Gyudon in Danger!

Unbelievable, but gyudon chain Yoshinoya might have to stop selling gyudon (bowls of stewed beef on rice) because of the US Mad Cow situation. Seems like they only have stock for another month, and after that they’ll have to change the menu. This is like McDonald’s having to stop selling hamburgers. Here’s a Kyodo News blurb taken from Japan Today:

“Fast-food chain Yoshinoya D&C Co, which imports 99% of its beef used in its trademark “gyudon” rice bowls from the United States, will remove its “gyudon” beef bowls from the menu if Japan’s current ban on U.S. beef imports continues, Yoshinoya President Shuji Abe said Tuesday. “We will stop serving gyudon” unless Japan resumes importing U.S. beef by the middle of next February,” Abe said at a press conference.”

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After Subway with no bread, Yoshinoya with no beef!

03.12.31 12:31
Posted by Patrick
Whoah, that actually sucks. I eat gyudon at Yoshinoya like twice a week. Booo!

03.12.31 12:55
Posted by Luke
What’s this about Subway with no bread?

03.12.31 13:04
Posted by Jean
Subway in Japan had no bread for a while, starting from the end of October.
They had discovered that their imported bread contained some enzyme illegal in Japan (but legal in other countries). I don’t know if/how the situation resolved. I just know that Subways were empty of customers for a while.

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03.12.31 15:04
Posted by Patrick
I know! It’s on the news here everyday (I live in Japan). I like gyudon a lot & Yoshinoya makes the best one (& cheap too)! Why can’t they start to import Austrailian beef? I see a lot of those in the supermarket & they’re quite cheap.

With BSE & chicken influenza here, ppl like stopped eating US beef & asian chicken…what’s next? Fish toxic & pig ecoli? We mind as well all become vegetarians…

04.02.02 22:22
Posted by Eleckid

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