Justalone Posted January 14, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 14, 2020 New to cruising. Considering Oceania mainly because of reported excellence in cuisine. I saw that Oceania serves Waygu beef. Is it Japanese A5A? Or American Kobe? And is it available in the Grand Dining Room, or just specialty restaurants only? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roccaforte Posted January 14, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 14, 2020 It was on the menu in Polo but it was ground Waygu beef - not a steak. We declined to order it. I don’t recall seeing it on the menu in the GDR but we haven’t been on cruises more than 10 or 11 days. Maybe others have had it ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 14, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Justalone said: New to cruising. Considering Oceania mainly because of reported excellence in cuisine. I saw that Oceania serves Waygu beef. Is it Japanese A5A? Or American Kobe? And is it available in the Grand Dining Room, or just specialty restaurants only? Thanks. FWIW, it's Wagyu 🙂 There's a place in Seattle where we've had a Wagyu burger with pork belly on top that was crazy good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted January 14, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) They gave the burger at Waves and the ground entree in the PG. Only places I’ve seen it. Never steaks only ground. Edited January 14, 2020 by pinotlover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted January 14, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, pinotlover said: Never steaks only ground. ..and definitely not high grade Japanese. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rloke Posted January 14, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 14, 2020 53 minutes ago, Paulchili said: ..and definitely not high grade Japanese. Yea...it would have been a collossal waste to ground up high quality Japanese A5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted January 14, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I can guarantee it's not Japanese A5A. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted January 14, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 hours ago, clo said: FWIW, it's Wagyu 🙂 There's a place in Seattle where we've had a Wagyu burger with pork belly on top that was crazy good. It's against Cruise Critic policy to correct spelling and grammar by others. Feel free to do it correctly yourself though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 14, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, ORV said: It's against Cruise Critic policy to correct spelling and grammar by others. Feel free to do it correctly yourself though. I didn't know that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 14, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 14, 2020 5 hours ago, Roccaforte said: It was on the menu in Polo but it was ground Waygu beef - not a steak. We declined to order it. I don’t recall seeing it on the menu in the GDR but we haven’t been on cruises more than 10 or 11 days. Maybe others have had it ??? Yes...... its american Waygu, produced by Snake River Ranch/ double R ranch. They have a cross breed which is an american Waugu Japanese A5 runs $36 an OZ too fatty for me Ritz carlton was offering in Dec 4 Oz A5... imported for $140 ( ala carte ) For perfection Snake River has the best beef in the US according to Keller and Puck. Keller himself turned me on to it when i attending was at CIA. ( he alos gave me a full list of his suppliers) They have beef they call black and gold grade that is above Prime quality... It aint cheap but WOW... once you try it you can get 4 , 4 0z Gold grade for $55....... quality costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted January 15, 2020 #11 Share Posted January 15, 2020 As far as burgers go it's pretty good, but so are the regular burgers at the grill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 15, 2020 #12 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, ORV said: As far as burgers go it's pretty good, but so are the regular burgers at the grill. Is the WAGYU what they use in the "surf n turf" Bob had one and he liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted January 15, 2020 #13 Share Posted January 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, clo said: Is the WAGYU what they use in the "surf n turf" Bob had one and he liked it. No, I'm pretty sure they use steak chunks in that. Maybe filet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadzone1003 Posted January 15, 2020 #14 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) No way. Surf n turf is the 1st thing we eat when we board an Oceania ship. It is probably prime filet mignon, but not Black Angus like their regular hamburger. Myself, I prefer the regular hamburger over the Wagyu burger. Edited January 15, 2020 by deadzone1003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 15, 2020 #15 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 minute ago, ORV said: No, I'm pretty sure they use steak chunks in that. Maybe filet. I just checked with Bob and he confirmed what you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted January 15, 2020 #16 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 minute ago, deadzone1003 said: No way. Surf n turf is the 1st thing we eat when we board an Oceania ship. It is probably prime filet mignon, but not Black Angus like their burgers. Actually I just checked the website and the menu say Sliced Black Angus Filet Mignon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadzone1003 Posted January 15, 2020 #17 Share Posted January 15, 2020 My mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 15, 2020 #18 Share Posted January 15, 2020 14 hours ago, clo said: Is the WAGYU what they use in the "surf n turf" Bob had one and he liked it. No it is regular choice I would suspect rather than prime because of the thinness of the cut of filet.... and the degree of donenss chefs choose the quality according to the extent a cut of meat is cooked.... ( order rare for the best pick and conversely, if you order well done you will get the poorest of the lot ) The only Waygu on O is ground beef in their burger. I find it too fatty and greasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadzone1003 Posted January 15, 2020 #19 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I guess it is Surf n Turf, medium rare. If I ordered it rare, would the lobster tail be a little translucent?😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 15, 2020 #20 Share Posted January 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, Hawaiidan said: The only Waygu on O is ground beef in their burger. I find it too fatty and greasy I mentioned here that we go to a place in Seattle that has WAGYU on a burger with pork belly and that works but I agree with you re "too fatty and greasy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 15, 2020 #21 Share Posted January 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, deadzone1003 said: I guess it is Surf n Turf, medium rare. If I ordered it rare, would the lobster tail be a little translucent?😉 you get lobster all to one degree of done.... according to temp. same with all fish except sushi ( yuck)unless you relish consuming non-sepcific parasites. Which is another topic for another time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted January 15, 2020 #22 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Hawaiidan said: sushi ( yuck)unless you relish consuming non-sepcific parasites. Doesn’t fresh fish have to be flash frozen for 7 days before it can be served as sushi (in US) to kill the parasites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 15, 2020 #23 Share Posted January 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Paulchili said: Doesn’t fresh fish have to be flash frozen for 7 days before it can be served as sushi (in US) to kill the parasites? What I read is that salmon and tuna do but not other (or most other) fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted January 15, 2020 #24 Share Posted January 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, clo said: What I read is that salmon and tuna do but not other (or most other) fish. I am certainly not an expert on these matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 15, 2020 #25 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Paulchili said: I am certainly not an expert on these matters. Nor am I. I just read that. I'll never have really high end tuna cause I'm too cheap/frugal 🙂 But I'd like to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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