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Miyazaki Wagyu Giveaway (Worldwide) (Closed)

Today I’m giving away two (2) Miyzaki Wagyu Steaks to one (1) winner!  This is the same steak I used in this recipe.

This giveaway contest is open to everyone worldwide.  However, if the winner lives outside of the United States, he/she will receive $150 Amazon gift card (or $150 cash via Paypal) automatically.  I’m sorry I can’t have steaks shipped oversea.  For the US winner, Amazon or Paypal is not an option.  I really want you to try these amazing steaks!

To enter for your chance to win the steaks, please leave a comment on this post that answers the following question:

What is the best steak you’ve had, where did you have it and how was it prepared?

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One (1) winner will be selected via Random.org and announced on April 1, 2015.  This giveaway closes on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 12 p.m. PST and is open to participants worldwide (everyone!).

The winner will be contacted via email, so please include a valid email address in the email address entry box.  The winner is required to respond within 72 hours to claim the prize.

Full Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Yours Truly.

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Thank you for participating this giveaway!  Now the winner is…

Winner

Congratulations montuos (#73)!!  I’ll email you shortly.  Hope you enjoy Miyazaki Wagyu! 🙂

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    • Liz Pinzon

      Best steak I had was from a little Japanese restaurant in the middle of nowhere when I lived in New Jersey. I’m not normally a big steak eater but when it is prepared well it can be delightful!

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  11. Anthony Castaneda

    I think the best steak that I’ve ever had was at a mutual friend’s place. He was making pan seared rib eye steaks for everyone, and he used ground black pepper, thyme, and garlic butter to season his steak. I had it rare. Best steak hands down.

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  21. Rose Marie Scott

    I have not tried either of the type of steaks that you mention for this recipe. However, I have read several good reviews of the Kobe steaks, even though I was informed that it costs more to purchase it than the standard steaks we are use to. Your giveaway would be a great opportunity to try the Miyzaki steak along with your recipe since we love garlic and wine. Great combination..
    As for good steaks we love eating at Ruth Chris in Dallas, Texas. Omaha steaks are also good.

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  25. QF

    I usually cook the steak myself, medium well. I would rub salt onto the steak first before cooking it. I would eat it with some blue cheese or add a touch of lemon juice.

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  31. gayle

    Best steak I have ever had was in Seattle at a Japanese restaurant many many years ago.
    It was cooked in a soya sauce base and it was melt in your mouth!
    I think Japanese cooks really know how to do up a steak.
    Haven’t had a steak that good since.

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  34. Cathy Lee

    I was fortunate to have bought some Miyazaki Gyu beef at our Asian store (Marukai) here in Honolulu last week. We cooked it yakiniku style and decided that it was the BEST beef we’ve EVER tasted! Melt in your mouth and so flavorful! Could only afford to buy 1/2 lb but it was well worth it. Would love to win another steak! We will savor every bite if we are the winner!

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  35. Kathryn Dodd

    The best steak I’ve ever had was probably the Overland Stagecoach in Anaheim, CA. It would have been a traditionally prepared NY strip or if I was desiring leftovers, a porterhouse. Sadly the hotel it was connected to remodeled, including the restaurant, and turned the whole thing into a Southwestern BBQ. It went from elegant, 1920-30s styled European steakhouse to… not appealing. My second favorite would be Lawry’s The Prime Rib, in Hollywood, or one of a couple Brazilian BBQs.

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  42. Polly Hada

    One of the best steaks I ever had was at the Capitol Grill in Costa Mesa, CA. But it was very expensive. I believe it was pan grilled and was very small. It was very tender, but it didn’t melt in my mouth. Actually some of the best steaks I’ve had are right here in my home when I’m willing to spend for clean, grass-fed Rib Eye. We like it grilled and topped with Gorgonzola butter.

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  61. Michele

    I went to Osaka and Kyoto just last week! I had my first Kobe beef and I have to say that it has been my favourite one!! 😀
    I went to a restaurant in Shinsaibashi and I had my own chef cooking the steak in front of me. It was simply grilled and I could try it with three different flavour: soy sauce, ponzu sauce and with salt.
    Great meat and great experience! 😀

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  62. Mark Johson

    My maternal grandfather who was both a farmer and a butcher, had the best steaks ever. The best were from late spring / early summer after the cattle had fattened up on sweet spring grass and clover after the winter. He would grill steaks, I don’t remember how exactly, but they would melt in your mouth.

