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First bite of Wagyu.
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Oh my god.
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I literally have tears forming.
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Hey guys, it's Mike Chen.
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Now, last time I was in Japan
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of all the delicious things I ate
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the one thing that left the biggest impression
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is my meal in Kobe.
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The A5 wagyu Kobe beef.
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I mean, I still think about it everyday like
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every single day I think I dedicate at least 30 minutes
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just daydreaming and thinking back about my meal
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that deliciously tender, melty beef.
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But the thing is, that thing is not cheap.
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Now I always thought that, "Wouldn't it be great if there was a place
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that serves Kobe beef, but all you can eat."
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Because the two things I love,
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Kobe beef and all-you-can-eat buffets.
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So this when I was coming to Tokyo, I researched around.
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Now, there's no way there's a place that's gonna serve you all-you-can-eat Kobe steak.
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They'd go out of business in a day.
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Especially if I'm going there.
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But I did find a place that served
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all-you-can-eat A5 Wagyu.
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That's good enough for me. Let's go!
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They're gonna bring all these meats on this menu,
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and this whole thing is ¥6200.
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So about 60 bucks and this is all, A5 Wagyu.
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So you get beef tongue, short ribs, roast,
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aitchbone, beef rib roast, rib finger meat
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tender meat from around the shoulder, couple of beef loins
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beef shoulder, superior Galbi
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and then you got a pork short rib, pork belly and chicken thigh
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which honestly, I don't want it.
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I think those are filler dishes.
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They're trying to get you to eat that more,
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so you wouldn't touch the A5 as much.
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This is the plate of beef that they bring out to you.
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12 different types of meat,
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and well it's not labelled in English
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but I can read some of the characters.
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So you can see the pork and chicken here.
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And the rest, you can see this is A5
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Kuroge beef, and Kuroge beef.
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So just really quick about the meat.
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Wagyu (和牛) literally means, 'Japanese cattle'.
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And A5 is the highest possible quality of Japanese cattle.
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Kuroge (黒毛) is actually a category that includes meats from Kobe.
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And Kuroge applies to the black cattle
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which is really the only breed that can reach the A5 top quality beef.
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And that is identifiable by, look at this.
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Do you guys see the crazy marbling that's on each piece of this beef.
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I'll just ignore the pork and chicken, I don't even know why that's there.
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It's like something invited Dustin Diamond to the cast of The Avenger's party.
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But look at this, you guys see the crazy, crazy marbling.
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And it looks like it's almost like half marbling and half lean meat.
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That.
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That is what makes A5 so incredibly special.
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The other thing about this place is that I only have 90 minutes to eat as much as I can.
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So once I finish this plate of meat,
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I can start ordering these two at a time.
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And guys, time is ticking away.
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I gotta start.
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First thing I'm gonna start with, this is from the shoulder,
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this is the shoulder meat.
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And for grilling, there's charcoal.
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These, you don't want to cook them too much.
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This looks more of a leaner cut.
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Think this is pretty good.
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Soy sauce.
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First bite of Wagyu.
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Oh my god.
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Now I'm back in Japan.
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I literally have tears forming right now,
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from that one simple, little bite.
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No steak I've ever in my life had outside of Japan,
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comes even close to comparing with A5 Wagyu.
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If you want something that literally melts in your mouth,
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I mean a lot of people say, "Oh yeah my steak melts in your mouth!"
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No, no, no, no.
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You want something that literally goes into your mouth,
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and dissolves into pure, flavourful bliss.
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This is what you get, when you come to Japan.
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Next piece, this is the roast.
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Look at the marbling on this baby!
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This is about 60% fat.
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You see all the beautiful patterns?
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This is what I call a masterpiece.
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I'd rather hang like this something up in my living room,
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rather than the Mona Lisa. I kid you not.
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I mean come on! You can't eat a painting!
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Oh, this might be I think one of the best...
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best pieces.
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And just to maximise time, I'm gonna put down a bunch of meats.
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Because, each piece is gonna cook in a couple minutes.
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It's all about time management here.
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You gotta get all you can in that 90 minute period.
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I think this is the loin.
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Believe these are the short ribs.
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And the rib finger meat.
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The beef is just, rendering in its own fat.
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Look at that! You see all the fat kind of dissipating.
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All that juice is just seeping into the meat itself.
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This piece is definitely done.
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Give it just a bit of salt.
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This is my preferred way of eating this.
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The juiciest steak, you could ever have.
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Look how much fat is on this one! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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I might've overcooked it a bit.
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I apologize HUGELY for that.
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Again, a little bit of salt.
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[muffled] Oh my god.
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That was my favourite piece so far.
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There was still a lot of fat on that piece of meat. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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And the difference when there's more fat on the meat is that,
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you get such a beautiful, char-grilled flavour in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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There's almost too much for me to handle right now.
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Like, this is almost getting too much.
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Let's just keep eating!
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Even really lean cuts of meat,
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it's just the most juicy thing you will ever have.
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Alright, this is the little beef finger.
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I'm thinking this is gonna be a little chewy,
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but I can see a lot of fat on this piece of meat. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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That was amazing.
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Now it's all getting messed, I don't even know what's what anymore.
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They all taste so good.
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But there was a couple of pieces.
