Yeah I was lied about all these rules by Japanese-Americans and then I ate at a legit sushi restaurant and the chef was like "you paid for it, eat it however you like."
I mean if Japanese ppl are doing it it's Japanese.. it doesn't matter if it's traditional. Chinese take away aka chicken balls etc is still Chinese food as well
I would now really want to see a traditional Japanese chef do a Western style Hibachi cook. Just absolutely stone faced and silent as he spins an egg around and then tosses it perfectly into his hat. All of the fancy blade clanking and juggling, but with the expression of a 20 year tenured salary man. The only 'flair' being him delivering a single, monotone "Yo mama" to an 8 year old before flinging a shrimp directly into their face.
The only places that I know of that have had knock out authentic Japanese restaurants are around Marine corps bases. I grew up on camp lejeune and we have like 10 of them yakitori being my favorite
This is an outdated misconception. Besides like benihana we don’t actually call hibachi japanese. We call them mongolian grills, and we ARE aware they aren’t mongolian either. We don’t have some notion that its some authentic old style from a far away land, our chefs are mainly from honduras
As an Asian American from New York City, I have never been under any mistaken impressions as to what a hibachi was versus a teppan, and I never heard of a "hibachi restaurant" until much later in life. Benihana in NYC was always understood to be "teppanyaki", not "hibachi". If anything, the only misuse of "hibachi" in my life was referring to the ubiquitous cast iron tabletop barbeque grills in American known as "hibachi grills", but which bear zero resemblance to a Japanese shichirin or really anything else Japanese, except maybe the charcoal grills they use in kushiyaki (or yakitori, for the benighted) restaurants.
The restaurant chain Edo used to (still do? Been a long time since I could justify the price of eating at a food court,) have a sticker on display at their food court locations that the style was "teppanyaki" with a brief description of the definition
I hate going to "hibachi" because of the performance aspect. I am usually quite tedious and remind people its actually a teppan but that damn performance man. If you wanna do a onion volcano, fine, but do not make me try to catch a shrimp in my mouth.
Teppanyaki-style steakhouses were invented in Japan by Shigeji Fujioka of the Japanese restaurant chain Misono in 1945. It didn't show up in the US until nearly 20 years later, when Benihana opened its first "hibachi" restaurant in New York City in 1964. Are you intentionally being deceptive?
Funny enough when I was living in Japan we went to a "hibachi grill" restaurant and it was a lot like what we have in the US. However, the sign/board had a giant American flag on it if that tells you anything lol
Not once have I ever heard anyone say it’s authentic 😂😂😂 matter of fact it depends on what region in the US you live because some of us our first experience to Japanese food wasn’t this crap. It was stuff like sushi and & nigiri. Some of us aren’t entirely used to this food court type foods that you got exposed to while living here boy.
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Only Americans say hibachi (mainly because it's wrong)
In Canada we call it Teppanyaki.
Habachi is a type of small grill. lol
Damn, farming Toby-related comments, huh Cringeeat?
Yeah I was lied about all these rules by Japanese-Americans and then I ate at a legit sushi restaurant and the chef was like "you paid for it, eat it however you like."
Come on now. We all know Tobey Maguire is an onion volcano
never heard of a "hibachi". isn't that a motorcycle?
actually in Japanese they say the surname first so it's Maguire Tobey
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I never even heard of it
I mean if Japanese ppl are doing it it's Japanese.. it doesn't matter if it's traditional. Chinese take away aka chicken balls etc is still Chinese food as well
Hibachi is as wrong as the people who call the famous Space Battleship ‘Yamamoto’. Yes I have a peeve. 😁🖖
I’m American and I’ve always known it as teppanyaki…
Those so-called Japanese steak houses are just for entertainment purposes and have no basis in reality outside of those establishments.
Teppanyaki
I learned to love Japanese food through Japanese people making fusion food in the hood. Also through Ramen. Love me some ramen.
