Teppanyaki

"Do you do teppanyaki?
Once a week on average I get a call saying "do you do teppanyaki?"

Now I know what they mean. Sitting at a counter watching a funny chef cook steak and other goodies on a hot plate and occasionally flicking pieces (hopefully) into the mouths of excited guests. It's entertaining and I remember back in the days of when I was dating (before I got involved in restaurants) I would often 'go teppanyaki'. It takes the stress off of you having to invent witty conversation. Just talk about the funny guy in front of you.

So the answer is ""Yes" - at Tsunami we do 'do' teppanyaki, but "No" it's not what you're looking for". We do have a teppan, but it's in the kitchen (where it belongs in out humble opinions) and we never did like flicking food at people unless we didn't like them.

I just thought I would mention this because last night Tetsuya and I were talking about teppanyaki and how I never saw any teppanyaki restaurants in Japan. He replied that he had never been to any either. I think they're rare in Japan. They seem to be more of a western invention. Japanese people usually go to a 'Yaki Niku' house which is distantly related. But that's another story.