Broadcaster Blasted For Meat Slapping Sham

[Mulboyne]

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The scene above is from an NTV programme called "The Sunday NEXT". It shows chefs from Seikoen, a yakiniku restaurant in Ikebukuro, slapping meat on the floor to tenderize it. Japan's netizens immediately began to question whether this could be hygienic given that people were also walking on the floor with their shoes on. It transpires that the chefs usually tenderize the meat on a table and don't do it on the floor at all. However, the director of the segment asked them to do so, telling them it would make a better sound and have a stronger visual impact. Critics are angry that a broadcaster has once more been caught apparently faking scenes and are calling for an explanation and apology. Mind you, it's not clear why the chefs thought it was OK to be filmed pounding their meat on the floor. If the director had asked them to spit on it, I wonder if they would have done that too?

Spotted on Itai News.

[IkemenTommy]

Hey everyone loves to beat their meat so what's new here?

[Ketou]

Interesting...the title reads (Korean chef's 'genuine' yakiniku)
What might a cynic wonder?? Can't trust those Koreans......

[bolt_krank]

If it happened here - I think everyone would jump on the "That's racist" bandwagon.

[bolt_krank]

They could sue the broadcaster for defamation right ?

[Greji]

Hey everyone loves to beat their meat so what's new here?

You may like it, but I ain't letting nobody slam my meat on the floor for any reason.

That's Iraira's hang-up not mine....

[xenomorph42]

Hmmmm, so that's where they got that extra stone ground flavor! Well, as they say FIRE and Salt will kill all the germs.
And I'll bet all of you thought this stuff only happens in 3rd world countries or in the back restaurants of Denny's.

[Samurai_Jerk]

This whole story doesn't make sense.

[Coligny]

Japanese TV... helping Japanese people to be better idiots since...

quite some times now it seems...

(but hey, it must'a'been true, t'was on the telly)

[Mulboyne]

A Sankei report (Japanese) says that the restaurant has received an order from the local health centre to revise procedures or face closure. A spokesman has said that they will make sure there is a dedicated surface for tenderizing the meat. It is still unclear whether the restauarant has been always been slapping meat on the floor or whether, as they initially claimed, it was a set-up by the TV show. It seems, however, that people are leaning to the idea that the restaurant may be the guilty party.