My husband and I spent our casino winnings (yes, I haven't mentioned about that yet) for a dinner at the new Japanese/ Korean restaurant at Main St. It's called Osaka Hibachi. Now, according to Mr. Wiki,
From the menu, you need to choose your meat and if you want fried rice or steamed rice. Everything else will be the same. For me, I chose shrimp and salmon while my husband chose shrimp and scallops.
One point that you need to remember in this type of restaurant/ service, you have to wait until your section is full and that everyone's order has been taken. That's because the Hibachi chef needs to prepare the ingredients beforehand and bring them all at the table. Since it took awhile for our section to be ready and we are already hungry, my husband and I ordered some sushi and maki, they are good but I think I've had better ones. They have a very good selection or maki and rolls will make your mouth water! After a few minutes the Chef arrived started. We were given miso soup and salad as starterd. He then did his show and tricks. The food was good as it seems that all the ingredients are fresh. I am just disappointed with our Hibachi Chef. He failed in most of his tricks and although he tried to be funny, he ended up annoying for me. You see, being a Hibachi Chef takes a LOT of training and experience. The video below will show you how it looks like ( I mean exactly looks like). I realized after watching the video below that it seems that almost all Hibachi chefs do the same tricks and serve the same food.
All in all, I will give Osaka Hibachi a 3.5 out of 5. We have yet to try their restaurant section so that might change.
While going home, we saw the moon, it was huge and yellow. Still couldn't believe how huge it was, felt like I could easily reach it. Love it!
The hibachi (火鉢 "fire bowl") is a traditional Japanese heating device. It consists of a round, cylindrical or a box-shaped open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal.
In North America, the term "hibachi" refers to a small cooking stove heated by charcoal (actually called shichirin in Japanese), or to an iron hot plate (teppan) used in teppanyaki restaurants.
So it is basically stir fried meal cooked in front of you. I first had this when I went on a business trip to Cincinnati and my colleagues and I had dinner at Benihana and I smelled terribly the moment we stepped out. So that actually worried me a bit. Since my husband and I could not afford to go out as much as we want, we dressed up and head on over to the restaurant.
The restaurant is a quaint place and has a good ambiance. Good thing we placed a reservation days ahead. I would recommend that you do that if you want to be seated immediately. They have two sections: the restaurant and the hibachi place. We decided to be seated in the hibachi section because (1) we want to experience it and (2) we can also order from the restaurant menu there. So we got the best of both worlds, errr, sections. The Hibachi section has two big tables where people will be seated and can probably occupy 12 people. The tables are then divided into two sides (6 people per side) which the hibachi chef will serve.
From the menu, you need to choose your meat and if you want fried rice or steamed rice. Everything else will be the same. For me, I chose shrimp and salmon while my husband chose shrimp and scallops.
One point that you need to remember in this type of restaurant/ service, you have to wait until your section is full and that everyone's order has been taken. That's because the Hibachi chef needs to prepare the ingredients beforehand and bring them all at the table. Since it took awhile for our section to be ready and we are already hungry, my husband and I ordered some sushi and maki, they are good but I think I've had better ones. They have a very good selection or maki and rolls will make your mouth water! After a few minutes the Chef arrived started. We were given miso soup and salad as starterd. He then did his show and tricks. The food was good as it seems that all the ingredients are fresh. I am just disappointed with our Hibachi Chef. He failed in most of his tricks and although he tried to be funny, he ended up annoying for me. You see, being a Hibachi Chef takes a LOT of training and experience. The video below will show you how it looks like ( I mean exactly looks like). I realized after watching the video below that it seems that almost all Hibachi chefs do the same tricks and serve the same food.
All in all, I will give Osaka Hibachi a 3.5 out of 5. We have yet to try their restaurant section so that might change.
While going home, we saw the moon, it was huge and yellow. Still couldn't believe how huge it was, felt like I could easily reach it. Love it!
