Maruaki - Our first ever A5 Wagyu Beef experience!

Maruaki

A popular Hida Beef Yakiniku restaurant in Takayama, and quite affordable for wagyu and even so for the A5 grade too!

This is one of the splurge meals of our trip, and we regretted that we didn’t splurge more.

Close up shot of the Hida Beef A5 Tenderloin Steak Maruaki — **Close up shot of the Hida Beef A5 Tenderloin Steak**
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Hida Beef A5 Sirloin Steak Maruaki — **Hida Beef A5 Sirloin Steak**
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Close up shot of the Hida Beef A5 Sirloin Steak Maruaki — **Close up shot of the Hida Beef A5 Sirloin Steak**
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Just look at those marbling of the A5 beef! So pretty that resembles like snowflakes!

Grill Burner Maruaki — **Grill Burner**
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Hida Beef A5 Tenderloin Steak - 120g (¥3980)

I know this is cliche, but it is our first time eating A5 grade wagyu beef, so we are going to say it.

Texture: Simply melt in your mouth, tender, juicy, and buttery smooth

Taste: Subtle natural sweetness

Rating: 4.25/5

Hida Beef A5 Sirloin Steak - 200g (¥4480)

Similar rating and quality as the Tenderloin.

Texture: Melt in your mouth, tender, juicy, and buttery smooth but with a bit more bite compared to the Tenderloin

Taste: More robust natural sweetness

Rating: 4.25/5

Overall

Although both are the same score, my preference will be the Sirloin.
Just like for Tonkatsu, I prefer rosu cut, but the wife prefers the hire cut if both are of the same standard.

But I digress, we do bulk a bit at the price when we are planning prior to the trip cause we do not want to spend that much. Now (more like in the restaurant itself) we are really regretting that decision, we should have ordered more!

Because at the price for A5 wagyu beef, it is really affordable to be very honest. If you want to eat the same standard in Singapore is going to be so much more expensive and freshness can’t be compared for sure.

Side story: I always told my wife the benchmark doneness for eating steak is medium-rare or rarer. But she always says that she does not really like it. Then during this session, I cook mainly medium-rare and rare, but she absolutely loves both doneness. This proves that she doesn’t dislike medium rare (or rare), more like she is conscious of the quality of the meat!

Since I knew this during the cooking session, I ate quite little and let her eat much more, thus I left the restaurant hungry and the reason of regret that we should order more haha!

Lunch Menu Maruaki — **Lunch Menu**
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Hida Beef Award Maruaki — **Hida Beef Award**
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Registration proof of the wagyu cattle bloodlines Maruaki — **Registration proof of the wagyu cattle bloodlines**
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You can go to https://www.id.nlbc.go.jp/ to check out the information of the beef you are eating that day.

Award for best beef for 1 of the year? Maruaki — **Award for best beef for 1 of the year?**
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Hida Cattle Breeders Maruaki — **Hida Cattle Breeders**
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Hida Beef Plush Toy Maruaki — **Hida Beef Plush Toy**
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Shop Front Maruaki — **Shop Front**
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Shop Poster Maruaki — **Shop Poster**
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Address: 岐阜県高山市天満町 6-8-1

Opening Hours: 11am-9pm Daily, close on New Year’s Day.

Payment Method: Cash and Cards

Website: https://www.hidagyu-maruaki.co.jp/

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(Last visited: November 2019)