Samurai
Have you ever eaten at a Japanese Restaurant? If you haven’t and you ever get the chance….go! It is so much fun and entertaining. This post is about a trip to a Japanese restaurant called Samurai. My daughter took my grandson to a dinosaur performance, my husband had to work and I took my 8 year old granddaughter for some entertainment! Yes I said fun! They create fire, throw food that you catch with an open mouth and even squirt Sake into your mouth. Eight people sit at a hibachi table and the food is cooked right at your table on the griddle.
Here we go!
In the lobby is a fish pond.
Going to our table.
My granddaughter had no idea
what was about to happen. They
brought her food first. She opted
for the chicken nuggets of course.
She ate her food with chopsticks…lol
She laughed at the “little doll”
on top of one of the sauce bottles.
The hibachi chef made a heart out of
alcohol and lit it. Scared her to death…lol
He flipped the spatula’s into the air.
Then he flipped the eggs with
the spatula until he dropped it.
Next came the food. We were given pasta
with all the special sauces while
he prepared the fried rice.
Our table ordered steak,
shrimp and I had calamari. It all
came with fresh cooked vegetables.
I also had a chance to try Yum Yum
Sauce for the first time ever….yummy!
While the meat was cooking we were
entertained with the onion volcano.
First it looked like a candle.
Then it erupted into this! He was cooking
for this couple that was celebrating their
10th anniversary too. Normally there are eight
people to cook for but it was slow this night.
Dinner was just about ready.
My calamari meal was so good. My
granddaughter and I had a great time.
It was a special day for us both!
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Your post popped up just after I suggested one of my favourite Japanese restaurants to a friend visiting this week :-). They are great and if it’s a good one then the food is amazing!
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How funny and yes the food is amazing!
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Japanese restaurants are the best!
There is one by my house called Kofuku. It’s so good 😋
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We are both so lucky to have them so close!
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I’ve got a recollection that a Japanese restaurant in London, their specialty was some kind of flambe’d ice cream.
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WHAT!!!! Why on Earth didn’t I look at the dessert menu!
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Mostly just part-melted ice cream 🙂
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I use to order fried ice cream from a Mexican restaurant and it was amazing. They closed though.
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I was introduced to a whole host of ice creams when I met my wife, who came from a dairy-farm part of the UK. I mean, I liked desserts (though that’s one of the tings I skip now) but I was never the specialist, like she was. One of my favourites was Bakewell Tart – I guess you guys don’t have that since Bakewell is a small town in the UK. Pastry base, layer of raspberry jam, almondy cake filling. Traditional tarts don’t have a topping, but a lot of modern ones are iced. Beautiful just with some singlecream, nice and simple.
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And now I’m drooling!!!!! Hahaha That sounds amazing!
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presumably you have clotted cream there? She would have an ice cream cone, then top it iff with a scoop of clotted cream! She is skinny, and a nurse!
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I’ve been to similar restaurants, and it’s always a great time.
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It was a special time doing it with my granddaughter even if all she ordered is chicken nuggets! 🤣😂🤣😂
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How exciting! It is simply one of my favorite meals!!
Sweet blessings to you 🙂
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Thank you Lorrie!
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I have, and it was quite an experience. 🙂
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I love how they just squirt the sauces and never measure and tasting yum yum sauce for the first time!
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Lol…yes!
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My Son loves the Hibachi grill near our home! This was such a delight to read.🤗
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Thank you we are fortunate as well to have one near us. If I didn’t cook at home so much we would go more often!
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Home cooking is the best anyhow 😋👌. It is so comforting and inviting. Filling hungry tummys with delicious home cooked meals is a blessing. I’ve also found some recipes on your blog that will help me expand my options at home.🙌 Thank you for all that you do!
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You are so kind! People like you make all the time worth it! Thank you and you’re welcome!
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Aww, Thank you!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗
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What was in the onion? Trade secret or are all onions volatile? That’s like the electricity producing potato.. Who knew?!!
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I read up on it and it said vegetable oil and alcohol. I’m guessing the oil burned to make the candle look then the alcohol make the huge flame. I don’t think the onion type matters as long as its large and the 3 pieces sit on top of each other without gaps.
