had some amazing steaks and barbecues. That's not something I associated with Hawaii before, but also had some of the beast steaks and roasts there, like some of the best prime rib I ever tried.

[Phoenix98]

I could believe Hawaii would have some pretty good BBQ they do after all have the whole smoked pig in the ground thing which is really popular.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@Phoenix98 I had some of that Kalua pork which was pretty good; I've never been the biggest fan of pork but it was definitely very fork tender and nice. I think popular there is also Rafute from Okinawa (braised pork belly):

I actually love that but have to limit myself to very small portions since it's so fatty.

[Phoenix98]

Yeah it looks quite fatty.

[Phoenix98]

I've had Wagyu before and it was delicious.

I've never had genuine A5 Japanese Wagyu which is the one I really want to try it I hear it's some of the best steak in the world.

But those prices man a 10oz 3/8 thick steak is about 200$ and that's on the cheaper side of things /=.

[FreyaRed]

Wagyu belongs in the same overhyped and overpriced food category like Sea Urchin eggs or oysters.

[purplepoppy]

If I want steak I want steak not something that's 90% fat

[Kingofkings1992]

It’s considered the highest quality beef

[purplepoppy]

But where's the actual beef? That's not marbling it's flecks of meat in a slab of fat

[Kingofkings1992]

It is marbling. I’m not sure you understand what marbling is

[purplepoppy]

It's a network of soft fat that makes a steak tender. But the meat should make up most of the steak not the other way round. That pic just looks like cheap nasty meat.

[Kingofkings1992]

Do you understand the fattier it is the more tender it will be?

[purplepoppy]

But there comes a point it's no longer a steak

[ChicoFromThe305]

No but I saw someone cook it on YouTube 💀

[ab2shifty]

Nah but it seems like it would be good

[douride2]

Just from the picture I have never had it.

[laly520]

yes before

[Anonymous]

No, I have never heard of it.