Poetry aside, order the fried rice. It will gives your chef another chance to show off and the table gets another amazing act to see. These guys make the simple act of cracking an egg a wonderful thing. One chef kept his egg balanced on the spatula between flips toward the ceiling three and then four times until he finally cracked it on the last flip by letting it land on the edge of the spatula. Most dinners are served with Japanese onion soup, salad, shrimp appetizer, vegetables, steamed rice and tea.
Specialties also come with sherbet for dessert.
Portions were ample but not huge. The soup was watery and drab. Also, the dishes tended to have the same flavor. But food is not really the reason that Benihana is so popular. On a Monday, our room was packed.