Don't drop the egg!

On my last week of holidays (after finishing uni to step out into the grown up world and start full time work) I enjoyed a great family night out with my Aunty and younger cousins. My cousin chose one of his local favourites - which he has been raving to me about for quite some time now. Well it was now my turn to try the delicious and greatly entertaining Teppanyaki restaurant on Chapel Street that is, Tokyo Teppanyaki.

We booked a table at the grill and ordered from their set menus which allows you to choose from a variety of meat, seafood, vegetarian or even a bit of everything. I ordered the Osaka Set which gives a combination of both meat and seafood, along with entrees. This was one of the smaller sets and I was full to the brim!

There were quite a few people dining for a Tuesday night and with many patrons laughing at the entertaining chefs, it created a great atmosphere. Not only do you get to see the chefs cook your meal and watch your sizzling meat light up in flames but there are also games to play along the way.

You know it's going to get messy when you're told to tuck your napkin in as a bib - and then next thing you know there's egg flying at you and you've got your mouth open wide trying to catch it before it gets away! But the fun and games are not over with a food fight, there's also bowls to catch. Going around the table, our lovely chef Tony, got us to stand back and catch a bowl... and then another... and another, until the last one - which was full of rice. As he went around the table to each guest, we all had to stand further and further away from him until our guest was attempting to catch from half way down the restaurant! Great coordination is needed here and I was clearly lacking it as i dropped quite a few of my bowls including one that ended up cracking (which they kindly gave to me to keep it as a souvenir).

Now that all the hard work was done, it was time to sit down and enjoy the end of our meal. All components of my meal had fantastic flavour to them - including the fried rice, which tasted a little different to the typical fried rice I've tried in the past. We later found out the secret here is garlic butter. You can never go wrong with a bit of garlic! A favourite of mine would have to be the fried prawn legs. When the chef was cooking our prawns, he cut the legs away to the side and let them fry that little bit longer. They were then taken away and brought back at the end of our meal looking extra crispy and it appeared they had been lightly deep fried. I have tried fried prawns legs before but these were something else! That deep frying had given an extra crunch to the prawn legs and they really did taste amazing! The prawn legs can look a little daunting at first for some as it isn't exactly the most attractive looking dish, but I urge you to give it a try - they actually taste a little like prawn crackers, but crunchier and better!

And for dessert... Black sesame and blood orange sorbet. Delish!

We really did have a great night out at Tokyo Teppanyaki and it is great entertainment for large or small dining groups of all ages. Just mind the egg on the floor when you walk out - can't blame anyone but yourself really, for not having better food-catching reflexes!