The lowdown on Kobe vs. Wagyu - Monica Eng - Chicago Tribune
The lowdown on Kobe vs. Wagyu
Confused by the Kobe, Wagyu and other specialty beef on restaurant menus? I am, which is why I was so pleased to get a lesson in the whole grading system from Paul Dojo of Premium Wagyu at his booth in the International Plaza area of the National Restaurant Show at McCormick Place recently.
Here's the fancy, beef fans: Wagyu is pronounced WAH-gyoo; wa means Japan and gyu means beef. Kobe beef, on the other hand, refers only to beef from the Kobe area of Japan.
So as Dojo and his colleagues explain, such beef will come with a rating.
An A to C rating is the yield of meat vs. fat off the bone. A 1 to 5 rating is based on the color of the fat and the meat. (The Japanese look for the pinkest meat and the whitest fat, unlike the red meat preferred here.) A final number, from 1 to 12, is the BMS (beef marbling score).
If you're thinking of calling and requesting the highest grade beef there is, the A5-12, know that it will cost you about $1,230 per pound.
-- Monica Eng
Confused by the Kobe, Wagyu and other specialty beef on restaurant menus? I am, which is why I was so pleased to get a lesson in the whole grading system from Paul Dojo of Premium Wagyu at his booth in the International Plaza area of the National Restaurant Show at McCormick Place recently.
Here's the fancy, beef fans: Wagyu is pronounced WAH-gyoo; wa means Japan and gyu means beef. Kobe beef, on the other hand, refers only to beef from the Kobe area of Japan.
So as Dojo and his colleagues explain, such beef will come with a rating.
An A to C rating is the yield of meat vs. fat off the bone. A 1 to 5 rating is based on the color of the fat and the meat. (The Japanese look for the pinkest meat and the whitest fat, unlike the red meat preferred here.) A final number, from 1 to 12, is the BMS (beef marbling score).
If you're thinking of calling and requesting the highest grade beef there is, the A5-12, know that it will cost you about $1,230 per pound.
-- Monica Eng
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