I had the best burger in my life over the weekend

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Kobe is special because of its unique marbling in the center of the cut. If you grind it up into ground beef, it's just like adding extra fat to a regular burger 😉

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[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: TallBill
Kobe is special because of its unique marbling in the center of the cut. If you grind it up into ground beef, it's just like adding extra fat to a regular burger 😉

That. If you tasted a difference it was because you just spent a fortune on ground beef and you WANTED to taste a difference. Once you grind up Wagyu or Kobe everything that makes it special is lost.

I think both of the above statements are somewhat innocently ignorant. Meat - any meat, Kobe or otherwise - is more than just what the fat content is and as such would get "lost" during grinding. There are so many obvious tasting differences between the breed of cattle and their diet and frankly to think otherwise is just quite simply being intellectually dishonest.

No, what's ignorant is believing that the flavor of kobe is somehow superior. That's bullshit. The entire raison d'etre of Kobe and Wagyu is TEXTURE. It's about marbling, it's about fat content, it's about tenderness. If and I use the word if VERY loosely here, IF Kobe tastes different from other beef nobody, not even the people peddling the stuff, have been able to show that it tastes better. It's not about flavor and the only people who think otherwise are the morons who convince themselves that a $100 hamburger is a good idea. Anthony Bourdain sums it up nicely:


?Why meatheads eat Kobe burgers.? by Anthony Bourdain

Enterprising restaurants are now offering the ?Kobe beef burger,? enticingly priced at near or above $100 a pop. And if there?s a better way to prove one?s total ignorance of all three words - Kobe, beef, and burger - this, my friends, is it. It?s the trifecta of dumb-ass. The Kobe experience is principally about the marbling, the even distribution of fat through lean. A hamburger is a bunch of lean beef thrown into a grinder with varying degrees of fat. If you are foolish enough to order a Kobe burger, you are entirely missing the point. Firstly, the fat will melt right out of the thing while cooking. Secondly, you are asking the chef to destroy the very textural notes for which Kobe is valued by smarter people. Thirdly, for an eight-ounce Kobe burger, you are paying for the chef to feed you all the outer fat and scrap bits he trimmed off the outside of his ?real? Kobe so he can afford to serve properly trimmed steaks to wiser patrons who know what the hell they?re doing. And fourthly, you?re paying a hundred bucks for a freakin? hamburger! Get over yourself! You?ve already established you?re too drunk and stupid to enjoy it in the first place.

Which is why I made the comment in my OP about grinding real Kobe 😉

Still, it was far better than the usual ground round or sirloin from both a texture and taste standpoint.

I may grab some different cuts from here though....

http://www.kobe-beef.com/

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Although the American Wagyu is nowhere near the quality as that from Japan, I figured I would give it a try at a local steakhouse. It was under $20, and absolutely amazing! The only thing that could even come close is a Bison burger....

I highly doubt the American version gets the daily massages and beer though. Also, anyone who ground real Kobe beef into a burger and paid $100 should be hanged.

Has anyone else tried one?

Wow, sounds good. I got hooked on Bison burgers a few months ago and can't eat regular burgers now :thumbsup:

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler

Originally posted by: effowe

?OUR FAMOUS KUMA BURGER? Bacon, Cheddar, Fried Egg 10

et cetera

very strong menu, but this gets a WTF

SLAYER Pile of fries topped with a ½ lb. Burger, Chili, Cherry Peppers, Andouille, Onions, Jack Cheese, and Anger 12

Heh, that goes along with the theme of the restaurant, it's a joke. This was recently featured on the This is why you're fat website 🙂

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: effowe

Heh, that goes along with the theme of the restaurant, it's a joke. This was recently featured on the This is why you're fat website 🙂

wow, delicious pile of slop!

 

[alien42]

i had an American Kobe burger at the Rogue brewery a few years ago and it is still the best burger i have ever had. unfortunately my temporary bridge came out in the middle of my meal and ended the delicious experience.

 

[QueBert]

we ATOTers should get together and open a place that claims to sell Kobe burgers but really sell Sirloin. We can sell them for $70 and the idiots who eat them will go "OMG it's $30 cheaper than the usual $100 place I go to, WOOP!" Sell $8 Sirloin burgers for $75 = PROFIT + PURE WIN!

I had a Kobe burger, and it was very delicious. But I attribute that only to it being cooked so awesomely. I know good and damn well if the same chef had some ground Sirloin I would have thought it was every bit as good. The burger was bought for me by a client as a show of appreciation. I would have rather had them give me the $90 or whatever it cost and went to the Counter and ate an amazing $10 burger there and pocketed the other $80 lol. But, at least I'm able to say I had a Kobe burger in my lifetime. I would NEVER eat one again, Anthony Bourdain is right, and I hate to admit it because that dude is usually a pompous dick.