Kobe beef

noun

Wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle, raised in Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture.

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nounKobe beef (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecookingWagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle, raised in Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture.

    I had Kobe beef, easily the best steak I've ever tasted.

    2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 160
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