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  65. Jessica Leduc

    The best steak I ever have.. I would say the time my best friend and I decided to try my first BBQ. Never used one before and was a little challenge. Hahaha! I was a simple steak with Montreal steak spice. With that we had potatoes and asparagus on the BBQ. While eating, we watched a really girly cheesy movie. We laugh a lot because you had such a manly meal and a girly movie.

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  70. Abby

    The BEST steak I ever had was at “Wang Ping” in Taiwan. It was so beautifully juicy and not overdone or undercooked…so rich and tender I cannot begin to describe how glorious that steak was!!!!!!! And the service there was truly impeccable. Would recommend it to any steak (or food!) lover!!

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  73. montuos

    I have had many very good steaks in my life, but the one I remember most fondly was at a backyard cookout. One of our neighbors had a really thick steak that was grilled over an open fire so it was deliciously smoky, and deeply browned and crispy on the outside while still being rare in the middle. It was just a chuck steak — none of us could afford much better — but it was well-marbled and wonderfully tasty. I’m pretty sure the only seasoning it had in addition to the woodsmoke was salt and pepper.

    I have wanted to try Wagyu beef ever since the first time I heard of it, and I will deeply envy whoever wins!

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  78. Dustin judd

    The best steak I’ve ever had would have to be a ribeye cut I made myself. I bought it on sale from a krogers so it wasn’t a fancy or expensive piece of meat but I made my own season rub and marinade for it so it turned out great. But other than that I never really had money to get great steaks or order them from restaurants.

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  103. Michael E. Smith

    I’ve had many great steaks. But I think the best one ever was a long time ago at a company picnic at Smugglers Den Campground in Southwest Harbor, Maine. It was a rib-eye prepared by my then brother-in-law, Lee Worcester. He coated the steak in spices then blackened it in a cast iron skillet heated white hot on a turkey cooker. It only took a couple minutes, but it came out of the skillet crusted, tender, very juicy and incredibly flavorful.

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  104. Jennifer Wheelock

    The best steak was wagyu at at a Teppanyaki restaurant located within walking distance of the Shin-Kobe station (in an office plaza connected via a walkway). My lunch set might have been about $100 USD, but it was delicious. Like beef flavored butter. I can’t wait to go back to Japan for another meal.

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  113. Nancy

    The best steak I’ve had was in Connecticut, made by my dad around 10 years ago!
    I’d never been a huge beef fan even when I was a little girl, and my father had tenderized and gently seared the steak so it was soft and juicy enough for me to eat.
    I believe that was the start of my appreciation for red meat, and even now I still remember that buttery, melt-in-your-mouth feeling that eating a perfectly cooked steak gives somebody.

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  123. Pam

    I had a delicious steak at a steakhouse in Omaha. Probably the best, but I cannot remember the name of the restaurant. Here in Denver, it was at Flemings. Both medium rare.

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  143. Debra h.

    The best steak I’ve had was cooked by my dad. We were staying at the lake on his house boat and he grilled thick steaks on a little gas grill on the boat. He only seasoned them with salt, pepper, onion and garlic. Perhaps it tasted so good because it was cooked by my dad at one of my favorite places, but his steak would be hard to top!

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  148. Tiphanie W.

    I can honestly say that I don’t recall what the best steak I’ve ever had was. That’s pretty sad. We don’t often eat out at steakhouses, and I rarely cook steak to eat at home (mostly tri-tip or london broil- I don’t think that counts as steak?) I know I’ve had filet mignon a few times, but the experiences weren’t all that memorable, I guess! Thanks for the chance to win- I’d love to try this steak out (and my hubby would love it, too!)

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  151. M Chung

    The best steak I’ve ever had was a New York Porterhouse steak I prepared myself. I simply seasoned it with some freshly grounded pink salt and pepper and cook it on the stove top in a very hot cast iron skillet until medium rare. I cannot wait to try the wagyu and american kobe

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  155. Rachel Hunt

    My best steak was at outback steak house. A 12 oz and medium. I haven’t ventured too much with steaks until I married my husband. He LOVES them, and so I decided to pursue my husband by pursuing steak. I am still trying to figure it how to make it beat and learn about the marbling and aging, but this steak thing is exciting and stretching! 🙂 maybe one day, whether I win or not, I’ll be able to try it out and make the perfect steak for my husband and me.

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  157. Debbi Yamada

    Thanks so much for this information. I just came back from Japan and could not figure out why the Wagyu steak was so amazing compared to whatever I had supposedly ate here in the States. Now it makes sense.

