Menu from Wagyu Ya
Menu highlights
Meat
Premium OX Tongue (Thin)
Thinly sliced cut of the OX tongue served with garlic salt and black pepper
Wagyu Inside Skirt " Wagyu Harami"
The thik part of the diaphragm muscle, extremely limited portion with only 1kg per cattle, ull flavour and delicate texture (100g)
Japanese Pork Sausage
Pork sausage with cheese inside
Chicken Thigh Fillet
Wagyu Rib FInger
Full blood wagyu rib finger they possess excellent flavour and the cut makes them perfect ofr charcoal grilling (100g)
Fish
Assorted Sashimi Plate
A variety of thinly sliced fresh pieces of raw fish
Hamachi Belly Sashimi
Belly part of raw King fish, llimited with soft and tender texture
Japanese Imported Toro Sashimi
Thin slice of raw fish tuna belly
Uni Sashimi (50 grams)
Sea urchin sashimi
Grill
Tori
Grilled chicken with yaki tori sauce or grilled with salt only
Grilled King Prawn
Large U6 size king prawn with house made wasabi mayonnaise and cheese
Squid
Grilled squid with house made salt and pepper sauce
Wagyu
Grilled wagyu beed with house made soy base sauce
Mains
Foagura Isiyaki bibinba (Must Try!!!)
Black Truffle on Bed of Foie Gras(Imported from France) Mix with Rice in Stone Cook
Wagyu Shabu Shabu Don
Marble score 9+ wagyu slice cooked with poached free range egg on top of Japanese imported rice
Black Cod Fish
Served with Saikyo Miso
Salmon Wafu Steak
Pan grilled salmon with Wafu sauce
Starters
Miso Soup
Japanese Miso Soup
Wagyu Ya Home-made Gyoza (Dumplings)
M9 Wagyu Beef Mince Mix with Vegetable and Herbs Serve with Hot Pan
Kurobuta Chashu
Smoked Kurobuta Pork Belly Served with Amakar Wasabi Sauce
Wasabi Octopus
Marinated Fresh Raw Octopus with Wasabi And Sesame Oil
Hokkaido Scallop Capriccio
Raw Scallop Serve with Kogashi Miso, Yuzi Honey Sauce
More about the restaurant: Wagyu Ya
Depending on where you stumble across this rather special and supremely focused South Yarra Japanese restaurant, you might find it goes by its shorter name, as it does here, or by its full, formal name: Wagyu Ya Japanese Indoor Smokeless Charcoal Grill Restaurant. Henceforth known simply and affectionately as Wagyu Ya, we can affirm that this is the place if you’re looking to explore the legend that is Wagyu beef in Melbourne. Here at Wagyu Ya’s Toorak Road premises you can find more than ten different cuts of the famously marbled meat, incorporated into a wide variety of traditional and innovative Japanese dishes cooked on specially imported charcoal grills. At Wagyu Ya you can indulge until the cows come home!
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Wagyu cattle are native to Japan and are considered a vital part of the nation’s culinary heritage. This kind of Japanese beef is famous for its heavy marbling which, while critics might claim is simply fat, in fact has a number of health benefits, including the lowering of cholesterol. More importantly for Melbourne’s famously discerning gourmets, Wagyu’s marbling imparts that unmistakable melt-in-the-mouth texture and delicately sweet flavour. Without a doubt, South Yarra’s Wagyu Ya is the city’s preeminent shrine to the cult of Wagyu, offering more than ten cuts that canvas the range of grades up to a marble index of 12.
Outside of Japan, Australia is the world’s largest producer of Wagyu beef, typically grain-feeding the stock for the last 300 to 500 days of production. Western Australia's Margaret River ranchers go so far as to add red wine to their beloved cattle’s feed! Here at Wagyu Ya along South Yarra’s Toorak Road, you can explore the full esoteric force of the Wagyu phenomenon, with the Wagyu Ya Luxe Set menu using beef with a marble score of 9 or more and including a special omakase platter, and the opulent Wagyu Ya Econ Set for four people firing up the charcoal grill to present a sample of four different kinds of Wagyu alongside a range of other premium Japanese dishes. A must for Melbourne foodies, say hai to Wagyu Ya and book your tables now!