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The first piece I ate, I think it was the roast.
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That one is my favorite so far.
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This is supposed to be the superior Galbi.
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I'm gonna eat all this, I only have this much left.
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I'm gonna reorder everything,
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and tell you guys what's the best cut of meat here
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so you don't waste your time next time.
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I just gotta get through this first which,
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is going to be the biggest pleasure ever.
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I'll tell you right now, besides the chicken and pork belly.
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Not a bad cut of meat on this plate.
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Not a single, bad cut of meat.
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This is the beef tongue. This is gonna cook in like a second.
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This is so thin, and it's probably the leanest meat on this plate.
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And it might not be my favorite because I want some fat on my meats. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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The tongue, it's got an especially nice crunch to it.
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Although it's not as fatty and juicy as I like,
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it's got good flavour.
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This is a few hundred dollars of beef going down the hatch.
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This is so ridiculous.
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Whatever I just ate, that was a beef cloud.
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If beef clouds exist, I just ate it.
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Alright I'm not happy about this but,
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gotta cook the chicken and the pork. These filler meats.
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If they think filler meats can deter my stomach,
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they got another thing coming. Especially that chicken.
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I mean, pork belly? I like pork belly.
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But the chicken?
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It really has no place to be on the same grill as A5 Wagyu.
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Like how dare you be in the proximity of meat royalty.
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Alright I just had so much meat and fat that,
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I got to eat a little vegetables.
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Just hit the reset button, you know?
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Pork belly is good. It's fatty.
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Really nice, clean flavor. It's juicy and delicious.
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It's soaked up all the delicious smoke from the charcoal.
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Under normal circumstances, I would enjoy the pork belly.
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But not today!
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It's all about the Wagyu today.
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And anything that stands between me and Wagyu right now is my enemy.
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All right, so I started ordering the second round.
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I got short rib and roast, but the bad thing is I'm filming so it's slow.
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So I only got 30 minutes left!
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Short rib and roast.
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I think the short rib is what I loved the most on the last round,
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Look at the fat that's on the thing!
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Look how fatty this is! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Compared to the roast which is already so marbled it can be carved into a statue.
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The roast is just, ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) so good.
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Oh, I think this piece is gonna be glorious.
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Alright, this needs to go on NOW.
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I've been eyeing this piece of roast.
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Roast,
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I think is the number one thing here.
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The roast with the extra fat. This is life changing guys.
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You bit into that, it's like a fatty sponge. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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All that juice just leaks out on the first bite
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The beef short rib is good,
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can't compete with the roast.
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The short rib is leaner,
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so ridiculously juicy.
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But the roast is where it's at.
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OK guys, so originally we had 90 minutes in here.
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But 90 minutes is like, you have to get out at 90 minutes.
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So it's only been an hour,
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and they told us that our last order has to be put in within the first hour.
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So I thought I had 30 more minutes
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but in reality, I don't.
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So I have only was able to get two more re-orders.
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So if you guys come here and I recommend that you do,
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because this is one of the most amazing all-you-can-eat experiences I've ever had in my life
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and I have plenty.
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You guys need to go to town.
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You guys need to put every single piece of meat on that grill,
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right from the beginning. Don't worry what it is.
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Put it all on there, eat it and then just start ordering more.
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That's the strategy.
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My last order is this.
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Some beef rib roast, and then the aitchbone.
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The aitchbone, it's a little leaner.
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I think I'm gonna love the beef rib roast.
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Get that.
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Come here, beef rib roast. Get it.
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Get a lot of it, you guys are gonna be really happy.
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The aitchbone looks like a much more leaner cut of meat.
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[muffled] Get that too! Oh my god.
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It's leaner, but holy cow. Yes pun intended, that's juicy.
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Also, they gave me a couple of beef sushi.
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I don't really eat raw stuff. So, on the grill it goes!
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There it is.
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I'm just gonna keep this here.
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That looks like good meat right there.
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Alright, that's cooked. Gonna put it back on my sushi.
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A bit of wasabi.
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That was awesome.
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My last beef.
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Finally, you get these little matcha ice cream cubes.
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Which are absolutely delightful!
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All right, they kind of really just rushed me out of there.
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So let me tell you guys what I thought about that place.
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Another good thing, beef. Absolutely fantastic.
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Was it worth the 62 dollars I paid?
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100 percent, I mean.
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There's no way I could have bought that much beef with 62 dollars,
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anywhere else. A5 wagyu? Not a chance.
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What I did not like is that although they told me I got 90 minutes,
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the last order of beef had to be made within 60 minutes.
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I was done eating and still had 15 minutes where I just sat around and had no food.
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Like that's not right. You trying to get people out of there?
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I understand that we're getting the heck out of their A5.
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But cutting the steak of at an hour?
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That's a bit shady.
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With that said, would I go back?
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Yes, because I still think it's worth it.
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I still think that if you guys know you only have an hour,
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you could really do some damage at that place.
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Now, if you go.
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My advice to you is that, this is not a place for talking.
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This is not a place for talking.
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It's not a place for socializing.
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You just go in there and you just slam down the A5 wagyu.
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That's all you do. Don't talk. Don't socialize. Stay off your phones.
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I mean take a couple of Instagram photos then just concentrate