Perfection

Here's a picture I couldn't resist posting. It's the "official best steak ever" picture from my last trip to Japan.

Oh, we had some amazing food - from shabby (but delicious) salaryman places in train stations, to chain noodle shops, Chanko-nabe (the hearty protein heavy one-pot meal used by Sumo to bulk up) and one place that specialised in chicken skewers (all hearts? all gizard? no problem).

But the best was in Yokohama on the last night of the trip when we went for teppanyaki (Teppan-yaki YOKOHAMA). Over several courses our chef dazzled with his mastery of the grill, dashing down treat after treat in front of us like a croupier casually tossing cards (I particulalry liked the plates of crispy garlic slices served to fill time between the longer to cook items). The best of all: the steak you see here. Not Kobe I think, but something every bit as fine. Heaven.