Wagyu and Kobe beef : Is the taste worth the price?

At the first time i hear about kobe beef i was wondering how delicious it could be with that high price and good looking marbled structure beef. But then i hear the rumours about how the cattle was fed by beer and best grain and then massaged with 'sake. then i start to think maybe the high price comes from high cost to raising the cow.

Then i decide to try it. Then i came to one of the famous restaurant that sells kobe beef steaks. It's been a long time and if i'm not mistaken i ordered tenderloin meat with japanese shiitake sauce for about $300. And in my humble opinion the taste is so delicious, juicy. The steak is so tender, sweet melted in your mouth. For people who loves meat i really recommend you to try it.

based on my first impression, i decide to try it again. But this time i want to cook it myself, so i buy a few ounce and start to cook it. But this time i am largely dissapointed. Lousy. Bland. Not too flavorful. It's texture is different from regular beef. So if you want to cook it by yourself i suggest you learn how to cook it rightly.Wagyu is a fragile creature under heat, maybe you need special technique to cook this kobe beef because of its special texture.