Mmmmm, that's good BSE.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Mad for U.S. beef, herd heads for Tokyo restaurant

Hundreds of people queued up at a central Tokyo restaurant on Monday to savor a dish not tasted for more than two years -- "beef bowl" made with U.S. meat.

Some Japanese had even camped out overnight outside a popular branch of fast-food chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. Ltd., which resumed sales of its famed specialty following the July lifting of a government ban on imports of U.S. beef.

[IkemenTommy]

Alright. I was there this afternoon. No, I did not camp out over night, but there was a 30 minute line and it was worth the wait. They even gave me the commemorative Tenugui hand towel with it.

Who else went to Yoshinoya's today?

[Captain Japan]

The line in Ginza was about 40 deep outside the store. There was a special security guard with a sign indicating where the end of the line was. I didn't try it.

[Greji]

The line in Ginza was about 40 deep outside the store. There was a special security guard with a sign indicating where the end of the line was. I didn't try it.

I drove down off the mountain today and in Ome on Ome kaido there is one Yoshinoya and I would guess that there were at least 100 people lined up and waiting. So much for the J-MSM's question as to whether that dangerous US beef will be accepted.

[Taro Toporific]

Who else went to Yoshinoya's today?

Yahoo! News Photo, Sept 18
U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer gives a thumbs up as he eats a bowl of braised beef on rice or 'gyudon' at a Yoshinoya ...

[adamukun]

It's too bad the genetically modified food lobby isn't as strong as the cattlemen lobby, or else we might see the ambassador giving a thumbs up while chomping on some US-made chewing gum.