Wagyu is what Jonathan Ross puts on his pasta.

It is worlds best, but this is not proper Waygu, it only comes from the Waygu cow.
The actual steak which is massaged and fed beer costs about 50.00 - 75.00 for a steak.
They are just riding coattails, trying to rip off a proper expensive piece of meat

Can do without small minded people like yourself on this site no wonder the country is like it is

My Santander in Wolverhampton says this is nonsense

"world's best steak" - according to whom?

Source link here Cheers!

Should be nice with ketchup. Ta.

It is worlds best, but this is not proper Waygu, it only comes from the Waygu cow.
The actual steak which is massaged and fed beer costs about 50.00 - 75.00 for a steak.
They are just riding coattails, trying to rip off a proper expensive piece of meat

Aldi's normal fillet steaks very good so happy to give these a try......not expecting the sort of stuff you get in Nobu but if its nice its nice...simple as that....pretty sure no one is really expecting it to taste like a £75 steak

Again. According to whom?

What weight are the steaks?

On top of that, great steaks like Angus, Scotch, Longhorn, USDA Prime, Belted Galloway and indeed Wagyu are all unique in their own right but are same in the way the cow is slaughtered at the age of two or three. Hence why I don't think Wagyu cannot be designated as the world's best.

Not proper Wagu, but may taste OK, worth a go for the price. Had an $80 wagu steak a few weeks ago, fantastic tender steak, but nowt beats a quality Angus.

Looooool!

You made me google that! Kobe / Wagyu are the same apparently; http://www.iforswelshwagyu.co.uk/

Really? I used to live in the highlands and the local beef, from the butcher, was the best flavour ever. Deep and earthy. Wagyu is too refined for me.

I'll stick to my Rubia Gallega

Why's it the worlds best steak?

Because the Cows eat grass

True story.

Now you're talking. Had a chuleton de buey in Santander recently, from a Rubi Gallega that was at least seven years old - almost as good as those served in Bar Nestor in San Seb :smiley:

they say it is worth £90 http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/worlds-most-expensive-steak-sale-11478220
what profit can I expect to make with ebay??
EDIT, this is one of the comments I found: Wagyu beef is from Japan not New Zealand.. suppose its the same as Burger King buying Angus beef from Brazil.. it isnt Wagyu beef its just a labelling teqnique to make you think your getting something for cheap.. last week this same beef was in a different pack labeled new zealand beef..

Kobe is the area in Japan that breeds Wagyu cattle.

If you want the top steak you need to ask for Kobe beef.

Indeed - Rubia Gallegas are reared for beef only and at the top level can reach a grand age of seventeen compared to young cows at ages of two or three.

You really think this is the world's best...and Aldi have somehow decided to sell it cheap? It's not even proper Wagyu.

i'm wary any product from japan.
it might be radioactive.
at lease aldi wagyu steak is not from japan.

I think it is more, is it better than a normal steak?

Don't like beef, prefer chicken but Hot anyway!

Depends what you class as normal. Better than Asda or Aldi own brands, but you get what you pay for. I tried it when they last had it and it had virtually no flavour at all.

Well never got the tohahawk so might as well try this. Will have to set the alarm though

Wow, some right steak snobs on here. Is £7.29 for **** sake

Why... what do the other cows eat?
...I don't think I'm going to like this answer, somehow. :confused:

After watching this, it's hard to disagree....

https://vine.co/v/MQWQMU0wwIT

Just bought some to make surf and turf for Father's Day... Plenty in Swansea store

All that fat, no thanks.

My Santander in Wolverhampton says this is nonsense

There is no way Aldi are going to be selling authentic Wagyu beef, there will be some disclaimer.

Wagyu is what Jonathan Ross puts on his pasta.

why is it not proper wagyu

every critic

​Not me - well aged Lincoln Red steaks get my vote every time.

Some cows have more grass in their diet than others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_feeding#Corn-fed
(Wagyu aren't the only grass-fed cattle though, I assume the previous poster was joking.)

Looks garbage I bet aldi have just dressed the leftovers as steak as let's face it, as with 99% of their fake brand junk, their usual steaks are so lame this will seem amazing regardless.