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  171. The best steak I’ve had was a rib-eye steak prepared at home. Simply pan fried on a cast iron pan. I guess it’s the quality of the steak that makes the difference. I would love to win the Miyzaki Wagyu Steaks! They look amazing and I’m crazy for those marbling! Such a gorgeous piece of steak!

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

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  173. Mitrjit Chutivongsakul

    Rip eye steak at one Bed & Breakfast Inn in PA. We asked for medium well & they did a perfect job. High quality meat with the professional touch made our steak very tender no chewy part of meat interrup your happiness. That made me so surprise very far away place like that can make not just good but it was great.

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  178. Marianne Hopida

    The best steak I’ve had was from this BBQ place back in the Philippines when I was younger about 8 or 9 then. I believe the meat was very soft and tender thought I’m not sure whether it was as buttery as wagyu beef is said to be.

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  181. Samantha Lim

    The best steak I had was when I traveled to Kobe, in a restaurant called Mouriya that serves excellent grilled Kobe beef. It was a joyful special dining experience, eating the Kobe sirloin and tenderloin steak.

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  188. Patricia Lam

    Wagyu beef Yakiniku style in Japan. Seared lightly dipped in soy and mirin, straight. Never tasted a bad a wagyu. Japanese style cooking is most suitable for wagyu as you want to taste the beef as it is without being smothered by sauce. That means the fresher the meat, the better. Maybe the cows in Japan are better massaged!

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  199. Charlie

    I think the best steak I’ve ever had was when we were in Greece. Done on the grill.

    It was an Aberdeen Angus (don’t remember the cut), served with a very thick bernaise sauce. Just melted in my mouth.

    Have a Joyful Day :~D
    Charlie

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  208. Serhat Gungor

    I would put two places that i loved aving steak.
    1-Wakkoque in Kobe, Japan –> I loved the Kobe beef I tried here. Japanese Style.
    2- David Crocket Steak House in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic. –> I think this was the best Rib eye I had in my life. It was grilled.

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  213. Elys

    The best steak I ever had is Omni Wagyu Beef Steak that I have it in Tsukiji, one of the Japanese Restaurant in Manila. I think the way they prepare it will be the same as the video you’ve shown us, because they also put fried sliced garlic above the meat, but they place it in the hotplate.

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  223. Lara

    I have had my only Wagyu steak ever in Takayama. Actually my husband had steak and I had ground meat. But we did not know it was wagyu beef. They just put “steak” on the menu. It was on our honeymoon and my husband proved to really love me as he shared his steak with me. It was absolute heaven! We took pictures of all the wonderful japanese food we had during our trip but here, the best meat I have ever tasted, I was so involved with eating that we completely forgot to make a picture! Afterwards we visited the butcher right next door to gaze at the beautiful marbled meat.

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  227. Nancy Tan

    I was newly married and my husband then took me to a Japanese Hotel with a Japanese Restaurant that was promoting special Wagyu Beef (they called it Kobe Beef at the time) flown in from Kobe, Japan. We ordered it – at the time it was roughly over $100 per person. It was like really like eating butter – it melted in my mouth. You chew it with your tongue and not your teeth! I remembered it tasted like heaven! I have never tasted beef like that again unless I order them now or go back to Japan to enjoy it in the home country which I will do very soon!

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  228. Brandon

    The best steak I’ve had was cooked by myself. It was a nice rib-eye, seared on both sides with salt and pepper, topped with a home made garlic herb butter in the oven to a nice juicy medium rare.

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  237. Isabel Buchanan

    The absolute best Wagyu/Kobe beef I ever ate was in a tiny Kyoto restaurant that had a tasting menu with the beef prepared in about 6 different ways! ( raw, slightly grilled etc.)Had no idea what we were ordering but it turned out to be memorable and authentic!

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  263. Priscilla

    The best steak I’ve had was a medium rare rib eye fillet prepared in a French restaurant, accompanied with shiraz jus. The combination of flavours and the perfect the meat was cooked to was delicious.

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  268. Nancy B

    This steak would be great to make for my son when he returns home in April from living in Japan for two years! What a great welcome home!
    The best steak I’ve ever had was a Filet Mignon at a small restaurant n Wisconsin about 10 years ago. I believe it was cooked medium ….DELICIOUS!
    Thank you for a great post!

