Grilled Beef Tongue and Braised Cheek with Tokyo Turnips

One night, over dinner with my friends Tim and Lisa, I discovered just how succulent tongue could be. They brought me to a little Japanese restaurant in the East 40s where we had grilled tongue—it was the back of the organ, which is really fatty, and it was incredible. Up until then, I’d only had it braised, unless you count the kind you find in delis. Tasting the dorsal side and having it prepared on