{"id":511579,"date":"2025-10-19T09:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/511579\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:23:12","slug":"british-wagyu-beef-arrives-in-hong-kong-to-challenge-japanese-and-australian-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/511579\/","title":{"rendered":"British Wagyu beef arrives in Hong Kong to challenge Japanese and Australian dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After more than a decade of research and development, the United Kingdom is now producing its own Wagyu beef \u2013 and it is available in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Wagyu from Japan <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3311773\/why-best-wagyu-beef-okinawa-according-japanese-teppanyaki-chef?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">dominates the Hong Kong market<\/a>, while Australian Wagyu is also readily available as a cheaper option. So does Hong Kong need yet another option, or is it too late in the game for the British?Peter Find, the chef and owner of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3285351\/5-food-and-drink-must-dos-hong-kong-weekend-november-8-10?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Heimat restaurant in Central<\/a>, is very happy with the British Wagyu he has been using in the last few months.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI use it in the dish of beef with smoked garlic pur\u00e9e and garlic confit, and it\u2019s proven to be a popular choice for clients,\u201d he says. \u201cThe meat is easy to use and I keep the marble fat on, as it\u2019s actually a bit sweet in taste and complements the dish well.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI use the beef oyster blade, which has a rich and meaty taste but is slightly less marbled when compared to Wagyu from Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Warrendale Wagyu-Holstein beef with smoked garlic pur\u00e9e and garlic confit at Heimat. Photo: Heimat\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/9ec64529-3ef8-4796-bd90-16d5ee39fe1b_8f9c3560.jpg\" title=\"Warrendale Wagyu-Holstein beef with smoked garlic pur\u00e9e and garlic confit at Heimat. Photo: Heimat\"\/>Warrendale Wagyu-Holstein beef with smoked garlic pur\u00e9e and garlic confit at Heimat. Photo: Heimat<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">However, this \u201cBritish\u201d Wagyu, from the Warrendale Wagyu business in England, is technically only half-British, as the cattle are the product of full-blood Wagyu bulls crossed with Holstein cows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than a decade of research and development, the United Kingdom is now producing its own Wagyu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[167296,167297,748,167298,167299,393,1824,4884,167294,167295,167300,3749,2122,167301,1144,167302,167303,712,16,15,105105,163873,1764,167304],"class_list":{"0":"post-511579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-australian-wagyu","10":"tag-black-angus","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-british-wagyu","13":"tag-eastern-point-trade","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-germany","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-heimat","18":"tag-holstein","19":"tag-holstein-cattle","20":"tag-hong-kong","21":"tag-japan","22":"tag-japanese-wagyu","23":"tag-northern-ireland","24":"tag-peter-find","25":"tag-roger-leung","26":"tag-scotland","27":"tag-uk","28":"tag-united-kingdom","29":"tag-wagyu","30":"tag-wagyu-beef","31":"tag-wales","32":"tag-warrendale-wagyu"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115400108111272590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}