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  269. Jeff Danoff

    Best steak I have had was at Gene & Giorgetti’s in Chicago, my home town. They have custom Salamanders that sear the steaks at 1200-1400° F. This creates a great crust quickly so the inside is still rare. Thanks!

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  281. Kaori Spath

    The best steak I ever had was Kobe Beef steak at a hotel in Kyoto, Japan some years ago. It was teppanyaki style and served with garlic slice, just as you prepared! It’s quite difficult to experience the Kobe or Wagyu steaks in rural US. But I will definitely try the beauty, whenever I find an opportunity!
    Thank you for the Great post.

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  286. Denise

    These steaks are making me hungry and it’s only 6:30 am. I would love I try wagyu!!! Best steak that I have had is at Alexander’s steakhouse in California. They used to have an option to add a piece of foie gras on top.

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  293. Susan

    best steak i have tried, to be honest, was prepared by me. we purchased black angus ribeye, then i just put salt and pepper, leave it in fridge for about 4 hrs, then prepared indoors by pan first, then finishing in oven to a perfect MR…it was AMAZING

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  306. Nancy Witherspoon

    I believe the best steak I had was one my mother cooked. It was quite a while ago, since I have lived on my own for 40 years. I don’t know how she seasoned it but it was delicious. She is Japanese, born and raised on Kyushu so she probably used a recipe or method she learned at home. She was a wonderful cook. I hope I am half as good as she was.

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  314. Christine Finck

    The best steak I had was in the restaurant “Red” in Miami a nice porterhouse with a chimichurri sauce. They also serve Miyazaki Japanese Kobe beef when available, it was over our budget, may be next time we will try it, specially after watching the video!!

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  315. I had to think long and hard about this question, and I couldn’t come up with anything!
    I’m not especially confident preparing steak so it’s not something I purchase and prepare in my own kitchen. When my husband and I go out to eat I always order either seafood or a vegetarian dish! I absolutely can’t remember an occasion eating steak.
    After watching this video I may have to give it a go, hubbie would be SO happy! 🙂

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  319. Juana Dominguez

    Truly, I am still waiting on the best steak I have ever had. I am hoping it will be the steak I win from you which I will prepare the way you suggested. Just wanted to let you know that I found it interesting that you took the middle green part out of the garlic before frying it. I think I will do that even if I do not win the steaks you are giving away. Thank you.

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  345. Kathy Shizumura

    Hy’s Steak House in Waikiki: Filet Mignon (medium rare) done to perfection in butter, sea salt, coarse ground black pepper, topped with asparagus spears and a little dab of hollandaise sauce. Simply the best!

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  348. Blaze Gaza

    I eat steak so rarely that when I do, it’s always a wonderful experience. The last time I had a really good steak was at the Golden Steer in Las Vegas, it was a filet mignon cooked to medium (I grew up in a “well-done” household and get a little squemish as it falls towards the rarer side).

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  359. Jade Li

    The best steak I ever had was surprisingly made by my husband and I on our outdoor smoker! We soaked the hickory wood over night in preparation. The smell alone was enough to put a great steakhouse to shame. We had thick cut ribeyes on the smoker for 3 hours! We look forward to using our smoker again real soon! Thank you, Nami, for the chance to win!

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  360. RossC

    The best steak I have had the pleasure to enjoy was a birthday gift at The Whaling Station above Cannery Row in Monterey, California.. The owner and originator of the restaurant for over 40 years is a local chef and cooking show host named John Pisto.. Chef Pisto sold the landmark restaurant about a year ago.

    The steak I enjoyed was a wonderful prime rib eye.. Almost melted in my mouth.. Sadly, I was not able to try their Kobe beef… I wish I had done so before Chef Pisto sold the restaurant..

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  365. Isabel roach

    The best steak I’ve ever eaten was cooked by myself. My boyfriend and I don’t have a massive food budget but we do love steak, we also love paleo. By far his favourite meal to date, was the rump steak (aldi £3.29) served medium rare, cooked on high with lots of turns, served with portobello mushroom stuffed with mashed sweet potato, asparagus spears pan fried with garlic butter. Heavenly.

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  366. Fiona Flynn

    The best steak I ever ate was in a little pub called the Beach House in the seaside village of greystones, Wicklow, Ireland its a dog friendly pub with little paw prints on the table for dog owners so they always make sure you have enough left overs to share! As usual in Ireland it was grass fed and raised free range from local farmers it was simple chargrilled and served medium rare so the beef does most of the talking I love that pub and I can honestly say that steak is worth the 10km walk every summer along the cliff walk to get there.

