The meat of kobe ox is one of the most coveted foods in Japan. The extraordinary quality of this food is obtained thanks to a very special breeding method. The secret is the following: the animal is fed with beer during the summer, which causes an inordinate appetite that makes it consume more fodder. The oxen receive all kinds of pampering and care, such as massages with background music, which make them relax and the fat slowly penetrate the meat. The result: a delicious delicacy whose price is around € 200 per kilo.
Indeed, the Waygu meat (the Japanese cow) has fat evenly distributed throughout its muscle mass. It is a tender, tasty and very healthy meat, rich in Omega 3. In a country like Japan, where a lot of fish is consumed, meat is certainly a luxury and Waygu's is even more so.
In some farms a tradition is followed to which the caretakers attribute an antiquity of two thousand years, which consists of bathe the oxen with sake for several hours a couple of times a month, which in theory makes the essence and aroma of the Japanese national liquor pass through the skin of the animal and give it a special delicacy and aroma. Who has tried kobe beef ensures that it has a texture similar to foie and a delicate and incomparable flavor.
If we want to taste Waygu meat without traveling to Japan we will have to scratch our pockets. Some restaurants in Madrid and Barcelona already offer this delicacy on their menus. A dish will cost us no less than € 35, although we can also go to the market, Chamartín in Madrid or La Boquería in Barcelona, to buy the meat (as we said, the price per kilo is around € 200) and cook it on the stove. from home to feast on our own.