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and features a Wagyu-inspired menu from Miami’s Yakitori Boyz (chefs Gregg Marsicano and George Dasinger).

#Palm beach meat series

of West Palm Beach and Jupiter will showcase a new beer, Hoop Dreams.įor the finale of Wagyufest, Palm Beach Meats’ Sunday Supper series begins at 5:30 p.m.

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Along with more free Wagyu samples, music and giveaways, Civil Society Brewing Co. Sunday, chef Jay Rok from pop-up Eat BMC and chef Renata Ferraro of Key Biscayne’s revered Flour & Weirdoughs will collaborate on Wagyu croissant smashburgers. “I’ve told him, his Japanese Wagyu quesadilla is both the dumbest and best thing I’ve ever eaten in my life.”įrom 11 a.m. “Some of the stuff he would put together, on the fly, with whatever ingredients were there, it was art, it was amazing,” San Pedro says. In many ways, Wagyufest was inspired by San Pedro’s desire to create a showcase for the genre-defying magic he witnessed at Takeshi’s food truck. The vibe will be “fast-casual, first-come, first-served,” and the afternoon will include free Wagyu samples, Wagyu discounts, Soto sake cocktails by Pedro’s Fine Wines, raffles, live music and limited-edition Wagyufest T-shirts. to offer an all-Wagyu “greatest hits” menu. A Wagyufest dinner with a similar eight-course menu on Saturday is sold out.Įarlier on Saturday, Fort Lauderdale-based chef Takeshi Kamioka of Kaminari Ramen food truck fame, will take over the kitchen from 11 a.m. Sample dish: A5 Steak & Eggs, which tops A5 Kobe Wagyu (the highest rating) with caviar. Friday with an eight-course, all-Japanese Wagyu tasting dinner by Palm Beach Meats’ resident chef Emerson Frisbie.

Running Friday, March 31, through Sunday, April 2, the festivities will include dinners, tastings, giveaways, live music and other attractions. The unique allure of the luxurious Japanese beef - both Kobe and other variations of Wagyu - will be the focus of a three-day celebration called Wagyufest at Palm Beach Meats, 4812 S. People will travel globally to seek out this beef,” San Pedro says. We’ve had a lot of our customers who have inquired, ‘What is the most exclusive Wagyu we could buy?’ would be it. “For a lot of restaurants, serving the most exclusive thing in the world puts them on the map. We decided to do this more on a wholesale level.”īut more restaurants have been asking him about top-shelf Wagyu recently, so the market may be changing, he says. “South Florida is just kind of getting interested in Japanese Wagyu in general. “There’s not much of a market for it where we live, not gonna lie,” San Pedro says. The trophy and certificate (in Japanese) - from the Kobe Beef Marketing and Distribution Promotion Association in Japan, which officially endorses restaurants, wholesale and retail businesses around the world to offer authentic Kobe - sit front and center on the display case at Palm Beach Meats. The whole philosophy in Japan is not about producing the most, it’s about producing the best.” “It’s one of the most expensive brands of beef in the world because they produce so little of it. “There are strict criteria that the cattle have to meet in order to qualify as Kobe beef, and in Japan there are laws about who can use the word Kobe,” says Eric San Pedro, owner of Palm Beach Meats. The shop’s display case just became even more exclusive: Palm Beach Meats last week received the golden trophy that comes with official certification as a purveyor authorized to serve and sell genuine Kobe beef, a specific style of Japanese Wagyu and the world’s most desired meat. For two years, Palm Beach Meats, a restaurant-retailer and community-inspiring hub in West Palm Beach, has been a popular destination for pilgrims in search of the rich and velvety experience of Japanese Wagyu.