Which would be healthier, grilled kobe beef or roasted king salmon?

I have an awards dinner to go to and the meal choices are: 

Grilled Tender Kobe Beef  with truffled mashed potatoes & sauteed baby vegetables

OR

Slow Roasted King Salmon with grilled asparagus, morel mushroom, potato ragout

I'm not sure which one I should choose.

Kobe beef is so yummy because it is highly marbled beef = fat, fat & more fat.  (A friend tells me he did not even need to grease the pan to cook this kind of beef.)

Salmon is probably healthier, but your opportunities to eat the delicious fat laden beef are probably more rare.

That's my dilemma too. I will not go out and spend my $$ at a nice steakhouse for Kobe beef, but since this is a work event and I have an opportunity to choose to eat Kobe beef, I'm kind of debating whether or not to take it. The other half of me says...your health is important! Salmon is good for you!

It's one meal.  I'd get the beef!

if you have the rare chance to eat American Kobe Beef (regular kobe beef is ONLY in japan) FORGET your diet and eat the beef. its one of the most prized/rare/valuable/high class grades of beef there is 0_O id kill to try kobe beef

Ditto.  Eat the Kobe.  Chances like that don't come along very often.

Get the beef!

=^..^= MOLLY

what is Kobe beef and why haven't I heard of it before, or seen it and I used to eat in many different expensive restaurants.

Wagyu ("Japanese Cattle") are renowned for flavour, tenderness, and fatty well-marbled texture, qualities enhanced by the traditional (and well guarded) methods of raising Kobe beef. The massive increase in popularity of Kobe beef in the United States has led to the creation of "Kobe-style" beef, taken from domestically-raised Wagyu in order to meet the demand. After all beef imports into Japan were banned for four years due to the discovery of B.S.E., many retailers began to heavily market the U.S. raised beef as "Kobe-style". U.S meat producers claim that any differences between their less expensive "Kobe-style" beef and true Kobe beef are largely cosmetic  (From Wikipedia)

What are we talking about in terms of "expensive" ?  How expensive?

Last time I ordered it it was around $60 for a petite filet.  It was good, but I have had better steaks (it's all on how the chef prepares it really).

Should also note that it was 4 oz, not typical 6.

ok.........wow.......everyone's right, that is expensive.

Slow roasted king salmon is not exactly low fat either (or cheap - $30/lb or more for good Copper River king).  Health-wise it probably has the edge, since some of the fat is omega oil, and it is probably overall higher in protein and lower in cholesterol.

Tough choice to have to make.  It beats cabbage soup (sigh).

i had kobe beef at a really really fancy work function we had in april. people are STILL talking about the kobe beef. it was incredible. best steak i have ever had in my life. GET THE BEEF!!

I've made up my mind...KOBE beef it is!

Thanks for all the input!

I don't know where you work, but if we got treated......it was Dominos pizza  :=(

Whoa definitely go for the beef - and truffled potatoes?  Wow enjoy the meal!!

I agree with previous posts - it's one meal, get the beef!  Salmon is better for your diet but every once in a while you have to treat yourself!  Enjoy!

Apparently if you are actually able to get your hands on the Japanese Kobe, it can run $200 per lb.