Yamagata Beef Sando (山形牛サンド)
Sandwich with Yamagata beef (premium wagyu region).
Sandwich with Yamagata beef (premium wagyu region).
Premium wagyu steak sandwich; luxury item.
Shops specializing in wagyu beef sandwiches; various preparations.
Grilled beef rested and sliced thin against the grain on soft shokupan, finished with a soy-and-wasabi line that keeps the richness moving. A Japanese accent on a very old idea.
Grilled beef tongue (gyutan, Sendai specialty) on bread.
Sliced roast pork (chashu-style or Western) on shokupan.
Thin-sliced roast beef on shokupan, often with horseradish mayo or gravy; department store/deli item.
Roast beef using wagyu; more marbled, tender.
Sandwich with Matsusaka beef; one of Japan's top three wagyu.
A few slices of Noto-ushi, the Noto Peninsula's own Japanese Black wagyu, seared rare or fried as a gyūkatsu cutlet and framed by crustless milk bread, with the bind tuned down to a murmur.
The Genghis Khan sando folds Hokkaido's jingisukan, mutton seared off a domed cast-iron grill, into soft shokupan with an apple-and-soy tare and sweet cooked cabbage and onion.