Worshipping Food: Japanese Rice and Beef

In the beginning, there was cereal grain and meat, and the gods said, " This is good…" Are you worshipping your food? I do. I love the marriage of hot Japanese rice and beef, and in this post I will introduce my favorite yakiniku shop as another addition to #deepjapan @YasumiKikuchi

Yamagata’s signature rice grain is called " hainuki", but was replaced a few years ago by another rice grain called “Tsuyahime.” Both are short grain sticky rice, but for some reason I prefer the previous brand.

[ You want to visit Japan, right? Then you must understand that food worship is important.]

So, look at the steamy hot rice in the picture, let it hypnotize you. Then, there is Yonezawa beef, one of the top 5 in Japan. Actually, I prefer this beef over the ubiquitous Kobe Beef for its texture and juiciness. I like to take my chopsticks then pick up a slab of hot beef and fold rice into it and eat it straight without any soy sauce first. Some of you may not prefer that way, but to each his/her own. Follow that up with beer or sake.

Delicious domestically grown Japanese garlic cooked in butter in foil and sublime and compliments any yakiniku dish. I love the soft textures and creamy goodness I get at every bite.

Eating Yakiniku is one of the most important and almost religious experiences in Japan for me, and I hope it is for you.

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Hello @user_not_found ,

Thank you for introducing Japanese yakiniku culture🍖. Japanese rice has a taste adjusted to suit many ingredients. Many people think that the combination of grilled meat and rice is a combination by God!

The origin of Wagyu beef is Ishigaki Island in Okinawa. Ishigaki calves are sent to various parts of the country, and different breeding methods are implemented in each region, and regional brand names are assigned. And There are 900 kinds of Japanese rice varieties​:open_mouth::rice:!

#deepjapan

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Hi @user_not_found ,

What a beautiful post you share here with us.

Really congratulations​:clap::clap: for the detailed description of this delicious Yakiniku.

Your photos are mouthwaterings and I love the combination of rice with the beef.

I hope to visit one day Japan and I will for sure taste this delicious dish.

Thank you so much for sharing with us within #DeepJapan

Kind regards,

Giuseppe

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@user_not_found Nice post. Keep it happening. Your writeup is well detailed.

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@user_not_found I’m hungry now! Perfect combination, Japanese rice with grilled beef. You got detailed content and nice photos as well. Thank you for sharing this post with us.

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@YasumiKikuchi Thank you for the additional information about the beef. I love Japanese rice and have several favourite kinds that I like.

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@Giuseppe75 It’s a real pleasure reading your comments and thank you for your generous comments. Yes…! The beef and rice work for me all the time, and I think a lot of tourist will love the simplicity of this dish. I hope that when and if you come to Japan, you travel around to some of the big meat producing prefectures and sample them. It will be well worth your money and time.

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Good morning @user_not_found ,

I can’t wait to visit Japan and taste this delicious dish.

Thank you so much for your reply and advices :blush::pray:

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@Giuseppe75 Most certainly, and I hope you try many more dishes. If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

@YasumiKikuchi @Ant_Bad_Yogi @user_not_found @japan

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@Ant_Bad_Yogi I knew I could make you hungry…kkekeke… Enjoy.

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@Austinelewex Glad I could make you hungry. Thank you for your wonderful comments.

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@user_not_found Thank you for tagging me. Sure, I would love to help.

@Giuseppe75 Let me know when you have a chance to visit Japan, I might be able to help. If not, @YasumiKikuchi sure can help you on Japan trip.

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@user_not_found Thank you for making me hungry. Because I just woke up and it was in the breakfast time, that’s why. :slight_smile:

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Thank you so much @user_not_found

II will not hesitate to contact also our fellow @Ant_Bad_Yogi and @YasumiKikuchi in case of advices for Japan.

You all guys are doing a really great job with #DeepJapan​:jp::pray::+1::clap: letting us know more about Japan and its culture, foods and traditions.

Thank you as well to our friend @955HIRO for his great contribution on Connect :pray::clap::clap:

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I enjoyed your post and great photos of interesting Japanese rice and beef @user_not_found I also think that the Japanese garlic looks interesting.

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@user_not_found

good evening.
I love yakiniku too!
I ate yakiniku yesterday.
Yakiniku and rice are excellent compatibility.
I eat too much because it is delicious.
Thank you very much.
I will share photos of yakiniku.

Caption; YAKINIKU

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Hello @Giuseppe75

Thank you for mentioning me. Yesterday’s yakiniku was very delicious. I will share the delicious yakiniku photos. Thank you (^^) Regard

Caption; KAGOSHIMA KUROGE A4 BEEF

Caption; KAGOSHIMA KUROGE A5 BEEF

Caption; KAGOSHIMA KUROGE A4 BEEF

Caption; Cook rice at the table. It takes 30 minutes, so I enjoy slowly talking with yakiniku until then.

I was hungry when I was looking at the photos.hahaha

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Hello @955HIRO ,

Ohhh :open_mouth:these photos are mouth-waterings my friend.

I can imagine how yummy was that juicy meat cooked slowly to conserve the best taste.

Thank you so much for sharing with us this beautiful photos and food experience​:blush::ok_hand::yum::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

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Good evening. @Giuseppe75

Thank you for praising the photo of the grilled meat.

As you say, it is very meaningful to eat yakiniku while enjoying a conversation slowly.

BBQ meat is less delicious when it is baked too, so i am talking while watching the timing of baking. :cut_of_meat::eyes:Kagoshima A4 beef has a great gravy, surprisingly soft and rich in gravy.

I’m hungry again. Thank you very much. Regard

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Hello @955HIRO ,

Actually your photos made me hungry too :grin::grin::sweat_smile::clap:

Yes meat require a slow cooking so that keeps all flavors and juice.

Kind regards

Giuseppe

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@955HIRO I just wanted to comment about the rice. Is this called “Kamado” style rice?

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