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KINGLY COWS
It
to experience its real smell by enjoying
it cooked Teppanyaki style on an iron
griddle in front of guests.
is a difficult and complex process to
produce true Kobe beef. Kobe cows
The chef heats the iron griddle to the
are fed a special diet of dried pasture
highest temperature and then skillfully
forage and grasses, along with nutritiongrills the meat for
rich feed supplements such as barley.
1-2 minutes per side.
These foods are all grown naturally
The chef The delicious aroma
and are tightly tested to make sure that
serving us of the steak washes
they meet all standards of hygiene and
excitedly shares over me and I can feel
food safety. Pure water from streams
that anything my hunger growing.
is filtered to get rid of harmful micro
Japanese do Watching the fire
organisms. Moreover, the cows are
is a kind of dancing on the griddle
given wine to induce appetite and make
art
and so is and enchanted by this
sure that the food doesn't stagnate.
producing
Kobe scent, I'm so excited
Furthermore, classical music of Mozart
beef. and just want to eat
and Beethoven is played for them as
immediately. However,
a relaxation technique. Farmers also
the key factor that decides the quality
massage their cows by hand or with a
of any dish is its taste. I realize that the
specialized straw broom and usually
steak is far different from all kinds of
bathe them in warm water Before
beef I have eaten previously. It is so
visiting Kobe, I never thought that I
tender it's as if it melts in my mouth
could enjoy true Kobe steak, or even
while its taste seems to remain on my
see it. The first thought that came to
tongue for a while. The meat is fresher
mind is that the steak looks like a giant
than ever because it is directly taken
slab of marble. Marbled white streaks
from abattoirs in Kobe. When cooked,
of intramuscular fats regularly run
the fat blends with the flesh, offering
through the meat to create a sculptural
a buttery taste. How can I forget this
masterpiece of harmony. The amount of
feeling while enjoying the quintessence
fat is exactly equal to the amount of flesh,
of Kobe steak? I don't get any indigestion
and the marbling ratio reaches level 6
and want to eat one more portion.
and above. In terms of appearance, Kobe
beef is more than perfect, but you need
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FURTHER INFORMATION
+ ¬m th˘c NhÀt B∂n
Th¯c ®n NhÀt B∂n th≠Íng tÀp
trung vµo h≠¨ng v thanh khi’t
cÒa ch›nh m„n ®n. »m th˘c
NhÀt B∂n cn Æ∏p ¯ng Æ≠Óc
nhu c«u mang t›nh quËc t’ v“
s¯c kh·e: ›t bäo, ›t ng‰t vµ sˆ
dÙng nhi“u rau ÆÀu trong b˜a
®n, v◊ vÀy kh∏ hÓp kh»u v cÒa
Æa sË th˘c kh∏ch Vi÷t Nam.
+ C∏c Æi”m tham quan ch›nh
tπi Kobe:
- L™n Æÿnh Maya ngæm khung
c∂nh ch©n trÍi Æãp hÔng v‹
- Khu Kitano Ijinkan, phË T©y
cÒa Kobe, nÊi ti’ng vÌi c∏c c´ng
tr◊nh T©y ph≠¨ng Æãp r˘c rÏ.
Bªng c∏ch dıng ch©n tπi c∏c
qu∏n cµ ph™ mang phong c∏ch
Paris bπn sœ c∂m nhÀn Æ≠Óc
nhp sËng hi÷n Æπi nh≠ng s©u
læng cÒa khu phË cÊ nµy.
- Tr∂i nghi÷m suËi n≠Ìc n„ng
Arima Onsen.
- B∂o tµng ÆÈng Ɔt Kobe, n¨i
cho du kh∏ch c∏i nh◊n ch©n th˘c,
sËng ÆÈng v“ th∂m h‰a ÆÈng
Ɔt Î Kobe vµo n®m 1995.
+ Japanese cuisine: Japanese
people pay more attention
to the fresh flavor of food.
Their dishes are less fatty and
less sweet, meeting many
international standards of
healthy food. In every meal,
Japanese people eat quite a lot
of vegetable s.
+ Famous attractions in Kobe:
- Mt. Maya with its captivating
horizon
- Kitano Ijinkan: the Western
street of Kobe, which is famous
for its gorgeous European style
mansions. Stop at a Parisianstyle coffee shop and you will
feel the slow pace of modern
life here.
- Arima Onsen hot spring
- Kobe Earthquake Memorial
Museum with realistic images
of the earthquake's destructive
power and lots of information
about the earthquake in Kobe
in 1995
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