Was at Aston's with some of the ASSociatES about a month or so ago to sample the fabulous wagyu. Aston's is a small restaurant over at Katong where they sell western food at reasonable prices. But the main reason why ppl queue over an hour there during peak periods is to try their wagyu beef which they offer at the lowest price in Singapore (short of cooking it yourself that is).
Several of us had the 300g grade 5 wagyu ribeye (pictured above) while the rest chickened out and had the normal Australian ribeye (you know who you are!). Aston's strongly recommends it to be done medium-rare so as not to burn away all the fabulous fat. Interestingly it was just a coupla years ago that I only eat steaks well-done. Oh and the steak comes with a choice of 2 sides. Nothing to shout about in that aspect.
Anyway back to the steak. Wagyu, for the uninitiated, is Japanese species cow bred outside Japan. Over here, most of them come from Australia. That day they also had the grade 9 wagyu which costs more than double the grade 5 version. Needless to say all of us had no balls to order that. Tastewise, wagyu is incredibly oily, in a good way of course. Lol... It has that kind of delicate oily fragrance similar to what you get in otoro (fatty tuna belly) which of course is similarly extravagant. Zoomberg mentioned that it tasted like Sio Bak (fatty roast pork). Regardless, wagyu is definitely a must-try; once in a lifetime at least. It's different enough from the usual beef. Now my interest is piqued on the grade 9. I might even head down there one day to try it. Hehe... ;)
p.s. Thanks to DT for taking this photo.
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