News of the removal of this item from Yoshinoya's menu caused its fans and non-fans alike to queue in massive lines at its restaurants all around Japan to taste what might be their last beef bowl for a long time. Yoshinoya then switched to serving pork bowl ("butadon") instead of beef. However, its restaurants in the United States continued to serve the beef bowl using American short plate. From December 2, 2004, restaurants in Japan started serving "beef "yakiniku" bowls" (牛焼肉丼, "gyū-yakiniku-don"), which use Australian beef, a different sauce, and additional vegetables. These bowls differed from original "beef bowls", which use American beef.