Awesome Dude Reviews Ginza Teppanyaki
May 15th 2008 00:16
G’day losers, just another review.
Teppanyaki kicks arse!
So a couple of weeks ago Awesome Dude turned 28 along with Awesome Chicks little brother. We decided to go out for Teppanyaki at the most kick arse teppanyaki restaurant in Melbourne- Ginza.
At the start of the year we went there, and it was Awesome Chicks birthday. We found out if you say it’s your birthday they dress you up and take a photo at the end. (Awesome)
Alright for those of you that don’t know, teppanyaki is Japanese style barbeque. It originated in Osaka 200 years ago. The chef prepares the food right in front of you on a massive hotplate the size of a 4 burner BBQ. Anyway most of the food comes out raw and the chef slices and dices and cooks it, then serves it up piping hot.
So when you get in there they show you to your bar type table and they give you a menu. On the menu there are five different sets. Set 1-$42, set 2-$48, set 3-$58, set 4-$69, and lobster set-$98 (min. 2 people)
There were six of us and we all got Set 2 which consisted of-
Salad
Yakitori (chicken on a skewer)
Miso soup
Prawn
Fish
Steak
Fried Rice
Vegetable Teppanyaki
Alright so then all the little chicks in kimono’s come round and put a napkin on your lap and a bib around neck (and if it’s your birthday they draw a target on your bib). Then you order a warm bottle of Saki and a beer (start drinking).
The salad comes out; it kind of looks like wilted baby spinach leaves but it’s got a bit of zing. Polish that off and then comes the Yakitori which is chicken in a honey type glaze on a skewer. As soon as you are finished a little chick in a kimono comes past and swaps your plate.
Now the Miso soup comes out, at the bottom of the Miso soup is a cube of sponge..., I mean Tofu. Now I bet you’re thinking ‘where’s the chef’? He’s coming don’t worry.
So you have a couple more shots of Saki and look around at all the other tables where you see chefs throwing egg a people, bowls getting tossed around like a domestic in Sunshine, and you start to think, this is friggin’ awesome!
Alright so the chef comes out and introduces himself to everyone and then goes through this cool ritual of cleaning the hotplate with these face washer towel things. He then throws the prawns on and slices the head off, then cuts away the abdomen and legs. A little kimono chick comes round and takes the prawn legs back into the kitchen. Then he de veins the prawn (takes out the shit line). Whilst that is happening he also has the fish fillet on there too.
So he is cooking away and you’re having a drink, then the little kimono chick comes back and places a deep fried prawn abdomen and legs on your plate. Then you pick it up splash it in the seafood sauce and throw it in your gob. It kind of taste like prawn crackers but better and it’s all crunchy like a potato chip.
I think he puts the fish on your plate first, so you eat that, then comes the prawn, so you eat that too, very tasty.
Now this is where the interaction starts, he tells everyone to move their chairs back from the table because he is going to bust out some fire. He whacks the fillet steak on the hot plate, squirts some oil on it, then sets that sucker on fire. (My friend tried to do some Hendrix Woodstock type shit with the fire, but the chef told him to get back)
Anyway he cooks some vegetable teppanyaki which is bean shoots and other veggies; he throws that on your plate. Then the steak gets put on your plate in nice bite size pieces and you dip that in the steak sauce. (Peanut sauce)
Alright he then cracks some eggs in a bowl beats it tiny bit then slaps it on the hotplate. He spreads it out so it’s about 40cm long and 5cm wide. He then rolls up the short side so he has a long tube of egg.
Now if you don’t like to get egg on your face, you probably won’t like this bit. The chef cuts little bits of egg from the hotplate and flicks pieces at each person in turn. You have to catch it in your mouth, if it happens to fall on the floor a little kimono chick comes and cleans it up.
So the rice goes on the hotplate now and he fries that up with the egg and some other veggies. Then he gets these little plastic bowls, puts the rice in them and places to the side. He gets some more bowls of a kimono chick (say ten) and throws you one empty bowl and then throws all the other bowls at you one at a time and you have to catch them in the bowl. Now this is all practice because you have to catch your own fried rice in a bowl. So once everyone has had a go at catching bowls, he then passes one empty bowl to the person on the end. He then tells you he is going to throw a bowl full of rice and you have to catch it in the empty bowl, then you have to pass the empty bowl to the person beside you before he counts to three, otherwise he will toss a bowl full of rice at them.
Alright to summarise, Ginza kicks arse, it’s like something you see on the movies. The service is impeccable, the food very tasty, it’s kind of expensive but I think you pay that much for the fun factor.
Awesome Dude gives it 9 ½ out of ten.
Check out their website www.ginza139.com
Famous bands have eaten there too, Queens of the Stone Age and someone from Kiss, Gene Simmons I think.
139 Little Bourke St, Melbourne, Vic 3000 Australia
Phone: (03) 96631155, (03) 96631591
Fax: (03) 96631772
Fun fact No2- Awesome Dude supports slave labour. (this, might not be true)
Nomad (Awesome Dude)
Teppanyaki kicks arse!
