飛騨牛 hida beef

The history of hida beef does not go back that far.

It all started with a single cattle named
"Yasufukugo" that was brought to Hida in 1981.
Yasugukugo produced thousands of calves with high quality meat.

Just as most of the famous Japanese beef are,
hida beef has beautiful marbled patterns and a layer of fat on the meat.
The fat prevents juice and aroma from escaping.

It's not that people of Takayama
eat Hida beef often, for there are quite costly,
but simply we're so lucky that we have lots of shop choices
from high rank to reasonable grades when purchasing hida beef.

We've had hida beef in shabu shabu, sukiyaki, yakiniku, skewered,
and still have to try hamburger, steak, and sushi!!

飛騨牛の歴史はそれほど古くありません。

1981年に購入した「安福号」という牛が
肉質の良い子孫ができやすい遺伝子を持っており
一気に飛騨牛ブランド化されたそうです。

飛騨の人々がしょっちゅう飛騨牛を食べているかと言うと
もちろんそうではありません。
でも、数々の肉問屋や精肉店が身近にあり、
その時のお財布事情などに合わせ
様々なグレードの飛騨牛を手に入れることができるのは
とてもラッキーなことですよね！！

しゃぶしゃぶ、すき焼き、焼肉、牛串はチャレンジしました！
後はハンバーガー、ステーキ、寿司をトライしたいな～。