Authentic Wagyu, where?

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Apparently you can't just go and have true wagyu, whereas some places sell / prep fakes. Well that is according to wagsa and better to check with them for certified suppliers and restaurants.

So has anyone actually eaten, bought or prepped authentic wagyu?
 
Go to Japan!

I've seen "Wagyu style" beef in Country meat butcheries. But I don't know, lately I do not trust them.

It has more marbling than regular South African beef but I don't think it is up to the standard of Japanese wagyu.
 
Do we have Waygu cows? Cause waygu beef comes from waygu cows, like Angus beef is from an Angus cow and so on.
 
Lupus said:
Do we have Waygu cows? Cause waygu beef comes from waygu cows, like Angus beef is from an Angus cow and so on.
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We do, big farm in Elgin but I'm sure there are others.

There is a misconception or misunderstanding between Kobe beef (Wagyu from the Kobe area in Japan) and Wagyu in general.

You can get Wagyu anywhere. You can only get Kobe beef from Kobe, much like Champagne is from Champagne.
 
SauRoNZA said:
We do, big farm in Elgin but I'm sure there are others.

There is a misconception or misunderstanding between Kobe beef (Wagyu from the Kobe area in Japan) and Wagyu in general.

You can get Wagyu anywhere. You can only get Kobe beef from Kobe, much like Champagne is from Champagne.
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Also I doubt anyone local if feeding them on beer and apples like in Kobe.
 
SauRoNZA said:
We do, big farm in Elgin but I'm sure there are others.

There is a misconception or misunderstanding between Kobe beef (Wagyu from the Kobe area in Japan) and Wagyu in general.

You can get Wagyu anywhere. You can only get Kobe beef from Kobe, much like Champagne is from Champagne.
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Well there we go, Waygu beef can be had :-)
 
Lupus said:
Do we have Waygu cows? Cause waygu beef comes from waygu cows, like Angus beef is from an Angus cow and so on.
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Yes we do. A friend of mine breeds Wagyu in the Free State. I attended a Wagyu auction last year, amazing what the breeding stock sells for.

One of the things that gets done is that wagyu is cross bred with other breeds and classified according to Wagyu genetic content. An F1 Wagyu has 50% or more Wagyu content, F2 has 75% etc. Then you get purebred where the Wagyu content exceeds 93%. Fullblood Wagyu is where it is 100% wagyu genetics.

I think typically even F1 gets sold as Wagyu meat, but it is supposed to be graded based on the marbling of the meat.
 
P924 said:
http://www.biltong.co.za/product/wagyu-beef/

I find that if you can find proper sirloin, wagyu is not worth the premium. Finding a proper sirloin is a feat in itself, though.
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Have you ever had Kobe or Wagyu? It is in a different class to anything local. I had the pleausure of a Kobe steak in Tokyo and it just melts in your mouth. Yeah, at $600/kg back in 2007, it was expensive. But you can not even try and compare local sirloin with Kobe etc.
 
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Impala Butchery in Northcliff sell Wagyu. Not sure if it's authentic.
 
Wow, it all sounds very complicated.
 
Had Wagyu in Singapore, which cost a lot of money. I think it was close to a R1000 for the plate. I don't think you will easily find proper imported Japanese wagyu in SA.
 
It seems the beer and apples thing is a bit of an exageration. Some farms in the area may have given their cows beer but it was an exception not a rule. Same goes for the massaging of cows.
 
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