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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Example Sentences

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

A lavish dining room with a Japanese menu, including imported Kobe beef and stone crab sunomono and desserts by Stephanie Prida, is next to the sushi counter.

From New York Times • May 4, 2021

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

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