Chapter 9 Questioning Wagyu Beef
To tell the truth, Cao Zige really only ordered this super expensive signature beef skewer that basically no one ordered, and it was 20 skewers, and he was not short of money.
But he didn't expect that Lin Bao would say this, and he had to take out the beef directly for him to see, and he felt a little helpless.
Why take it so seriously?
Even if the meat Lin Bao took out was not good, he would definitely not say that it was not worth it......
However, when Yu Qin brought out the small piece of beef on a plate, Cao Zige couldn't help but pop out of his mouth.
"This beef ......"
Cao Zige's eyes widened, he walked to him, then took a thin plastic glove from the side, pressed it on the piece of beef, and immediately took a breath, "This is Wagyu beef, and it's a very high-level Wagyu beef! Senior Lin Bao, yes, I didn't expect you to be able to get this level of beef!"
Seeing the expression on Cao Zige's face, Yu Qin suddenly couldn't help asking, "Junior brother, is there anything else to study in this beef?"
To be honest, when she came over in the morning, she had also seen this piece of beef, and compared to normal beef, it was a bright red beef, with dense white dots distributed on it.
This kind of meat, she has seen in some hot pot restaurants, is snowflake beef! Compared with ordinary beef, there is more fat in it.
"Cao Zige, is this really wagyu beef?" Chen Jiamei, the junior brother's new girlfriend, also came over at this time, she had also heard some about Wagyu beef, and knew that it was very top-notch beef.
Cao Zige took off the plastic gloves on his hands: "Let me ask you first, what do you know about the difference between good and bad beef?"
Yu Qin thought for a while and said: "I remember that when I went to eat hot pot with them in the dormitory, there was a snowflake beef, which was the same as this one, with more fat on it, and then it was two or three times more expensive than ordinary beef, or even more. ”
Chen Jiamei also nodded: "I also heard that in some hotels, the steak of snowflake beef is sold for thousands of yuan!"
Cao Zige nodded: "Yes, it's snowflake beef." What is called snowflake beef, that is, the beef is distributed with dense white fat, also called oil flowers, just like the texture of marble. Generally speaking, the denser the distribution of oil, that is, the higher the ratio of fat to meat, the higher the grade of beef. Look at the distribution of oil on this piece of beef......"
"It's intensive. ”
"Yes. RB's Wagyu beef is the best beef in the world, with a total of 15 grades from C1 to A5, and an important factor in determining it is the distribution of oil splashes. The better the Wagyu beef, the denser the oil flowers on it, and the more white the color, and the more bright red the meat. Cao Zige said.
"Then what level can this beef be ranked?" Yu Qin couldn't help asking.
Cao Zige looked at the beef and said, "At least above the A3 level!"
"A3 grade?" Yu Qin asked, "How much can it be sold for?"
"The price of the top Kobe Wagyu beef starts at 4,000 yuan, A4 grade beef, about 2,500 yuan, and A3 grade beef, the price distribution is a bit miscellaneous, but at least they are more than 1,000 yuan. ”
"1,000 yuan? This kind of beef, does it really sell for a thousand yuan a catty?"
Yu Qin's eyes widened.
Chen Jiamei next to her was also surprised.
"Yes, and that's still the import price! If you put it in a high-end hotel, what the price is, you can imagine for yourself. Cao Zige said, "I once ate A5 grade Kobe Wagyu beef, which has been roasted by RB's local master chefs, and it is medium-rare, which can definitely be regarded as the top delicacy in the world! RB people have a name for the oil flowers in Wagyu beef, that is, 'frost fall', which may be copied from the words of our ancestors, the top Wagyu beef, just looking at it, the texture of the marble, has a kind of artistic enjoyment." If you eat it, it has a tender texture that you can never imagine, fat and juicy, it really melts in your mouth, that feeling, it is definitely the ultimate enjoyment of the taste buds!"
As he spoke, Cao Zige's face showed a somewhat yearning expression: "However, the really good Kobe Wagyu beef is limited, after all, the number of purebred Wagyu beef is not much, and this kind of beef can only be tasted in some top hotels or places." As I said before, A5-grade Wagyu beef, starting at 4,000 yuan, is only the supply price of special places, if the beef flows out, it will be fried at a sky-high price! Some people go to RB to travel, in order to eat A5-grade Wagyu beef, but they have no way, and even offer a price of 100,000 yuan. Of course, they basically end up being pitted, and what they eat can't be a real A5 grade, hehe. ”
Listening to Cao Zige's narration, not to mention Yu Qin and Chen Jiamei, even Lin Bao was a little surprised.