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  370. Kataara

    The best steak I’ve ever had was a cheaper version of Wagyu (only version I’ve ever tried), in Niigata. We bought it at the supermarket and weren’t sure how to cook it best (since we had no internet we couldn’t look it up). So we ended up frying it medium-rare in a bit of butter and seasoned it with a little salt and pepper. It was so delicious, and tasted somewhat of tuna sashimi!

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  377. Irina

    The last good steak I had was this past Christmas. My aunt make it in the oven. It was well done, pork meat as it’s part of the tradition to eat pork on Christmas around here. Sadly I’m not sure how she made it, but it had almost no fat.

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  380. Kelvin Chin

    Best steak i ever tried was at KL, San francisco Steak house at Mid Valley. I can’t really remembered how it was prepared cuz i was too young. Except that i chose medium well, but the steak is just as tender n juicy !

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  383. TB

    The best steak I ever had was at Hawksmoore in London – an 800 gram Chateaubriand (to share of course)… it was just perfect and I can still remember the taste and the first bite… just love at first taste!

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  384. Maggie Pringlemeir

    At age 67, I have tasted many various types and cuts of beef. Some were better to my taste than others, and many were dreadfully overcooked, despite my ordering true medium rare, cut it off a warm cow, let it moo back at me. Overdone bed tastes like cardboard or shoe leather. One of my best taste memories is a small neighborhood cafe next to a local golf course that made steaks and prime rib. Not only did they cook it perfectly but after cooking they dipped it into a mixture of soy sauce and Worcestershire sause. That swim through the sauce made all the natural flavors of the beef rise up and shine. That was 45 years ago and my taste buds still remember how yummy it was! Good cow, well cooked, does not require a lot of fuss nor fancy sauces to cover the flavor. It is only the cheap cuts or the ill prepared one that need to be covered up or hidden.

    Maggie

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  385. Roxanne Geway

    In a little Italian shop in the center of Florence, where a lovely Italian family lived and worked together in the restaurant. It was amazing, the meat was very tender and served with poached potatoes and Italian olive oil.

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  399. Aiko

    This looks amazing! The best steak I had was from a place called the Arsenal in LA. They’ve since changed ownership, but their filet mignon was to die for. Simple salt and pepper, with a bit of gravy on the side.

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  410. Ellen Amezquita

    The best beef I had was from the Takko Garlic and Beef festival. Sooooooo good. We were stationed in Japan for three years and it was absolutely our favorite assignment. We got to prepare the beef ourselves on outside grills.

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  430. kat

    Hi Nami,
    I’ve been a follower of yours for years and simply love your recipes and approach to cooking tasty yet healthy Japanese food (In fact, I just made your teriyaki salmon for dinner last night. The tip about using flour to keep the moisture of the fish in saved the meal!).
    I have been to many delicious steakhouses over the years. However, nothing compares to the USDA Prime Rib Eye steak my husband grills at home. He believes in maintaining the integrity of the meat so he does not overdo it in terms of seasoning and sauces. He simply lets the meat warm to room temperature, seasons each side with salt and pepper, heats the grill to high, and cooks the steak on the grill for 4-5 minutes. Be sure to grill then rotate the steak at a 30-45 degree angle and continue to grill to ensure nice grill marks! 🙂
    Kat

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  436. Irene Lye

    The best beef i had is in Japan about 10 over years ago. Can never forget the taste and first time understand what is called melt in your mouth. Is at Hotel Nikko Tokyo the restaurant name: Teppan Grill ‘ICHO’. The beef is prepared in tepanyaki got lots of marbles in it and every pieces of the meats it melts in your mouth.

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  442. Claire Kooy

    I can’t remember where but my father took us to this Teppanyaki restaurant. The filet steak was soooo tender. It was a filet cooked on teppanyaki, but the chef drizzled some soy sauce and cooked it on crushed garlic! Full of flavor!

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  444. Natsuko Locke

    We bought a chef’s cookbook the other day, and follow the steaks recipe how to cook. Leave room temparature before cook, rub olive oil, seasons salt and pepper. Heat the frypan really high, and cook 2 minutes, turn and cook 2 minutes, turn again and cook 2 minutes, and then turn another 2 minutes. And keep warm 4 minutes on the warm plate. It’s so simple methord, but completly different from we cooked before even it’s the cheap meat!
    It’s my best and cheapest steak for now!

