Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Literally
melts in your mouth
Sirloin at Beefland Prince, Awaji Island, Japan
ビーフランド大公、淡路島

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With Anthony away on a school trip, Fumie and I made a day-trip date to Awaji Island two hours by car south from Kyoto, where our first stop was a late lunch in heaven, A.K.A “Beefland Prince”.

息子は修学旅行中なので、妻と一緒に淡路島の日帰りデートをしました。まずは「ビーフランド大公」でめっちゃ美味いステーキを戴きました。

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 28mm — ¹/80 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sirloin Lunch

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sizzling
it's served on a slab of very hot stone, so it continues to sizzle for quite some time

You can't begin to imagine how good this steak was. When I say the steak literally melts in your mouth, I'm literally using the word “literally” for its literal meaning... the fats in the meat just melt away. It's almost unearthly when compared to any other steak I've ever had in this life (including the fantastic teppanyaki steak I wrote about the other day; as good as it was, it's not in the same class as today's place).

Sadly, it's a two-hour drive away and is pretty pricey, so we can't enjoy it often. We last came four years ago.

Because I'm a camera geek, check out yet another example of the powerful impact a polarizing filter can have, in these two shots of the chopsticks' sleeve:

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos

What a difference.

I used a polarizer on the steak shots above, but only partially because as I wrote about in my first writeup on using a polarizer filter six years ago, a certain amount of shine/glare is usually appealing with food. I've also presented other examples of the filter with: fall foliage moss · wet rocks · a temple garden · lotus flowers · a stream.

Anyway, this was our third time at this restaurant. I thought I'd posted about it in years past, but for the life of me I can't find any evidence. Here are some shots from our last visit four years ago...

次の写真は４年前の写真です。

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 58mm — ¹/640 sec, f/8, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sign at the Road

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 36mm — ¹/1600 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Outdated Look

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 50mm — ¹/640 sec, f/8, ISO 5600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Entrance

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 52mm — ¹/100 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Inside: Dated and Dirty

The impression of the place is not good... until you're served, then all else is forgotten.

For historical-archival purposes, my steak four years ago:

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 2000 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/125 sec, f/3.5, ISO 1250 — map & image data — nearby photos

Fumie had the filet mignon, which tasted just as exquisite but had quite a different look:

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/125 sec, f/3.5, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos