Gyukingu Japanese BBQ @ Kota Damansara

Kuala Lumpur - I went to this Japanese Yakiniku restaurant that claims to be the best in KL.   Yakiniku is the Japanese word for “grilled meat.” Yaki means grilled and niku is meat.

What is Wagyu Beef?  I hear many friends say 'Kobe' beef is better than Wagyu which is actually wrong because Wagyu means 'Japanese cow or Japanese beef'.

Wa means Japanese and gyu means cow. This includes the famous Kobe and Matsusaka beef.
So “Wagyu” refers to any cattle that is bred in Japan or the Japanese-style.

Gyukingu beef

Australian beef

Australian Wagyu Beef means it comes from the highly marbled, ultra-rich breed that made Japan famous.  I also found out the Australian Wagyu beef grading is almost identical to Japanese beef grading.

In the Japanese system, the BMS scale goes from 3 to 12, with 3 being the basic minimum of marbling a steak should have, and 12 being a steak that is almost white with marbling.

The AUS-MEAT marbling system. This scale goes from 0 (no marbling) to 9+ (extraordinary amounts of marbling), the latter one being the highest grade. The Australian Wagyu grading scores are identical to the Japanese BMS scale, meaning an Australian Wagyu BMS 5 is the same as a Japanese Wagyu BMS 5. However, the Australian scale tops out at grade 9, and everything above it (scores 10, 11, and 12), are graded 9+.

I tried for the first time Wagyu grade 5 - it was so good - it melted in my mouth.

Wagyu grade 5

Marbled grade 5 beef over coals

Ed, Donny and me having a delicious meal

Umeshu

Octopus

Chicken gizzard

Pork over Enokitake

Shishamo

Stir fried glass noodles

Lastly, must have greens for dinner.

Stir fried chye sim

It was an enjoyable and delicious dinner.