What did you eat last night for dinner?

[Piobaire]

G33k, nice move. I'm jealous about those courses. One day.

Alter, nice stuff! Incredible actually.

Kyle, wtf? No love for my studly use of "garbage meat"?

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

G33k, nice move. I'm jealous about those courses. One day.
Get out of bumblefuck and find a town that actually has a school and it'd probably be easier.

Kyle, wtf? No love for my studly use of "garbage meat"?

I

it. Anyone who would call oxtail garbage meat deserves a slap in the mouth, though. Although I know you was jus' kiddin holmes.

 

[Alter]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

What are the accompaniments in the first and final pic?
The first one is a Korean dish called Yook Hwe which is raw beef (maybe filet as it is not ***** at all but very tender), raw egg (often with a quail egg but this place used a small chicken egg), a bit of a sweet sauce, a few slivers of apple, some pine nuts and green onion. The leaves underneath are shiso. Just mix the egg into the meat and eat. The last dish is steak tataki with fried garlic, sliced onions some sprouts drizzled with a citrus-y ponzu sauce.

Originally Posted by globetrotter

I have to figure out how to get to Japan for business.
Yes, you should. I will take you to this place.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Alter

The first one is a Korean dish called Yook Hwe which is raw beef (maybe filet as it is not ***** at all but very tender), raw egg (often with a quail egg but this place used a small chicken egg), a bit of a sweet sauce, a few slivers of apple, some pine nuts and green onion. The leaves underneath are shiso. Just mix the egg into the meat and eat.


The last dish is steak tataki with fried garlic, sliced onions some sprouts drizzled with a citrus-y ponzu sauce.
Mmmm. Sounds good.

Are they daikon sprouts? They look like it.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Get out of bumblefuck and find a town that actually has a school and it'd probably be easier.

If you only knew.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

If you only knew.

I'd know for sure if you told me.
Or maybe.... jussssstt maybe, I know more than you think I know.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

I'd know for sure if you told me. Or maybe.... jussssstt maybe, I know more than you think I know.
That's possible. But since you haven't shown up here yet with a wine glass asking for foie...

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Alter

The first one is a Korean dish called Yook Hwe which is raw beef (maybe filet as it is not ***** at all but very tender), raw egg (often with a quail egg but this place used a small chicken egg), a bit of a sweet sauce, a few slivers of apple, some pine nuts and green onion. The leaves underneath are shiso. Just mix the egg into the meat and eat.
These sound almost better than they look. Even though the raw + raw aspect weird's me out a bit I bet its amazing to taste. If you don't mind my asking, how much did that meal set you back Alter? I imagine it must have been a pretty penny What struck me more than how wonderful this sounds is that I have absolutely no chance of finding something like that here. Never ever ever. If someone served raw beef with a raw egg they'd organize a Glen Beck protest march and have him tarred and feathered.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Rambo

What struck me more than how wonderful this sounds is that I have absolutely no chance of finding something like that here. Never ever ever. If someone served raw beef with a raw egg they'd organize a Glen Beck protest march and have him tarred and feathered.
Srsly? Where the F are you? I'd hate to live there.

 

[GQgeek]

i've had variations of steak tartar but never with the raw egg, and always in appetizer quantities. I couldn't imagine eating a huge heap of raw meat.

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by Rambo

What struck me more than how wonderful this sounds is that I have absolutely no chance of finding something like that here. Never ever ever. If someone served raw beef with a raw egg they'd organize a Glen Beck protest march and have him tarred and feathered.

that looks like a luxury version of classic steak tartare.

 

[Alter]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Mmmm. Sounds good.

Are they daikon sprouts? They look like it.

Yes, that's right. Kaiware in Japanese.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Alter, nice stuff! Incredible actually.


I was going to say the same about your oxtail. Looks fantastic! I actually asked my wife if she could source some oxtail after seeing that picture. I am still awaiting her reply, unless you count the WTF look she gave me.

Originally Posted by Rambo

These sound almost better than they look. Even though the raw + raw aspect weird's me out a bit I bet its amazing to taste. If you don't mind my asking, how much did that meal set you back Alter? I imagine it must have been a pretty penny

What struck me more than how wonderful this sounds is that I have absolutely no chance of finding something like that here. Never ever ever. If someone served raw beef with a raw egg they'd organize a Glen Beck protest march and have him tarred and feathered.

Well, that kind of restaurant is very popular in Japan with a wide range of price points. The less expensive ones use Australian or American beef but the dishes are similar. At a place serving Japanese beef you could probably expect that a dinner for two with some alcohol will cost between $100-300 USD. The place we went is in the middle range of that and that is mostly because of the beef in the second picture which was a higher grade one from Saga (not Kobe, but equally regarded in Japan) that they don't usually serve and recommended. It was fantastic. But the best for me was the meat in the 4th pic, called harami. It is the meat from around the diaphragm, a little chewier but with a bit of that wasabi it was all kinds of yum.

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Srsly? Where the F are you? I'd hate to live there.

+1

Originally Posted by GQgeek

i've had variations of steak tartar but never with the raw egg, and always in appetizer quantities. I couldn't imagine eating a huge heap of raw meat.

It was actually a very small plate, and my kid ate around half of it, he loves that stuff.

Originally Posted by globetrotter

that looks like a luxury version of classic steak tartare.

Yes, very similar but the sauce is sweeter.

 

[Piobaire]

No pic from last night's dinner. I promise to start taking them with the new toy though.

Did a pasta.

Thin sliced brown mushrooms, browned them in olive oil and butter. Just as they crisped up, added diced shallots and garlic and langastino tails. Turn down flame, tossed pasta into saute pan, a 1/3 cup gourmet pasta sauce, 1/4 half and half, healthy splash of olive oil to mount, voila.

Paired with 2008 ME SB. Perfect pairing btw.

 

[Spatlese]

Serrano and some beautiful salamis from a local artisanal producer, paired with various cheeses (only downer being a piece of the saltiest pecorino I've ever eaten).

Main was angus ribeye with polenta and roasted tomatoes.

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Srsly? Where the F are you? I'd hate to live there.
South Florida but the odds of finding that quality Kobe served tartare style are very minute. Even the pics that Vox posted of that sushi joint are dishes that I'd be hard pressed to locate around here.

Originally Posted by globetrotter

that looks like a luxury version of classic steak tartare.
I know but I seriously doubt that I'd be able to find that quality beef served that style.

Originally Posted by Alter

Well, that kind of restaurant is very popular in Japan with a wide range of price points. The less expensive ones use Australian or American beef but the dishes are similar. At a place serving Japanese beef you could probably expect that a dinner for two with some alcohol will cost between $100-300 USD. The place we went is in the middle range of that and that is mostly because of the beef in the second picture which was a higher grade one from Saga (not Kobe, but equally regarded in Japan) that they don't usually serve and recommended. It was fantastic. But the best for me was the meat in the 4th pic, called harami. It is the meat from around the diaphragm, a little chewier but with a bit of that wasabi it was all kinds of yum.
Interesting. I think that the markup on that style meal here would be double what it ran you. At the bare minimum. And, yes, this isn't exactly a hot bed for fine Japanese dining. You want a good medianoche, or some ropa vieja, this is your spot. High grade Kobe beef tartare style, not so much.