It looks like they give bigger portions in Japan
Literally never knew that Hibachi restaurants were supposed to be “Japanese”. I just thought it was a style of cooking 😅
You can pry my onion volcano from my cold dead well fed hands
I would now really want to see a traditional Japanese chef do a Western style Hibachi cook. Just absolutely stone faced and silent as he spins an egg around and then tosses it perfectly into his hat. All of the fancy blade clanking and juggling, but with the expression of a 20 year tenured salary man. The only 'flair' being him delivering a single, monotone "Yo mama" to an 8 year old before flinging a shrimp directly into their face.
I’m in love with that egg🥰
Literally my only exposure to Japanese cooking is Panda Express lmao
To quote Uncle Ben, "With great power comes great electric bills."
I asked a chef that once at a Japanese restaurant and he was surprised that I knew what the grill was actually called 😂
The only places that I know of that have had knock out authentic Japanese restaurants are around Marine corps bases. I grew up on camp lejeune and we have like 10 of them yakitori being my favorite
yea & our Chinese food isn't Chinese 😂😂
in fact, japanese Chinese food is differently interesting
This is an outdated misconception. Besides like benihana we don’t actually call hibachi japanese. We call them mongolian grills, and we ARE aware they aren’t mongolian either. We don’t have some notion that its some authentic old style from a far away land, our chefs are mainly from honduras
This is honestly completely unrelatable. Did you grow up in the 60s or something?
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As an Asian American from New York City, I have never been under any mistaken impressions as to what a hibachi was versus a teppan, and I never heard of a "hibachi restaurant" until much later in life. Benihana in NYC was always understood to be "teppanyaki", not "hibachi". If anything, the only misuse of "hibachi" in my life was referring to the ubiquitous cast iron tabletop barbeque grills in American known as "hibachi grills", but which bear zero resemblance to a Japanese shichirin or really anything else Japanese, except maybe the charcoal grills they use in kushiyaki (or yakitori, for the benighted) restaurants.
i always though hibatchi was mongolian
The restaurant chain Edo used to (still do? Been a long time since I could justify the price of eating at a food court,) have a sticker on display at their food court locations that the style was "teppanyaki" with a brief description of the definition
I love teppanyaki.😊
Looks good but I’d miss the yum yum sauce 🤣
I hate going to "hibachi" because of the performance aspect. I am usually quite tedious and remind people its actually a teppan but that damn performance man. If you wanna do a onion volcano, fine, but do not make me try to catch a shrimp in my mouth.
I'm confused. Didn't Benihana always call themselves teppanyaki? Weren't they first in the US long before Hibachi came and went?
Tbf hibachi restaurants are really only a thing in the US, I’ve never seen anything like it in Europe.
I didnt know japanese outside sushi until i was like 35.
Teppanyaki-style steakhouses were invented in Japan by Shigeji Fujioka of the Japanese restaurant chain Misono in 1945. It didn't show up in the US until nearly 20 years later, when Benihana opened its first "hibachi" restaurant in New York City in 1964. Are you intentionally being deceptive?
Funny enough when I was living in Japan we went to a "hibachi grill" restaurant and it was a lot like what we have in the US. However, the sign/board had a giant American flag on it if that tells you anything lol
its just called teppanyaki and its not super flashy in north-west europe at least. what's this west that has the flashy kind?!
Teppan – hot plate
Yaki – grilled, pan-fried
I've been lied to about my whole life… period
Hibachi restaurants aren't Japanese, but McDonald's totally is.
Not once have I ever heard anyone say it’s authentic 😂😂😂 matter of fact it depends on what region in the US you live because some of us our first experience to Japanese food wasn’t this crap. It was stuff like sushi and & nigiri. Some of us aren’t entirely used to this food court type foods that you got exposed to while living here boy.
Where I live in the US (central Florida), we call that Teppanyaki. Hibachi is when grilling something over an open flame.