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The Kagoshima Wagyu beef rib eye, which is served shabu shabu style and priced at USD 160, is arranged for a photo at Matsugen, a Japanese restaurant located at 241 Church Street in New York, U.S., on Sunday, July 20, 2008
Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2010

Open quoteIt melts in your mouth. We don't even give them a steak knife. Close quote

  • MITCHELL ALTHOLZ,
  • a chef in New Jersey, lamenting Japan's temporary ban on exports of its prized Wagyu beef, which fetches up to $250 for a steak in the U.S.; the ban was implemented after cows in Japan tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease
Photo: Ramin Talaie / Bloomberg / Getty Images | Source: Wall Street Journal