I seem to be on a teppanyaki blogging spree. Well I only blog about good stuff, but seriously in Japan, it's hard to get bad teppanyaki. It's hard to get bad food, period. So we went to this rather old-school looking teppanyaki restaurant somewhere in Ginza near the Mitsukoshi department store, tucked away on the 7th floor of a building that looked like any other building with a shop at the ground floor. It's good value for money - I can't remember how much it cost, but for 2 people it was less than 10000 Yen for lunch.
We started off with salad and soup. Nothing fancy about this.
There are window seats, and there are wall-facing seats. There was a screw up in our reservation so we had to face the wall, but the place is big enough to be able to walk in. Just that you don't get the view of the Ginza streets below, which is really quite nice.
Our raw meats being presented - we had one less premium set and another more premium, with Japanese beef that was nicely marbled. Can't call it wagyu, but I really don't know where it came from.
First up -the dipping sauces for the seafood
On they went
Scallops were beautifully done - seared on the outside and still semi raw on the inside. And very sweet.
The fish was all right - just pan fried fish. Come to think of it, everything is just pan fried something anyways.
Our chef at work
Seasoning the beef
Look at it sizzle
The beef and everything to dip it in
This was the less fatty cut - already looking very good
And this was the marbled one - looking absolutely divine
And as they all do, the chef chopped up the fatty bits for frying the veggies in
On they went
And out they came.
Websites: http://www.ginza.jp/archives/5261?lang=en, with the English add, or the main restaurant chain website is at
http://www.mikasakaikan.co.jp/restaurant/japanese/yamato/index
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