Yappari Steak (#02-110 VivoCity, 1 HarbourFront Walk) is a new-ish hot stone steak/beef place from Okinawa. We got ourselves a couple of their hot stone steaks and some other stuff.
Like their gyu suji nikomi; or beef tendon stew. Japanese beef tendon stew isn't a hundred percent tendon - there's also meat in it. This one was was beefy, savoury yet a little bit sweet and I thought I detect a tiny hint of ginger in it.
Paired pretty well with the free flow of rice that came with orders of their hot stone steaks. A bit of tendon, a bit of meat and a bit of fat makes good toppings.
Add some wasabi, mix and you get something awesomely beefy and nose piercing.
And then there were curly fries because it was mentioned that those were fried in beef tallow. Couldn't tell from the taste but those fries were nice. Even better with their punchy mentai mayo on the side. Yappari Steak has gotten us carb loading even before the meats were served. 😅
The 'Yappari Steak' is a top blade cut. Which is also known as flat iron. Lean but flavour packed and reminded me of hanger. This was 300g. Meat was rare in the middle but you could get it to the doneness you prefer on that hot stone.
Nakaochi karubi is rib finger - meat strips between the rib bones. 200g here. Less iron-y than the Yappari and more flavour from the fat. Also a bit more sinewy. Not bad tasting. Noticed that these were served with paper towels on top of them to minimize the grease splatters.
Soup and salad arrived much later. They overlooked. Both are bottomless as well. Soup's kinda nice with plenty of pepper. Both meats were good with the sauces, wasabi or just salt and pepper. Don't mind coming back. Would be great if they could improve on ventilation though.
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