Best Present Ever for Meat Lovers


Say, a chubby friend of yours, who loves nothing but meat, is welcoming his birthday in a couple of weeks time. What do you do to celebrate the day?

One is to take him/her to a fancy steak restaurant and buy him/her pounds of red meat (and chunk of mashed potatoes as a side and New York cheese cake for dessert).

But if you're not intimate enough, but wish to do something for him/her -- here's a great product. Gift card for meat.

Issued by All Japan Meat Industry Co-Operative Associations, a trade group for butchers, the gift card is accepted at 6,200 different butchers across Japan.

What's so great about a Japanese butcher is that most of the shops sell fried food -- croquette, minced meat cutlets, etc. (Image of a typical butcher: Deli section is on the edge of the shop.)




Thanks to Yasutaka Kageyama, another meat loving chap, for the contribution.