The Art of Teppanyaki cooking at Kobe Restaurant! Wow!
The drama of a knife-wielding Chef prepares, well-seasoned steak, seafood, chicken, vegetable accompaniments, noodles, and fried rice. Besides good-tasting foods, emphasis on the Chef
performing a show for the diners is impressive. The Chef juggles utensils, to arranging onion rings into fire-shooting volcanoes.
Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cuisine that uses a large iron griddle to cook food.
Teppanyaki is derived from teppan, which means iron plate, and yaki, which means
grilled, broiled, or pan-fried. At Kobe Restaurant, food is cooked on a large flat iron plate.
used to cook food in front of their guests.
A number of different combination dinners were offered. We ordered the Fish & Steak combination served with appetizers, soup. vegetables, and hot tea.
But first, let me describe the seating arrangement.
Teppanyaki at KOBE can include other guests around the large cooking surface, bordered by the dining space we occupied. Unless your dinner party was as large as 10, you would be joined by strangers. At first this was awkward, as first experiences normally are. Introductions happened only if everyone introduced themselves. As the night moved-on, the excitement demonstrated by the Japanese-costumed Chef, elevated, and the comfort level more pleasant as everyone interacted. Our next KOBE visit, we considered ourselves "regulars." Hence, our comfort zone was contagious, and others who joined the table setting, soon became part of the "party."
Busied with many customers, the soft-lit ambiance, "somehow" made the chattering sounds less noticeable. Well...at Kobe's you're here to have a GOOD time, and the surrounding chattering
is part of a "good time."
My Fish and Steak dinner was well-coordinated by the knife-wielding Chef, who successfully managed to be attentive, yet included others in his cooking demonstration. When it
was my turn, he announced, the fish and/or steak being prepared was for "me," and remembered what doneness I wanted my steak to be.
Please note, a separate wait help took my order, not the Chef. So, it was well-planned, in order for the Chef to know what each of the 10 people ordered.
The Chef continuously in-action, talked and entertained as our food was tossed and sliced at the same time. His knives frequently in mid-air kept our eyes "glued" at his movements. As he prepared my steak, he announced it will be cooked medium-rare, and with the quickness of hand and knife, he graciously placed it on my plate...yes it was hot, tender and well-seasoned. The Fish filet, was prepared with the same swiftness and personal attentiveness. Rice, & vegetables had a colorful touch to its preparation. A variety of special ingredients and sauce were added, which made the seasoned rice with mushrooms delectable, the vegetables good to the bite, with seasonings added, not conflicting to the natural taste of each vegetable. This showmanship before our eyes, and for our palate, made Teppanyaki cooking a draw for many. Additional wait help served cocktails, tea, or water.
The value of a tasty Teppanyaki dinner, with the intention of being entertained by the Chef, was worth our time, fun, and cost. Remember, for a good restaurant visit we should be pampered with service, good food, and drink, and at KOBE we were!
KOBE's food and beverage service were planned well. While we waited for our table setting, the waiting room was the bar area, so we had the choice to order a cocktail.
Within good timing, we were escorted upstairs to the Teppanyaki site.
I had not visited KOBE'S Sushi Bar, a separate area downstairs.
Understand an array of marvelous sushi can be prepared with memorable interest, as well.
Yes, at KOBE restaurant, we walked away and talked about the ambidexterousness and cleverness of the Chef, the new friends we met, or don't want to meet again. Most importantly, I left with a nice lasting taste of well-seasoned fish and steak served with a fried rice mixture...we were happy and wanted to return again. True, it was not a place for a "quiet" private dinner, it was a Japanese-seasoned Teppanyaki dinner, prepared in a unique manner you will not see, unless you visited KOBE again. . .
5 STAR RATING
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