If you're a meat lover, chef, or foodie with a passion for protein, chances are you've heard of -- and perhaps even savored --- the world's most expensive cut of beef: Japanese Kobe beef.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is wagyu beef, one of the most expensive meats in the world. Produced in Japan and prized for its rich marbling and buttery taste ...

More from So Expensive A triangle pointing right which indicates this type of media can be played. Grown exclusively in the Mie Prefecture in Japan, Matsusaka cattle are raised so their fat ...

We picked this beautiful steak up from Austral Meats here in Adelaide, South Australia. They are one of, if not the only ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is wagyu beef, one of the most expensive meats in the world. Produced in Japan and prized for its rich marbling and buttery taste ...

Wagyu beef, which comes from the Japanese breed of cattle of the same ... Wagyu, also known as Kobe beef, is an expensive cut renowned for its taste, tenderness and juiciness, and for its marbled ...

The world of wagyu can befuddle the most ardent of beefeaters, so here's the bottom line: As great as American and Australian wagyu are, nothing compares to Japanese beef. Now that doesn't mean ...

choose a well-marbled piece of Japanese or Korean beef. I use cuts such as rump or strip loin, which have a deeper, beefier flavour than the more expensive but milder-tasting filet mignon.