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| - I've been here twice. Once during their soft opening and again during their grand opening weekend for their buy one get one free promotion.I suspect that this is Aka Teppan rebranded as the the menu is basically the same.
On our first trip, we came on a Tuesday night and there were not a lot of people in the restaurant. Service was quick and efficient and the food was pretty good. We got the Mentaiko Beef #Udon ($12.99) and the Supreme Beef #Rice ($9.99).
The Udon was spot on with nice soft chewy noodles. It was also quite tasty as it was coated with a cheesy, spicy sauce. The Supreme Beef had several rolls of thinly sliced beef surrounding a mountain of rice which is topped with corn and green onions. I also added garlic bits (+$0.99) which is key as it mixes perfectly with the sauce that is hidden inside the rice. On the sizzling plate, the rice develops a "skin" with a wonderful crunchy and chewy texture. My only complaint was that there was not enough sauce in the middle as it it could have used a little more flavour. I ended up using the sauce left over from the udon on the rice and it was absolutely divine.
For dessert, we got the Mango Parfait and the Durian Parfait ($8.49). The mango parfait was ok. It came with granola, mango ice cream, whip cream and some cereal. Nothing special. I liked the durian parfait though - but I love anything durian and may be a little biased. Like the mango parfait, there was cereal and whipped cream layered at the bottom of the cup. I found the cereal a little too sweet (probably Frosted Flakes) but it was tempered a little by the cream. There were two scoops of durian ice cream topped with some boba as well as some fresh durian on top. The ice cream cone on top looks interesting but was a little messy to eat.
I thought the food was ok and therefore went back for a second time with friends for their grand opening buy one get one free special a week later.
The restaurant was much busier that night. We were quoted a 30 minute wait but it was probably around 45 minutes. Upon seating we ordered a variety of different plates and even considered getting two plates each since it seemed like great value (basically half off).
We started off with the shake shake fries which were pretty bad. They were basically mediocre fries with some seasoning that you shake into a brown paper bag. The seasoning wasn't very flavourful and I would say this was more gimmicky than anything else.
Our main dishes came out staggered (probably about 4-5 minutes apart) which is not ideal if you have a larger party since dishes get cold or meats can get overcooked if you do the whole waiting for everyone's dish to arrive before eating. Given that it was the grand opening, and it was pretty busy, I can understand but I thought it was worth mentioning.
This time, in addition to the dishes we had last time, we also tried a few new dishes. The Popcorn Chicken Rice ($9.99) is fairly simple but that isn't always a bad thing. The chicken was juicy inside and crunchy on the outside. There was more sauce inside the rice this time which was good.
The Angus Steak Rice was the least impressive value wise. Unlike the picture on the menu, the steak comes delivered already cooked in the sizzling platter. This would suck for someone like me who prefers her steak medium rare and juicy. It comes with some veggies and rice on the side as well as your choice of black pepper or tepanyaki sauce. At $19.99, I would say this is not worth it... Even with the BOGO Free promo.
The Flaming Chicken Spicy Noodles ($11.99) seemed to be just some instant noodles with cheese sauce and some chicken thrown in. Not incredibly impressed with this dish.
This was an ok place to eat given the grand opening promo. Dishes are a hit and miss here and if I were to return, I would probably stick to the beef Supreme, the mentaiko udon or the popcorn chicken. The portions are not particularly big though and at full price, I would say that it's not a great value.
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