Wagyu Beef Burger
Freshness calls this its reward burger. The patty is 100 per cent Japanese black wagyu, balanced between lean and fat so it stays juicy and slightly sweet. Tomato, onion, green leaf lettuce and a creamy house tartar sauce keep it fresh. One of the priciest burgers on the menu, and worth it for beef lovers.
The story
Wagyu just means Japanese cattle, and it covers four native breeds whose fat is laid down inside the muscle rather than around it — the marbling that makes the meat behave differently from Western beef. It was never bred for burgers; Japan barely ate beef at all until the Meiji era opened the country in the 1860s, and the cattle before that were draught animals. Grinding it is controversial for exactly that reason, which is why a wagyu burger is always sold as an occasion rather than a lunch.
What’s inside
- 100% Japanese black wagyu patty
- tomato
- onion
- green leaf lettuce
- house tartar sauce
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Wagyu Beef Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef
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Whopper (Copycat)
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About Freshness Burger
The first Freshness Burger opened in December 1992 in Tomigaya, a quiet corner of Shibuya in Tokyo. It was pitched as the opposite of a noisy fast-food counter: a burger café where adults could sit down and relax over a coffee, which is still how the company describes itself.
Around two hundred restaurants, almost all in Japan.
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