Can do without small minded people like yourself on this site no wonder the country is like it is

Not had this, but Aldi steaks are on par with Tesco, so unless you are going to M and S or an actual butcher...

I think the point being made before was that this is not from a 100% wagyu cow breed - they are hybrids with a faster growing strain like Angus. Also, its not from Japan, where, for example they have excellent quality Wagyu from Kobe. I tried it once there and *holy cow*, it was a symphony of tiny, sizzling pockets of fat bursting in your mouth. Living in Australia I'm spoilt with well priced scotch fillets. A proper Kobe steak is no comparison.

They have 50thousand in stock.

Some places saying you can get them today.
Is it definately tomorrow they go on sale

I got mine today

They had ribeye or sirloin to pick from

Most of that £75 is not the meat value!
£25 Restauranteur and overheads
£10 waiting staff and Maitre De
£10 Chef
£20 Profit
Leaving £10 for the Wagyu steak itself

By the time i get to my locals after work it will be sold out for sure. Its a warzone

My uncles is the rarest most bestest steak in the world!
He's only got one cow and he feeds it grass, corn and Barley so beat that, its the only grass, corn and barley fed cow in the entire world and the steaks will drop a girls knickers at 50 yards, clean out the backyard and quickdraw a bounty hunter top gun..
He says when its ready he'll just clean its ar*e and pull the horns out, it'll be that good!! :stuck_out_tongue:

"Because of Japan's rugged terrain and isolated areas, different breeding and feeding techniques were used such as massaging or adding beer or sake to their feeding regimen. It is suggested that the feeding of beer and sake was done to aid in digestion and induce hunger during humid seasons, and that massaging prevented muscle cramping on small farms in Japan where the animals did not have sufficient room to use their muscles.[citation needed] Neither of these techniques affect the meat's flavor, and they have both been discontinued.."

Nice to see the HUKD tradition of talking BS being upheld!

In store now.

Looks too fatty for me - I'll stick to rump.

It is very fatty literally melts in the pan

Definitely had them today in Liverpool city centre, I nearly died when i saw the price the woman in front of me paid for two pieces of fairly small fatty steak

The packaging states it is from pedigree New Zealand Wagyu (not Waygu btw) animals. How exactly, then, is it not? Are Aldi contravening the sales description act?

The fat is called marbling.

The Wagyu, The Wagyu

Just nipped to my local aldi and they put them on the shelf 30 mins ago. Already wiped out

steak snobs to the left of me, food philistine's to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with Wagyu!!

I eat steak on a regular basis from Asda, Lidl, Aldi mostly and can usually choose by eye due to the marbling etc as to what is likely to look good and dont mind paying a few extra ££ for something that looks good

so here's the thing: I popped into Aldi.Pentwyn.Cardiff around 18.30 today and there were about 6 of each wagyu ribeye and sirloin left and my initial thought was hmm they look tasty but on closer inspection, i would guesstimate that 20 to 30% of the weight/mass of the steak was pure fat on the outside, so much so that it put me right off spending money knowing I would be cutting of a fair chunk of what I paid and binning it.

I may have been late to the party and missed the good bits but 'NOTE TO ALDI' if going you are going to advertise and sell the best steak in the world, maybe dont sell the doorsteps with edge fat the size of an large book spine!

Get a life. Try a chicken kebab.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/wagyu-ribeye-steak/p/072384064217400 Ribeye
https://www.aldi.co.uk/wagyu-sirloin-steak/p/072383064217200 Sirloin

steak snobs to the left of me, food philistine's to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with Wagyu!!

I eat steak on a regular basis from Asda, Lidl, Aldi mostly and can usually choose by eye due to the marbling etc as to what is likely to look good and dont mind paying a few extra ££ for something that looks good

so here's the thing: I popped into Aldi.Pentwyn.Cardiff around 18.30 today and there were about 6 of each wagyu ribeye and sirloin left and my initial thought was hmm they look tasty but on closer inspection, i would guesstimate that 20 to 30% of the weight/mass of the steak was pure fat on the outside, so much so that it put me right off spending money knowing I would be cutting of a fair chunk of what I paid and binning it.