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Onions are once-again safe for my kitchen. 😊
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I need to try this! I bet the smells were out of this world 🙂
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How funny! I was so wrapped up in the presentation I never noticed any aroma! 😂🤣😂🤣
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Japanese food and South East Asian food, in general, is very popular here in Australia – in fact when we were in Europe a couple of years ago for my daughter’s wedding I just couldn’t wait to get home and have some lovely Asian food!! This looks like a fun night, Diane!! Little kids can pick up the use of chopsticks very easily and we love to use them, even at home!! Have a great week and thank you for sharing!
Donna 🧚🏻♀️❤️🐝
https://donnadoesdresses.com
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You’re welcome Donna. I hope my granddaughter always remember it, I know I will! You have a fantastic week too Donna!
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Just adore Japanese food after dinning in English japan eating house and tea room. I cook Japanese meals twice a week here in my kitchens. Just love change and dark sauces mushrooms ginger and wasobi with chicken or beef. I can make about 30 old recipes from Japan visit it 1987. Before my wife died with cancer. Knocked the heart out of me but can see her in dreams enjoying life with me.She loved Japanese meals and so do I.
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I have never made anything Japanese! I would love to have 30 recipes from Japan…lucky you! It’s a good thing I don’t live close to you I would be over for a Japanese dinner at least once a week…lol So sorry to hear about your wife it sounds like you shared a wonderful life together.
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There was a place like that in Saugus, about a 30-minute drive northeast of Brookline. Wicked fun. I want to dive face first into your calamari platter–metaphorically, not literally.
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I wish I had their sauce recipes. He put so many different sauces on that made it taste amazing. Then there was the yum yum sauce….delicious!
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A sweet memory made. ♥️♥️
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Yes I have to get them while I still can. Once she becomes a teenager there won’t be as many…😢
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Sounds fun – I have never been to a Japanese restaurant – we had a Japanese steakhouse at one time … must’ve closed as I never hear anything about it anymore.
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It was so much fun doing it with my granddaughter.
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fun fun…looks pretty good. vw
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Thank you it was a special day.
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I’ve never been to a Japanese restaurant, but after reading about your experience I think I should visit one.. It sounds like you and your granddaughter had a very enjoyable time.
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We did Linda and yes, go if you ever get a chance it is not just fun but delicious too! Thank you!
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How exciting!! Though we have few Japanese restaurants here but I still have no idea how it tastes 😅 but seeing your experience looks like I have to try it soon.
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Oh yes you should. They have the best food and what fun!
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Just loved it
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Thanks it was fun doing it with my granddaughter.
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A really spectacle 🙂
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Yes 😃
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It is fun to watch them cooking it.
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Yes it was so entertaining.
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I’ve been to similar restaurants and it’s so good. I usually go for chicken.
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I a seafood junkie but the chicken did look delicious!
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I don’t like seafood at all.
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I don’t like fish but most anything else as long as it’s not raw…lol
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For me it’s any kind of seafood.
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Really you had a great time and it is very exciting and interesting! 😊
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You should have seen my granddaughters face…lol Scared the dickens out of her when he lit the fire…lol
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Oh kid had scary about the firewall !
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Diane, your granddaughter was a bit scared of the fire but it gave you good memories! 💜
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Yes I grab them whenever I can!
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Oh the kids were scared of the fire.
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Yes we were so close you could feel the heat from the fire…lol
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Oh that is right! 😊
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Wow! Very neat!
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It was and so much fun!
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Your photos made me feel like I was there with you. Thanks! 🙂
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Aww thank you and you’re welcome!
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Thats super cool. Over here those places are named Benihana, and i havent been there yet sadly but someday i will lol. It looks like an experience
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Oh you have to do it…so much fun! The food was delicious too!❤️
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I always feel so stingy at these sort of places because I want all the food that’s being cooked & not have to share with everyone else at the table lol. One other couple isn’t so bad though. 😊 Fun getting to read through your experience with your granddaughter! Felt like I was right there with you guys!
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This place always gives everyone a small piece of the entire table which is clever because you taste it and want to come back. It’s just a bite like one shrimp, bite of chicken etc. but so nice to taste it all. Thanks so much Hunida!
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