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  463. Madeline

    I recently had one of the best steaks at Piccolini in Mission Viejo. It was a 12oz Filet Mignon that was seared with a crispy crust and a juicy medium rare interior. Topped with a balsamic shallot size, it was devoured VERY quickly.

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  467. Tynan Mackey

    Best steak I’ve had before was made myself for Christmas dinner last year at home. I had it sitting in salt for three days, and cooked it in a carbon steel pan with butter and pepper to medium rare. Of course, the rest of my family insisted in well done!

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  473. Katie Yee

    The best steak I ever had was prepared by my mom. From what I remembered, she only seasoned the steak with a generous amount of salt and pepper. The steak was medium rare and that is the way I like my steak. I will have to say that was one of the best steaks I ever had because it was really juicy and the meat was tender. My mom told me her friend purchased the steak from UC Davis’ meat laboratory. I found out that the meat lab is run by students and they actually learn hands-on training in slaughtering, sanitation, and processing meat products. I find this really interesting and surprising that they actually sell meat on school campus because I went to UC Davis and I had no idea about this until my mom cooked that steak for me at home. I still think about it all the time but never got a chance to go back to get some to try on my own.

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  476. Khairina Khairiri

    The best steak that I ever had when I was on a study trip to France, It was in a small authentic Parisian brasserie it was very old school, what I had was a grass fed rib eye steak cooked medium rare and topped with only carmalized onions and hand cut fries as a side.

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  486. Shirley Sheak

    The best steak I’ve had was from the restaurant “Buenos Aires” (name) in Auckland, New Zealand. It was medium rare grill on coal fire, thick cut rip eye wrapped with prosciutto and served with roasted garlic sauce. It was heavenly!

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  513. Theresa Finnigan

    The best steak I’ve ever had was simply grilled by my husband. We decided to spoil ourselves and bought two prime porterhouse steak at our local butcher. We seasoned with salt and pepper, put the steaks on a preheated grill. He did it perfectly. We let it rest and then served it with oven roasted vegetables. Of course he pulled out a beautiful red wine to top off the evening.

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  521. Jane

    The best steak I’ve ever had was at The New York Grill in Park Hyatt Tokyo. We had a 4oz Kobe beef and o-m-g it was to-die-for, the first time I’ve ever tried a real Kobe beef. I’ve never even tried a Wague beef. These delicious meats are unfortunately off my budget.
    I love your blog. Thanks for the giveaway!!!

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  528. Kari Pressley

    The best steak I had was at a Japanese Restaurant for my best friend’s Japanese wedding. It was a Kobe steak and it had a sweet sauce drizzled over it. I had it rare and it literally melted in my mouth. So so good!

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  533. Anna

    the best steak that I had was one I cooked by myself with jz a little bit of salt and pepper. Perfectly cooked and it melted in my mouth. Can’t do a again though. Must have been a fluke.

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  534. Jun

    Hi Nami-san,

    The best steak my late husband and I had was at a steak restaurant in Kumamoto City. It was served with roasted garlic slices, sauteed Nira and two different kinds of dipping sauce. Still makes my mouth water by just thinking back about that enjoyable time.

    The video was great! It was wonderful to see you in person & in action, Nami-san! Thanks for your diligent work!
    Jun

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  537. jenn b

    My grandparents sold their farm when I was 13, but one of our old neighbors still raises a cow for us every year. We have it butchered in June and as soon as the meat comes in we grill up steaks for dinner. The first steak of the year is always the best.

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  538. Lorna Machine

    Hi there Nami, and all justonecookbook fans! My most favourite steak undoubtedly has been from Harare, Zimbabwe. Which was at one time prime beef country! I believe that if one is going to have a g-o-o-d steak, it must be rare to medium rare. My favourite, hands down, was peppered steak, flambe` in a good cognac with a lovely thick sauce to accompany it! Making my mouth water as I think of it. Time to go off and find me a steak! I reckon that one could be done with Szechuan peppercorns too!

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  539. HONEY BEAR

    THE BEST STEAK I EVER HAD WAS GRILLED T-BONE STEAK. THIS WAS MADE BY MY DAD. IT WAS ON HIS LAST FATHERS DAY WITH US. HE DIED FROM CANCER. HE WAS ON A FEEDING TUBE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO EAT ANY OF THE STEAK. HE WANTED TO GRILL IT FOR US HIS SELF. HE WAS TO WEAK TO LIFT THE BAG OF CHARCOAL SO I STARTED THE BAR-B-QUE FOR HIM. HE DID MANAGE TO GRILL THE STEAKS FOR THE FAMILY. HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE US ALL TOGETHER ENJOYING THE FOOD HE HELPED PREPARE FOR US. I MISS MY DAD VERY MUCH BUT HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES OF HIM.