I may have been late to the party and missed the good bits but 'NOTE TO ALDI' if going you are going to advertise and sell the best steak in the world, maybe dont sell the doorsteps with edge fat the size of an large book spine!

No. Some cows smoke it.

I see lol :smile:

Nothing wrong with being snobbish about food. You are what you eat, so they
say. So I'm picky about what goes in. I have not had a good experience of supermarket steak, so always buy at a reliable local butcher. Welsh black usually as that's where I now live.

Think peeps need to calm down. Heat added

I prefer pork kebab. :smiley:

It's interesting that the people saying it's worth £90 or whatever (mostly press..) are comparing a Rib Eye to what would normally be the price for a large Wagyu fillet steak. Wagyu itself is not that expensive in most decent steak restaurants if you want a cheaper cut like Ribeye - the prices only shoot up when you go for Fillet...and even then an average price is more like £50 (e.g. at the blackhouse restaurants). The beer fed kobe is the one that is usually super expensive (and much rarer).

Bit of a con, but hey it will taste nice if cooked well and if you are a fan of rib eye or the sirloin then it's worth a try if you can find it :smiley:

​Made me lol

Fillet does cost more, because it's the tenderest cut, but has far less taste than ribeye or sirloin.
It's the fat marbling that gives the meat most of it's flavour, and as fillet is very lean, it is lacking in that department.
Good quality Wagyu fillet does have more marbling than other breeds, but then the ribeye from that same cow would be even better.
Personally, I'd never buy a fillet except when served as a tartare.
Rump and sirloin taste great, but can be tough, so for me ribeye is the one to go for. (Or you can go for a t-bone and get the best of both worlds with the sirloin one side of the bone and fillet the other)

Not just ordinary BS, it's Wagyu BS. :smiley:

Saw these today. I wasn't sure so didn't buy any. The manager at my local store were limiting it to 2 per customer.

no, most havent even been near a blade of grass in their lives.

most are fed on a high corn feed because corn gives the most back in terms of input vs output

In American factory farms, yes. Elsewhere, no.

​I wasn't sure if you were joking. Cows get fed all sorts from grain to chicken crap. The chances of most cows ever seeing a patch of grass is practically nil. They don't even have room to move.

This was covered on the Channel 4 programme called Food Unwrapped. There's a clip here on taste http://www.channel4.com/programmes/food-unwrapped/videos/all/s6-ep2-wagyu-vs-standard/4468400334001
But if you can find the full episode 2 of series 6 it explains the lineage of the animals that are allowed to be sold as Wagyu beef.

All a fad anyways. In traditional wagyu, the animal is indoors most it's life and is fed and intensive high grain diet which explains the high fat content of the meat. They're encouraged to sit down all their lives too so that the muscle stays tender. I'd get more bang for your buck and get some organic grass fed traditional beef, it's cheaper and the animal welfare is plenty higher.

Has anyone ate it .... * rolled eyes *

sold out in our stores and no new stock btw they said restaurants where sending waitresses and other staff in to buy the steaks ( you can only buy 2 per customer tho )

HUKD.

The world's best beef experts :smile:

Just buy the damn steak and eat or don't. No one cares about your Rubella Mumps steak or Lincoln Shed steak.

Urban myth about the massaging mate.. Its accepted that this might have been done in the past but no longer is.. It is down to the breed..

Go facepalm along with the 22 others who liked your post

I live on a farm, the cows come in for the wet winter months so they can get plenty of decent food and don't destroy the fields, but as soon as the weather turns they are back out. They get rotated through the fields so they don't eat them bare, keeping them moving ensures they always have lush green grass. Along with the sheep and dairy herd (around 45) the beef herd (around 40) have approximately 220 acres.

I love eating meet (lamb and beef, pork too but that isn't sold commercially, just a few pigs a year to stick the freezers) that has come from outside my front door. We know the butcher well and he prepares the meat really well, he's in his 70s and still going strong, plenty of experience and knows his stuff.

Supermarket meat is obviously mass farmed, buy from small local producers, farmers markets, some sell direct online, and you will notice the taste difference. I didn't think it would make that much difference but tried an Asda steak recently, looked a really nice cut but it was so bland, I'm used to just the smallest pinch of salt and pepper to season and it tastes great.

