>>3224088you mean Feodor Chaliapin? The real Russian opera singer who visited Japan in 1936 and had toothaches, so he requested a very tender steak? 100% real story.
coming from Wikipedia:
"In 1932, Chaliapin published a memoir, Man and Mask: Forty Years in the Life of a Singer. While touring Japan in 1936 he was suffering from a toothache, and a hotel chef devised a way to cook a steak to be extra tender for him. This dish is known in Japan as a Chaliapin Steak to this day."