Of all the parts of cows we eat – tongue is not high up on that list. In fact, tongue rarely makes that list at all (mostly because, you know, when you eat an animal you usually don’t try to eat it’s non-meaty parts like eyes, tongue, bladder, and testicles). But in Sendai you eat cow tongue. Cow tongue steak Actually, scratch that, it’s more than just eating cow tongue. Cow tongue is the specialty of Sendai, Japan (one of the Northern areas). They have cow tongue steak, cow tongue soup, cow tongue curry, and a whole assortment of other cow-tongue themed dishes. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had cow tongue ice cream up in Sendai. Ryosuke and I went to Sendai to visit one of his old friends who worked as a JET English teacher in the outskirts of the city. While we waiting for him to get off work, Ryosuke took me on a hunt throughout the city to find the best cow tongue restaurant (where we could get a full meal for less than $20). We decided on the famous Sendai chain cow tongue restaurant “Rikyu” (利久) because every other place we looked at seemed to [...]
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