Although he knew that the beef exchanged from the system was very unusual, he also ate it last night, and it was very fragrant. But I didn't expect it to be such a high-level wagyu beef! 1,000 yuan a catty, or the purchase price! The system only needs 45 points!
"Hehe, RB Kobe Wagyu beef is indeed very expensive, but not all the oil splashes are RB Wagyu. ”
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side.
Everyone turned their heads and found that at this meeting, many customers pricked up their ears and listened to Cao Zige's explanation here.
One of them spoke, and it seems that he also knows something about Wagyu beef.
"Indeed. ”
Cao Zige smiled and nodded, "There are many kinds of Wagyu beef, in addition to RB Wagyu, there are more famous ones, that is, Australian Wagyu, and even in China, in 10 to 11 years, they also began to introduce Wagyu breeds, and adopted advanced cultivation environments and methods, creating many famous domestic brands." However, although it is a hybrid of Wagyu beef, it cannot be called Wagyu beef, most of them are called snowflake beef, or snowflake meat, which also has a rich snowflake texture, and the price is much higher than ordinary beef. In some domestic four- and five-star hotels, the beef served is such meat. What you see in the hot pot restaurant should be a little more inferior. ”
"But even if it's a domestic brand, this beef is very expensive, isn't it?"
Yu Qin said busily, she naturally wanted to speak to her boss.
The customer at the booth shook his head: "Yes, yes, no, no." Domestic snowflake beef and Wagyu beef are still too different after all, but the beef market, especially for most consumers, cannot really distinguish the difference between the two, so the name of Wagyu beef is often deliberately used by some manufacturers. ”
The meaning in the words is obvious, that is, Lin Bao's beef is impersonating.
"What do you mean......"
Yu Qin was not happy when he heard this, and rolled up his sleeves to reason with the other party.
Cao Zige hurriedly stopped her and said to the customer: "First of all, I want to clarify one thing, saying that this is Wagyu beef, it's me." Brother Lin Bao wrote on the menu that it was a signature beef skewer, but he did not specifically state that it was Wagyu beef, and the price was also very low. Moreover, even if it is a domestic brand of snowflake beef, this quality is definitely worth the price. ”
"That's it!"
Yu Qin snorted.
The diner shrugged his shoulders: "Since the boss didn't say that he was Wagyu beef, what's the point of you discussing top-notch Wagyu beef here? Aren't you deliberately trying to lure customers into thinking about it?"
Cao Zige smiled: "Senior Brother Lin Bao didn't say it, it doesn't mean that it's not wagyu beef." This senior brother, do you think it's not wagyu beef, is there any evidence?"
The man said, "I didn't say it's not Wagyu, and I haven't eaten top-notch Wagyu, so I can't prove it." ”
You can't even come up with proof, what kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be here!
Yu Qin glared at him.
Cao Zige nodded and said, "You don't have evidence, I do." ”
"Oh? ”
"I've seen the top A5 grade Wagyu beef, and I've heard the top RB beef master explain about the discrimination of real and fake Wagyu beef, as well as the method of judging the grade of Wagyu beef, so through the color, oil star distribution, and even elasticity and taste of this meat, it can be basically concluded that although it is not the top beef, it is at least above A3. Of course, no matter how many of these methods we say, it is useless, it is better to speak with facts, Senior Brother Lin Bao, I have decided on this piece of beef, please help roast it. ”
Everyone looked at Lin Bao.
only to find that Lin Bao was sitting there, not paying attention to what they were talking about, but scratching the pen in his hand on the folder.
After a while, he stopped the pen in his hand and handed the folder to Cao Zige: "It's finished, you can take a look." ”
"Senior brother, ...... so soon"
Cao Zige suddenly smiled bitterly.
He heard Lin Bao say just now that it would be done in ten minutes, but it would only take less than five minutes.
Why don't you take it seriously......
"With this level of music, if you hadn't been beeping around and affecting my thinking, it wouldn't have taken so much time. ”
Lin Bao said lightly, and then took the plate of meat in Guo Qin's hand, "Are you sure you want to buy this piece of meat?"
"OK, OK. Cao Zige nodded, and his tone was confident: "Senior Brother Lin Bao, you can bake it directly, so that everyone can see it." ”
Lin Bao didn't talk nonsense, took a big knife, skillfully cut about half a catty of meat on the board, pierced ten skewers with an iron skewer, and then sat by the barbecue stove and began to roast.