Hibachi Grills/Japanese steakhouses

Odradek · 2016-02-28 18:12:59

Is going to these a universal experience, or am I weird for doing it often on special occasions?

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-28 18:13:57

I've been to them a few times for things like birthdays or, surreally, on a school field trip. They're really fun.

Klinotaxis · 2016-02-28 18:27:06

i don't think i've ever been to one, a fact there is no particular reason for as far as i know

Crystal · 2016-02-28 18:28:03

I've gone to them for special occasions, and a lot of my friends in the past have too. Fun stuff.

Calica · 2016-02-28 18:31:34

Yeah, I've gone to teppanyaki places for special occasions or when I go visit my parents because they know I enjoy it.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-02-28 18:37:48

What's the difference between hibachi grills and teppanyaki places?

Calica · 2016-02-28 18:39:06

there is none

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-28 19:08:20

Apparently most hibachi places are technically teppanyaki: The former uses a flat grill, while the latter uses a grate.

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-28 19:10:58

...which is called a shichirin in Japan, whereas a hibachi is a kind of heater which is only used as a cooker in a secondary capacity. This is so confusing. @___@

Klinotaxis · 2016-02-28 19:22:44

i only know about japanese whatever this is from animes

meat, meat, meat

Yarrun XIX · 2016-02-28 19:29:59

Who took off his prosthetic lips and he said

Princess Alice · 2016-02-28 19:41:18

My grandparents used to take the whole extended family to a Japanese steakhouse a week or so before Christmas, in a vain attempt to get my family and my uncle's family to stop hating each other.

They gave up when the latter moved to California.

Tre · 2016-02-28 19:42:50

we have a few in Raleigh, with Kanki being regarded as the best of them (and also the most pricey)

they're so good, I love the white sauce

Salix Babylonika · 2016-02-28 19:51:18

there are no Japanese steak houses near where I live

there is however, Sapore Ristorante, which is often, inexplicably, mistaken for one. They have a sign up about it.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-02-28 20:06:00

Japanese cuisine is something I usually avoid just because it tends to be pricey. (Indian food is another.) Nothing against it myself -- teppanyaki performance chefs are entertaining to watch, and eel-on-rice is a very nice dish. My mom used to regularly go out to lunch with me when we lived near this one Japanese restaurant that had these pretty decent lunch specials. That's the only way I know what "katsu" is.

Fun geopolitical irony: a lot of Japanese restaurants in the U.S. are owned and run by Chinese people.

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-28 20:27:17

Unagi is the best thing, yes.

thenamelesssamurai · 2016-02-29 01:28:50

Sredni Vashtar said:
Unagi is the best thing, yes.

Very true.

lee4hmz · 2016-02-29 01:32:36

There's at least 3 in close proximity to us, and we've tried Tokyo and Sakura (both near Potomac Mills) so far...both are pretty good and pretty pricey, though honestly not much worse than Outback if you're getting steak anyhow. There's one here in Lake Ridge called Ariang that we haven't trie yet, and we used to go to one in Manassas all the time.

I'm not sure why there are so many of them here. DC isn't exactly known for its Japanese-American population.

Alduin · 2016-02-29 01:32:46

I've only ever been to Korean hibachi restaurants...

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-29 01:33:34

Acererak said:
I've only ever been to Korean hibachi restaurants...

That's interesting, actually. I've never been to one of those.

TitleName · 2016-02-29 01:41:09

Man. This thread is making me want to go to a steakhouse now. I love the food from there no matter how pricey.

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-29 01:43:25

Same...

Alduin · 2016-02-29 01:47:21

Oh! Do you guys have Pepper Lunch stateside?

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-02-29 01:55:03

We have Pepper Lunch here in Singapore.

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-29 01:56:05

Acererak said:
Oh! Do you guys have Pepper Lunch stateside?

I don't think so?

TitleName · 2016-02-29 02:00:47

I never even heard of Pepper Lunch until now.

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-02-29 02:05:48

Me neither. Although we had a huge Korean community in my old town, and there were definitely Korean restaurants in that vein, but I never got to check all that many of them out.

Alduin · 2016-02-29 02:08:47

You guys are missing out...

glennmagusharvey · 2016-02-29 03:19:59

Sredni Vashtar said:
Unagi is the best thing, yes.

Second-best.

The best is anything involving catfish.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-02-29 03:20:20

Acererak said:
Oh! Do you guys have Pepper Lunch stateside?

What is Pepper Lunch? It may exist under a different name.

TitleName · 2016-02-29 03:51:35

glennmagusharvey said:

Sredni Vashtar said:
Unagi is the best thing, yes.
Second-best.

The best is anything involving catfish.

Glenn confirmed mediocre taste in fish. :V

lee4hmz · 2016-02-29 04:16:18

Most of the overtly Korean stuff here is in Annandale (which is pretty much our Koreatown), but Thai and Vietnamese is everywhere.

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