Kobe beef

American  

noun

1. meat from the Japanese cattle Kobe cattle, which are specially raised to produce a beef that is highly prized for its extreme tenderness.

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Kobe beef British  

noun

1. Also called: Wagyu.  a grade of beef from cattle raised in Kobe, Japan, which is extremely tender and full-flavoured as a result of the cattle being massaged with sake and fed a special diet including large quantities of beer

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Kobe beef

They caught salmon during the day, then feasted on multi-course dinners featuring Kobe beef filet and Alaskan king crab legs, and consumed $1,000 bottles of wine into the evening.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

At night, the group dined on king crab legs or Kobe beef.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

The menu features a “Shaq Burger” made with “Shaq Sauce” and a “Kobe Burger” made with Greg Norman prime Kobe beef.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2019

Eat Sushi and seafood is the main draw along the Honshu coast, but remember, the Tajima mountain region near Kinosaki is where Kobe beef came from.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2018

Perhaps because it contains some of Japan’s best agricultural land, where super-expensive Kobe beef is raised today, and where Japan’s ancient capital was located at Kyoto until the capital’s shift to Tokyo in 1868.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond