Menu from a dinner at 57°C湘 (57°C Xiang), the Japanese themed teppanyaki restaurant where the chefs dance in between courses, in Chengdu, China:
Sultana pancakes
Pork and pineapple teppanyaki
Steamed egg custard with fish roe
Caramelised pork skin
Teppanyaki cooked soy sauce tofu
Spicy clams
Foie gras with apple on toasted brioche
In Chengdu, 57°C Xiang has taken Japanese teppanyaki to a whole new level. The food is by no means authentic. In fact, it’s probably shamelessly inauthentic but it’s actually pretty good.
What attracts a full restaurant of people to it night after night though is the performance.
As well as cooking food in front you like normal teppanyaki restaurants, the chefs also stop the cooking half way through the dinner to dance for the guests. They all don sunglasses, no doubt so they can be less embarassed when they return to their respective tables.
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