The steak is delicious, soft and tender, the pure beef aroma, the aroma of butter completely melts in the texture of the meat, and the aroma of the roast is addictive. This makes steak, a beef eating method, quickly become the most integrated Western food culture after entering China.
But the price of steaks has always been high. If you want to eat real cut steak, it costs 70 or 80 yuan per portion, not to mention those steaks that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. But do you know how much the most expensive steak in the world costs?
Japanese Wagyu beef rib eye, steak for $144 per 8 ounces. Wagyu beef comes from Japan's famous black cow, and its meat quality is even better than that of kobe beef, a traditional Japanese beef. The meat of this Wagyu beef is soft and delicate, and the fat distribution is as elegant and beautiful as a marbling pattern. Under the blessing of heat, the butter spills out of the fat, and the beef is soaked with butter, and the aroma is overflowing.
Charcoal Fire Kobe Filet Steak, $258 per 8 ounces of steak. This steak comes from Tokyo, Japan, and is considered "the most expensive steak in Tokyo". A steak costs $258 and can only be eaten by appointment in advance. The raw material for the steak comes from a local Wagyu farm and is certified by the local Wagyu Beef Association before it can be served.
The meat of the steak is incredibly tender and fatty, and it is far more juicy than most beef in the world compared to ordinary steaks, and it has a rich milk flavor. Cooking methods are also strictly required not to be too complicated, and only a small amount of sea salt and black pepper can be seasoned.
Pure-blood Wagyu beef tenderloin steak for $295 per 14.1 ounce. This is a premium steak from Australia that only picks cattle for nearly 600 days, and it's expensive because the beef tenderloin is only 14.1 ounces and the steak is covered with marbled fat.
When you see this, you will find that these expensive steaks come from two places - Japan and Australia. Why can steaks in these two countries be sold so expensive? This is related to the marbling of the steak, in short, the higher the marbling rating, the more expensive the steak is.
Generally speaking, steaks are divided into 9 grades, namely M1-M9, but in fact, the type of Wagyu beef is constantly improving, and now there are more than M9 marbling steaks, so the folk also have M1-M12 sayings, M12 is naturally the steak with the highest fat content and the most beautiful marbling pattern.
If you dig a little further, you'll find that these high-priced steaks come from a breed of cattle – Wagyu beef. At present, there are only 3 kinds of cattle in the market, the highest price is Wagyu beef, followed by Angus cattle, and other cattle breeds are classified as the third category.
The origin of Wagyu beef is from Japan. The genes that carriers in Wagyu's DNA are prone to accumulate fat in muscles, and the oil flowers are abundant and evenly distributed, making the beef more fragrant, tender, juicy and more beef flavor after frying, so it is listed by beef lovers as the best steak.
Therefore, in the steak market, the first place is always Japanese Wagyu beef, and the second place is Australia. Australian wagyu beef, which was also improved after being introduced from Japan, adapted to the australian native growth environment, and the fat is more refreshing. However, because of the DNA of the Wagyu beef, the marbling pattern of the steak is still beautiful.
The spread between the steaks is so large that it seems obvious. Wagyu beef from Japan is the best, Australian wagyu beef is in the second echelon, and as for steaks elsewhere, it is difficult to match the steaks in these two places in any case.