Legit Kobe Beef Has Landed at Wynn Las Vegas

"Kobe beef" is available on menus across America, but according to Japan's Kobe Beef Association, there's only one resort in the country that's serving association-approved, registered Kobe beef: Las Vegas's Wynn resort. Eater Vegas talks with SW Steakhouse chef David Walzog, who describes the "luscious melting point" of the rare beef, which many restaurants erroneously claim to serve: Like the differentiation between Champagne and sparkling wine, Kobe beef must be the meat from Tajima cattle raised in the Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. (Many restaurants side-step the certification by serving "Kobe-style" beef.)

As a registered server of legitimate Kobe beef, SW Steakhouse boasts a certified Kobe trophy from the Kobe organization (it depicts a cow surrounded by flowers). Walzog tells Eater the restaurant — and Mizumi, a restaurant also inside the Wynn — receives "three heads of beef every seven weeks to two months." For big spenders, it's sold by the ounce.

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