Peter Vauthy, chef/partner at Red the Steakhouse, greets me with the usual hellos, then asks the question that looms like a giant invisible bovine in the room. “Want to see my meat?” Vauthy isn’t ...

You’ll notice that most of the steaks on this list below bear an A5 rating and have specific Japanese Kobe beef, American Wagyu beef or other A5 Kobe beef designations to distinguish why they are such ...

In Japan, the number “3” frequently stands out. The three major corporate conglomerates refer to Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and ...

Kobe Japanese Steakhouse is a teppanyaki restaurant, of which the most famous example is Benihana. These places are aimed at theme-park type entertainment for the whole family, with tableside chefs ...

Though my family normally maintains a plant-based diet, the opportunity to deviate recently at an exceptional steakhouse a stone’s throw from Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo was too tempting to ...

If you’ve ever ordered Kobe beef at a restaurant in the U.S., you’ve almost certainly been had. The scam that is the American “Wagyu” and “Kobe beef” industry is well-documented. Suffice to say, odds ...

KING Kobe is back! That is, real “Kobe” beef from Japan, not the mediocre, U.S.- raised mongrel breed that’s monopolized menus and siphoned bank accounts for too long. (Why quotation marks? Because ...

The Japanese steakhouse will takeover the former Ozzie's location. Kobe Steak House of Japan is upgrading its Westport Plaza location. The restaurant chain will move from its 12th floor location at ...

Instead, Wagyumafia’s Hisato Hamada has confirmed with Eater that he’ll bring his two-year-old restaurant to New York City instead. In Japan, Hamada has been dubbed “The Wagyu Master” for spreading ...

With four matches of the 2018 season remaining, Kobe sit four points clear of the J1 League relegation zone in 12th place among 18 teams. They have gone eight matches without victory in all ...