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  547. Jaseroque

    Yakiniku in Osaka! When my friend was hired after university, her supervisor took her out to get yakiniku, and she asked if I could come too. I didn’t even ask the price, but it was definitely very expensive… But so delicious!

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    The best steak I’ve ever eaten was a “Steak Diane” at the Hong Kong Hilton in 1970, when I lived there, it was to die for!!!

    I just joined your following and love your website, thank you!!

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  558. Jordan

    Probably at home, a medium rare ribeye in a heavy pan. Season with salt and pepper, flip every minute. Add butter at the end and baste before letting it rest. Hot rice and some sauteed onions, kimchi, or some mixed veggies as sides and some ponzu daikon for dipping (not on it).

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  562. Jordan

    Followed on instagram. No interest in pinterest though I’m debating whether to sign up just for a better shot at the real Wagyu. There is no shame in getting amazing beef! Thanks for this and the recipes!

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  563. Thomas

    The best steak I had was made by my girlfriend and I. Dry aged NY strip and ribeye from Whole Foods. Cooked on the stove in cast iron, finished in the oven. Served with roast brussels sprouts and a full bodied red. Yum! My GF (Maggie) wrote a blog post about it 🙂

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  569. Elaine

    My husband prides himself in not only preparing but cooking steaks perfectly! Medium rare, seasoned with sea salt, cracked pepper, and garlic salt! Ahh simple yet so delicious! Maybe his secret ingredient is love? Lol 🙂

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  625. Domenique

    I’ll be honest the best steak I’ve ever had was a beautiful t-Bone I cooked myself. It was a perfect medium rare cooked on my BBQ served with garlic prawns, garlic bread and greek salad, that we ate on our deck. The meat was some we had cut for us and it was grain fed. 100% Alberta beef. mmmm!

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  626. Autumn Jojola

    The best steak I’ve ever had was a Porter House in a dinky little Truck Stop in San Diego, New Mexico. Super moist and tender!! It like every steak I ever have had was prepared medium. I don’t like the blood and stuff that comes with a steak cooked any less!

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  633. Carolsue

    I tried a mini-burger with Kobe beef at a nightclub in Las Vegas, but I’ve never had a Kobe steak. The best steak I’ve ever had was a New York steak at Outback. I hate to say it, but it was well done! 🙂

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  656. Calvin

    Love your website! Been on it with my wife for years! Best steak I’ve had was in Cupertino California at Alexander’s Steakhouse. Amazing experience and is a must try. Felt like I was using a hot knife cutting through butter.

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  659. Nicole Bashaw

    The best beef steak I’ve ever had was from the Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse in Oklahoma City. They had a special menu with Japanese Kobe Beef Filet Mignons. It was priced at 40 dollars an ounce because of how rare it is in the US. I have never seen it since I tried it in Oklahoma City with my family.
    Sometime I would like to take a vacation to Japan to try all of the cuisine, but your blog has helped me so much in trying the these delicious exotic dishes without any travel. I would love to cook a real Wagyu steak in my own home.

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  675. Ralph Salumbides

    At a small wedding reception in the art gallery in Morimoto’s Napa, had the best steak I ever ate. Just a generous piece of Wagyu, medium rare seared to perfection sprinkled with a little sea salt.

    Simple and perfect.

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  676. Lala

    I’ve had a few good steaks over the years, but the one that stands out in my mind was a buffalo steak that a friend prepared for me on his bbq, and my goodness did I moan when I ate it. Sooooo delicious. I’m not sure what he did to that steak, but it was magic in my mouth 🙂

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  680. Dawn Pelikan

    The best steak I ever had was at Gallaghers Steak house in New York , New York casino in Las Vegas. It was a dry aged strip steak prepared by simply grilling over hickory chips. Didn’t need anything else on it or with it but a simple side. Melted in your mouth and delicious. Love your website by the way. We make your Miso Ramen and charsu pork belly at least two -three times a month! Can’t wait to try Tje steamed pork buns I saw today! Keep up amazing work!!!!