Never tried a Waygu, it may well taste incredible, but apart from massaging which seems to have been debunked I don't think the cows I eat are their badly treated long distance relatives that some are making out.

Got there before me , but spot on,, the fat (marbling) is what gives steak its flavour...........

Also remember more and more evidence coming out these days, that dietary fats link to cholesterol or heart problems has been at the least overstated and at worst nonexistent .....

Wagyu style steak is now produced in many countries. I have tried this from Aldi's before and it was terrific. I got mine yesterday. Even if not from Japan it is still great steak. There is a producer in the UK now.

picked up two packs in Chelmsford this morning. about 1/2 dozen of each type left.

Nope they're mostly feed corn and other food.

How to cook it: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/bought-wagyu-steak-aldi-today-11483710

Kobe exclusively is Wagyu that is breed and raised in Japan. For a while there was an export ban, might still be in place. They are technically the same thing but Kobe is considered the gold standard for Wagyu. I doubt you will ever find Kobe in anything other than a Michelin starred restaurant.

I recently had a 25yr old Wagu steak cooked by Ken Hom wrapped in gold whilst dining with Jay Z and Beyonce on Roman's yacht during the recent filming of the new Mission Impossible film just off Monaco whilst i was there for the Grand Prix...It wasn't bad to be fair but not as nice as the sausage an egg McMuffin i had this morning

there's a lot of bullocks talked on this site :stuck_out_tongue:

hmm, thought it was spelt wagu but anyway if you think your getting the sake massaged moo moo special for £7 odd your kidding yourself.

There's no field HUKD'ers aren't experts in.

I get the thick cut sirloin from marksies, at £10 it's probably a lot better value than this fat ridden garbage...oh the marbling gives it flavour, poppycock it's cheap tat leftovers. I like their fillet too but as with all fillet I never feel happy with the g/£ ratio.

If they are on par with Tesco then they are utter rot. I can't have Tesco steak/beef again it is like rubber.

Japanese Kobe wagyu is the best, not the wagyu from NZ or Aussie.

Hahaha, hahaah I can't stop laughing. I find Aldi's food to be absolutely awful, how the hell does this make me small-minded and even more amusingly how the hell does it in any way make me responsible for the state of this country? I've worked since finishing my education, pay a fortune in taxes and give up an awful lot of my time for voluntary causes yet my dislike for low-end supermarkets...haha I'm wasting my time here.

Philistine...

And I'm big boned.

tried yesterday. on the BBQ - no seasoning. rare to medium rare. It was OK. Fat tasted very good. Would I rush out and buy this again..... no. Acceptable but nothing that stood out as unique or particularly exceptional.

It's only the best if you like fatty marbled beef - if you like your meat lean then this won't be the meat for you...

I've had it a few times and it's OK but I've definitely had better steaks (according to my taste) that wasn't Wagyu...

So where does one do ones shopping?

Well, on the odd occasion that I shop for myself, and I can bring myself to remove the plum from my mouth, Harrods of course.

I had this yesterday with my brother. We had both the ribeye and sirloin... it was so good. Just seasoned and cooked 2 minutes either side. Probably the most tender and flavoursome steak I have ever had. Would highly recommend.

had a couple of the sirloins last night
, cooked medium rare, they had a bit more sinew than I was expecting, didn't seem as good as the normal Aldi 28 day steaks. taste was good and very tender when no sinew. TBH the burgers are better.

Ha, I'd probably spend an hour trimming it all off before cooking.

I like to cook my steaks the 'proper' way

Best troll response to a troll.

Bryant?

Oh my god anyone can see I'm having a laugh you sad sad case. Oooooh look at me I know how to view someone's history on HUKD. Get a life. For the record all I buy from Heron now is the Andrex.

Since when was voicing my dislike for Aldi's food being a troll?

Wagyu can be very good, the reason generally given is due the fat marbling creating very good meat as it melts when cooking. Some say its due to the fat 'basting' the meat, other say its due the changes it has on the meat itself.

