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darkhorse_NZ

Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:56 am Post subject: Where you have you had your best beef? |
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With all the fuss over US beef in S.Korean supermarkets. I wanted your honest and humble opinions on where you've had your best beef experience.
Steaks, roasts, mince...doesn't matter....
More for the well-travelled, well-eaten types on this forum than an excuse to chest beat...
I hear that the South Americans specfically the Argies and the Brazilians do a mean BBQ.
I haven't had US beef but I plan on changing that reeeaaaal quick. Had an Australian Rockhampton Rib Eye at the Outback yesterday and I must say it was a tender juicy beauty....
Beef.....OOOOhhhhh yeeeehhhh!!!
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Argentinian or South African. Great beef from both countries, and South Africa has the best lamb in the world for sure.
Although, as a Newfie, I do love our duck. Proper.
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wo buxihuan hanguoren

Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Location: Suyuskis
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: |
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jajdude wrote: |
Argentinian or South African. Great beef from both countries, and South Africa has the best lamb in the world for sure.
Although, as a Newfie, I do love our duck. Proper.
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Never been to Canada then I take it? Tender yet slender, rare but bare, niced when sliced.
Go Leafs!!! |
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Treefarmer

Joined: 29 May 2007
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:16 am Post subject: |
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i like australian beef the best. i haven't tried south american though |
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bonanzabucks
Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Location: NYC
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:58 am Post subject: |
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I've had Brazilian beef and it's overrated. Canadian beef is so-so (I grew up in Alberta). US beef is nothing special. Best I ever had was Australian. Nothing else come close. |
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desultude

Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: |
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bonanzabucks wrote: |
I've had Brazilian beef and it's overrated. Canadian beef is so-so (I grew up in Alberta). US beef is nothing special. Best I ever had was Australian. Nothing else come close. |
The problem with most american beef is that it is basically factory raised. Grass fed beef tastes better, and does not raise your cholesterol. The cows like it better, too!  |
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nautilus

Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: |
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australian the best beef..... |
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seoulshock
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:04 am Post subject: |
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geez i've had all kinds and i still can't tell the difference. |
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Thunndarr

Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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desultude wrote: |
bonanzabucks wrote: |
I've had Brazilian beef and it's overrated. Canadian beef is so-so (I grew up in Alberta). US beef is nothing special. Best I ever had was Australian. Nothing else come close. |
The problem with most american beef is that it is basically factory raised. Grass fed beef tastes better, and does not raise your cholesterol. The cows like it better, too!  |
I'd like to know where people come up with this "U.S. beef is factory raised" crap. I suspect it has more to do with some kind of anti-American sentiment than actual reality because, after living in a state that raises a fair amount of cattle and after driving across the country multiple times, I can honestly say that you'll see cows wandering the countryside everywhere you go.
Edit: I don't doubt that there is a certain percentage of cows that may be "factory raised" but I honestly wonder why people place that label solely on American beef, which comes from a large country with plentiful amounts of grassland, instead of, say, Korean beef, which comes from an overpopulated country that is 70% mountainous. Which country do you think has more room to raise grass-fed cattle? |
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bonanzabucks
Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Location: NYC
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Kinda off topic, but what about Korean pork? I heard that in the countryside, they raise pigs in ditches that are covered and people take a dump in the ditch and the pig eats it. Several Koreans have told me this and they say the pork is much tastier this way. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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It's a silly question. It's a bit like handing someone who likes Coke a bottle of Coke and Pepsi and asking "what cola is the best?"
If anyone can find a blind taste test of beef from various nations, I'd love to read it. |
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Gopher

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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mindmetoo wrote: |
If anyone can find a blind taste test of beef from various nations, I'd love to read it. |
I was hoping someone might note this. OP invites nationalists (and ant-nationalists, in some cases) to wave their flags (and disdain others).
I have had excellent, good, mediocre, unsatisfactory, and terrible steak all over the world. And I have yet to dine with a partner who could tell me, from taste or "quality" alone, "this is Uruguyan beef, while that is Australian..."
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Dukey77777

Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Chungcheongbuk-do
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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I thought Kobe beef was considered the best in the world, but I haven't tried it. Is it moderately priced in Korea? |
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pkang0202

Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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My neighbor from Alberta swears Alberta beef is the best beef in the world and that nothing even comes close.
In my opinion, I think US Black Angus is the best beef. |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Dukey77777 wrote: |
I thought Kobe beef was considered the best in the world, but I haven't tried it. Is it moderately priced in Korea? |
I also thought Kobe.
I heard Lotte Mart has some good beef with special toppings on it a couple weeks ago. |
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