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  698. Amy Xiang

    I love Wagyu! It’s a MUST every time I visited Japan. My best friend’s family actually has a farm raising Wagyu in Roanoke, Indiana. I was lucky to visit their farm where everything is so natural and try the Wagyu at their restaurant. Every single bite was heavenly delicate. The farm welcomes everyone to visit and they are very very nice people!

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    • Amy Xiang

      Oh forgot to say the name. It’s Joseph Decuis, and it was simply grilled medium rare. I love how their slogan is “Farm to Fork”, which literally is! Hope you can try it some time if you’re around that area by any chance. It will be such an amazing experience.

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  710. Jen Wagner

    The best steak I’ve ever had was a special treat from my father. He seasoned and cooked for me a beautiful tenderloin for my birthday. It was the best steak because it was not only really delicious but it was also full of love.

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  711. Nick Webley

    My father grilled rump steaks with chips on Saturdays at our home in Gloucester England to give my mum a break from cooking. I loved thick sliced crusty bread dipped in the juices from the grill pan, the grilled portobello mushrooms and tomatoes, my first taste of searing horseradish at the age of 9. But mainly it was the love care and attention my father gave to the cooking to show his love for his family, using the money he made from his second job cleaning windows to buy the steaks from a butcher in the days before supermarkets.

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  722. Christina

    The best steaks I’ve had were made by my husband. He cooks them in a cast-iron skillet and then deglazes it with wine and cream to make a pan sauce. He’s used wine or truffle salt to finish the steaks, which adds wonderful flavor.

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  733. Lisa Yuen

    The best steak I have ever had was in a strange little place in Osaka .. it was literally a giant grill .. in a tiny bar type restaurant .. the flavour was amazing .. and the atmosphere was smokey and drunk! Fresh chopped garlic on top .. I think I only had steak, with no sides … just meat – LOL

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  734. JYC

    I can’t really crown an overall best, but I’ve had some memorable steaks. The classic porterhouse at Peter Luger’s in Brooklyn is always good, and the rare occasion when Sakagura in NY, offers wagyu ishiyaki is always delightful. Beech Tree Farms in NJ has steak that does tend to be on the leaner side, but the beef flavor is so pure (and intense) that I would be remiss not to mention them. I believe that they do pasture raised, with a mix of heritage breed cows and some mixed breeds that they plan themselves.

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  750. Kathi

    The best steak I ever had was an amazing Chateaubriand at Bern’s Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida. It was perfectly rare to medium-rare and could have been cut with a butter knife. That night was probably 25 years ago and I still remember that steak!

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  754. Jing

    Best steak I had was beef wellington at a resort, i think they used filet mignon, the meat is so tender and juicy, the crust was flaky and thin. I only ate well done beef before that, this experience changed it and I never ordered a well done steak ever again.

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  765. Best steak I’ve ever had was probably the one from Sullivan’s Steakhouse when I was in Seattle. Their filet mignon was tender, moist and juicy. The glaze was a bit sweet but I like it. The creamed spinach thingy was so good. The cocktail was also nice. Actually everything was great, it was a perfect dinner. I seldom eat steak since I’m seafood lover but I would love to go back there for another dinner! The ambience and the jazzy music playing make it a great place for special occasion. You should try when you go to seattle 🙂

    I really want to try REAL wagyu beef. Many restaurants in Jakarta (Indonesia) claimed that their steaks are wagyu, priced like real ones, but to me they didn’t even look like wagyu beef at all. The marble, the tenderness…it’s disappointing. Maybe only in five-star hotels they would serve the real ones? But the price would be five-star too…my poor wallet LOL. I’ll go try it if I score the $150. That would be nice, making my tummy happy without making my wallet sad..hahah

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  766. Carlin Ngai

    The best steak I’ve ever had was a BMS 6 wagyu steak, done medium on my dedicated steak pan (yes, I have a pan just for steak), and served with a bit of pepper and sauce made from wasabi and mayonnaise. Not cheap, but definitely worth it!

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  768. Amber

    The best steak I ever had was kobe from Japan (not sure which specific type now that you have educated me!) at a little Japanese restaurant. I was horrified by how expensive it was (and even more horrified with how little came out in the dish), but my brother insisted I try it as it was “the best beef you could ever eat”… and I wasn’t disappointed!

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  781. Paige

    The best steak I’ve ever had was prepared by my fiance at home. I have no idea how he prepared it, other than that he sliced it pretty thin and only cooked it for a minute or so.

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  786. Surso S.