So a couple of weeks ago Awesome Dude turned 28 along with Awesome Chicks little brother. We decided to go out for Teppanyaki at the most kick arse teppanyaki restaurant in Melbourne- Ginza.
At the start of the year we went there, and it was Awesome Chicks birthday. We found out if you say it’s your birthday they dress you up and take a photo at the end. (Awesome)
Alright for those of you that don’t know, teppanyaki is Japanese style barbeque. It originated in Osaka 200 years ago. The chef prepares the food right in front of you on a massive hotplate the size of a 4 burner BBQ. Anyway most of the food comes out raw and the chef slices and dices and cooks it, then serves it up piping hot.
So when you get in there they show you to your bar type table and they give you a menu. On the menu there are five different sets. Set 1-$42, set 2-$48, set 3-$58, set 4-$69, and lobster set-$98 (min. 2 people)
There were six of us and we all got Set 2 which consisted of-
Salad
Yakitori (chicken on a skewer)
Miso soup
Prawn
Fish
Steak
Fried Rice
Vegetable Teppanyaki
Alright so then all the little chicks in kimono’s come round and put a napkin on your lap and a bib around neck (and if it’s your birthday they draw a target on your bib). Then you order a warm bottle of Saki and a beer (start drinking).
The salad comes out; it kind of looks like wilted baby spinach leaves but it’s got a bit of zing. Polish that off and then comes the Yakitori which is chicken in a honey type glaze on a skewer. As soon as you are finished a little chick in a kimono comes past and swaps your plate.
Now the Miso soup comes out, at the bottom of the Miso soup is a cube of sponge..., I mean Tofu. Now I bet you’re thinking ‘where’s the chef’? He’s coming don’t worry.
So you have a couple more shots of Saki and look around at all the other tables where you see chefs throwing egg a people, bowls getting tossed around like a domestic in Sunshine, and you start to think, this is friggin’ awesome!
Alright so the chef comes out and introduces himself to everyone and then goes through this cool ritual of cleaning the hotplate with these face washer towel things. He then throws the prawns on and slices the head off, then cuts away the abdomen and legs. A little kimono chick comes round and takes the prawn legs back into the kitchen. Then he de veins the prawn (takes out the shit line). Whilst that is happening he also has the fish fillet on there too.
So he is cooking away and you’re having a drink, then the little kimono chick comes back and places a deep fried prawn abdomen and legs on your plate. Then you pick it up splash it in the seafood sauce and throw it in your gob. It kind of taste like prawn crackers but better and it’s all crunchy like a potato chip.
I think he puts the fish on your plate first, so you eat that, then comes the prawn, so you eat that too, very tasty.
Now this is where the interaction starts, he tells everyone to move their chairs back from the table because he is going to bust out some fire. He whacks the fillet steak on the hot plate, squirts some oil on it, then sets that sucker on fire. (My friend tried to do some Hendrix Woodstock type shit with the fire, but the chef told him to get back)
Anyway he cooks some vegetable teppanyaki which is bean shoots and other veggies; he throws that on your plate. Then the steak gets put on your plate in nice bite size pieces and you dip that in the steak sauce. (Peanut sauce)
Alright he then cracks some eggs in a bowl beats it tiny bit then slaps it on the hotplate. He spreads it out so it’s about 40cm long and 5cm wide. He then rolls up the short side so he has a long tube of egg.
Now if you don’t like to get egg on your face, you probably won’t like this bit. The chef cuts little bits of egg from the hotplate and flicks pieces at each person in turn. You have to catch it in your mouth, if it happens to fall on the floor a little kimono chick comes and cleans it up.
So the rice goes on the hotplate now and he fries that up with the egg and some other veggies. Then he gets these little plastic bowls, puts the rice in them and places to the side. He gets some more bowls of a kimono chick (say ten) and throws you one empty bowl and then throws all the other bowls at you one at a time and you have to catch them in the bowl. Now this is all practice because you have to catch your own fried rice in a bowl. So once everyone has had a go at catching bowls, he then passes one empty bowl to the person on the end. He then tells you he is going to throw a bowl full of rice and you have to catch it in the empty bowl, then you have to pass the empty bowl to the person beside you before he counts to three, otherwise he will toss a bowl full of rice at them.
Alright to summarise, Ginza kicks arse, it’s like something you see on the movies. The service is impeccable, the food very tasty, it’s kind of expensive but I think you pay that much for the fun factor.
Awesome Dude gives it 9 ½ out of ten.
Check out their website www.ginza139.com
Famous bands have eaten there too, Queens of the Stone Age and someone from Kiss, Gene Simmons I think.
139 Little Bourke St, Melbourne, Vic 3000 Australia
Phone: (03) 96631155, (03) 96631591
Fax: (03) 96631772
Fun fact No2- Awesome Dude supports slave labour. (this, might not be true)
Nomad (Awesome Dude)
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