I believe this meat is from cross breeding of a Wagyu and another cattle variety such as a Aberdeen Angus. Pure breed Wagyu cattle are mostly in Japan only. Kobe Beef comes from the Tajima strain of the Wagyu cattle, this Wagyu meat isn't pure Wagyu, its like most Aberdeen Angus meat sold as well.

Reasons for cross breeding cited are the fact that Wagyu cattle are poor parents and the main reason is that they don't put on much bulk i.e. not much meat to sell.

Some basic links for the interested:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagyu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_beef

From all accounts the very best grades of Wagyu beef never leave the inner circle of pure Wagyu cattle farmers.

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Give me an hour to read all the comments you've ever made and formulate a witty response....actually no I'll do something productive.

so its not wagyu then.

I'm glad you're having a laugh, that makes a total of one person who is laughing at your paltry excuse for banter. You're about as funny as third world famine.

I was simply pointing out the stupidity of your comment mocking budget supermarkets when you clearly frequent them yourself. The fact you feel the need to attempt to justify your shopping habits further reinforces how moronic your remark was about the quality of Aldi. Surprised someone as "clearly" affluent as yourself doesn't wipe their 'Arris on crisp £20s.

"Get a life", indeed...

It'll take you longer than an hour to come up with anything witty if your contribution to this post is anything to go by. Save yourself, and more importantly the rest of us, the trouble. Pointless troll.

I have an even better solution, buy a bidet and forget about toilet paper, apart from visitors.

It's one of the positive contributions that working in Saudi Arabia gave me - a freshly washed bum after a morning constitutional!

:man:

Being as this is from New Zealand, is it halal, same as all their lamb?

Asda sell wagyu rump, sirloin and fillet at a decent price at the butchers counter. It is definetly better than the normal steaks in my opinion.

How do you feed beer to a steak ? :confused:

I may be a troll but with a deal rate of one per year, you my friend are a leech.

I thought Trump Steak was the world`s best! :smile:
Good deal!

canada16, Wagyu isn't a breed, its more a classification. Also neroneuk, Angus can come from Brazil, it can come from anywhere, a few years ago I was asked to approve "certified Uruguayan Hereford beef and certified Uruguayan Aberdeen Angus".

Needs more dragons...

canada16, Wagyu isn't a breed, its more a classification. Also neroneuk, Angus can come from Brazil, it can come from anywhere, a few years ago I was asked to approve "certified Uruguayan Hereford beef and certified Uruguayan Aberdeen Angus".

My wife bought some of these yesterday for my birthday treat. Really looking forwards to them !

If its anything like their Wagyu burgers, you will not be disappointed. Heat.

Sold out I think

I love how people say the local butchers are the best bla bla... they buy the cheapest crap around thats why they are the local butcher and nothing better!

Yes I love a Blond Galacian also.

Yes but the problem is they stand a chance of voting us out next week there are so many of them.

Haha you got ripped off, you should have got a $10 one from Aldi

I'm undecided on that one, maybe a change would be good.

Sold out Winchester

ahh, so true, but you should have seen the surroundings and the company in Las Vegas. Worth every cent!!

Best to let the Brussels B-Euro-Crats do that sort of thing instead then?

No need to worrry about voting after that :man:

clearly you have no idea about our farming industry

Sold out in at least 2 London stores. ITS A SCAM!!!!!! :man:

Just bought some from Barnsley. Googled the New Zealand slaughterhouse as stated on the packaging- it's halal.

​the world I guess. ..

smarties commenting on "world's best according to whom?".
Who a cares at this price... great deal and any aldi meat is usually good quality anyway.

​prove that it isn't then...

​Took the words right out of my mouth. Its a cheap price of steak at the end of the day. So what if someone thinks it's the best in the world. We are all entitled to an opinion. It's a bit like my neighbour telly me that Manchester United are the best club in the world. I know they aren't but it don't spend hours trying to convince him they aren't with facts cut and pasted from the internet. BTW...Carlsberg probably isn't the best larger in the world either....

Dang, the dude is having a 3 way convo with himself.

Can we expire this pls, Father's Day has come n gone and so has the wagyu beef from Aldi

people buy there meat from aldi