OT- Grade A5 Wagyu Olive Oil fed beef - The Holy Grail of steak

Tjcoley

I was just able to eat the rarest (availability, not cooking temp, although it was cooked rare as well) steak in the world. Grade A5 Japanese Olive Oil fed Wagyu beef. There are only 2200 head of these cattle in the world, all of them in the Kagawa coast of Japan. They only butcher one or two per month, which is why it is so rare and unavailable.  And the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon was a great pairing with it.  They complimented each other very well. 

So I can scratch that off my bucket list and add it to my obituary list. (I'm no longer padding a resume, I'm now padding my obit)

Now I need to locate the elusive Densuke Watermelon.

Hans61

Was it unbelievable?

Thatgrimguy

Pics or it didn't happen!!

CTMike

Somewhere in the States I take it? Which vintage Pappy?

Markarm4119

Now there are 2199 of those cows !

JohnInCarolina

Tjcoley said:

I was just able to eat the rarest (availability, not cooking temp, although it was cooked rare as well) steak in the world. Grade A5 Japanese Olive Oil fed Wagyu beef. There are only 2200 head of these cattle in the world, all of them in the Kagawa coast of Japan. They only butcher one or two per month, which is why it is so rare and unavailable.  And the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon was a great pairing with it.  They complimented each other very well. 

So I can scratch that off my bucket list and add it to my obituary list. (I'm no longer padding a resume, I'm now padding my obit)

Now I need to locate the elusive Densuke Watermelon.

Great line there.  I like it.  

Very cool about the steak, and the bourbon.  

Jstroke

At least a discription of the incredibleness. You might have been in extremely black tie so Pic’s might have been faux pas, but tell us the shizz was worth the coin. 

Tjcoley

Hans61 said:

Was it unbelievable?

Amazing. Melt in your mouth buttery, powerful umami taste. 

Tjcoley

Thatgrimguy said:

Pics or it didn't happen!!

Unfortunately, no pics. I was so excited to try it that I didn’t think of pics until afterward. 

Tjcoley

CTMike said:

Somewhere in the States I take it? Which vintage Pappy?

Washington DC Four Seasons. They said it’s only available in 4 restaraunts in the US.   15 year Pappy. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Tjcoley said:

CTMike said:

Somewhere in the States I take it? Which vintage Pappy?

Washington DC Four Seasons. They said it’s only available in 4 restaraunts in the US.   15 year Pappy. 

Epic, especially to dine like a king in the heart of shutdown land.  I like your style

edit: just checked their menu.  Wow! Sounds amazing.  Did you eat in their tent like bubble thing?

Lit

Tjcoley said:

Thatgrimguy said:

Pics or it didn't happen!!

Unfortunately, no pics. I was so excited to try it that I didn’t think of pics until afterward. 

You don’t need to post the after pics. 

Tjcoley

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Tjcoley said:

CTMike said:

Somewhere in the States I take it? Which vintage Pappy?

Washington DC Four Seasons. They said it’s only available in 4 restaraunts in the US.   15 year Pappy. 

Epic, especially to dine like a king in the heart of shutdown land.  I like your style

edit: just checked their menu.  Wow! Sounds amazing.  Did you eat in their tent like bubble thing?

It was a private event. We had a room just off the bar, and this was an end of the night, off menu order

thetrim

Is that hitting your expense report?

Tjcoley

thetrim said:

Is that hitting your expense report?

Unfortunately no. Official event was over and a few of us were just hanging around.  Got to talking with the Maitre d, and when he mentioned they had the A5 we couldn’t resist.