Is your roommate one of these wagyu-abominating finance bros?

Trader Joe’s still has that frozen “Kobe Beef” burger, I think.  I recall getting it several years ago and thinking I paid $4 extra for the “Kobe.”

Ugh, I sympathize.

It’s great to have a guide for how to “think” about evaluating coffee rather than simply going with “feel.” So this is great, thanks. I’m no coffee afficionado and usually try evaluating places via their cortados, but I’ll give this capuccino approach a try.

Digression but somewhat related note: if you want to know how…

I’d have to disagree based on my experience with both.

Ribeye is great because there’s lean surrounding the streaks of fat, so you get great contrastive beefy flavor and texture with the delicious fat.

With wagyu, the fat is dispersed into the lean muscle and just robs it of texture and taste.  It makes it really…

Not-that-Hot Taek: Wagyu is overrated and way overpriced.

If you have to eat it, thin pieces over a shichirin is acceptable, but it’s still just too damn fatty to be enjoyable.

Those are Aichi plates, so probably Nagoya. People from there are known for their love of bling.

My solution:

In other places the denomination factor plays an even larger role. Lunchtime (often fast food) deals are known as “one coin meals,” since the largest denomination yen coin comes in at ¥500 (about $4.50).

You would think with this video he’d go with the obvious Shake Shaq.

He recently signed a lifetime endorsement deal with a Chinese apparel company.

Years of overfishing goldfish at Costco have devastated our stock, causing the remainder to acquire the salmonella mutation, or worse:

Ah, thanks for the suggestions! The Japanese cookbooks I got in Japan just say, “loin” but since the cuts over there aren’t the same over here...it’s a bit difficult to parse.

That LA trade—paying a first-round pick and Jordan Clarkson at 2/$16M just to get Larry Nance and make it easier for LeBron to go to LA—just boggles the mind, especially since they didn’t play Nance much in the playoffs.

If the Cavs had a better coach like Spoelstra, you could make the argument that they could be a 3/4 seed in the East next year by playing hard, competing, and maximizing their limited talent.

Surprise, it’s in Okinawa! 

I’ve often found that Japanese shops that overtly cater to “US-style” cuisine to settle for the lowest common denominator. For example, Baird Beer has a series of “taprooms” that each serve a specific kind of cuisine, but I’ve found their “interpretations” range from disappointments to…

Time to chuck all of Sanchez’s bats into the shower.

I think faux-Texas roadhouse is something you may well find in Japan where they...definitely do occidentalize some things.

But speaking for myself, wanting tonkatsu is an omnipresent desire.

I know OP didn’t know that it hosted live music, but the concept of a “Japanese” restaurant with live music is just horrifying.

Unless it’s a Benihana with the Swedish Chef going full-on electronica on the teppan: