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| - I came to Benihana for Winterlicious this year. Like the previous Yelpers have said, it's all about the show. Our chef Jerry was fantastic, the show was awesome while our food gets cooked. We were definitely entertained.
Food
Since we came for Winterlicious, we had limited choices as to what to order. I ordered a White Tuna Seaweed Salad, Scallops (extra) with Sirloin Steak and Mango Mosse Dome for dessert.
White Tuna Seaweed Salad:
I must say I am really really disappointed. It was merely 3 pieces of white tuna sashimi with a handful of pre-packaged seaweed salad. Nothing is made fresh. I have a picky taste for my sashimi, and I can easily tell the fish is no where near fresh. It's AYCE sushi quality at best. The wasabi they have used is not freshly grind either, it feels like a watered down paste. The fish is soggy and watery. I did not like it at all.
Scallops & Steak:
One word: Overcooked.
My scallops were cooked first. They were decent sized but it was way too overcooked for my liking. It is not tender and the only thing that made them tasty is the slab of butter they add at the end.
I ordered my steak to be medium rare because I wanted to see the show. It is over cooked for my taste because I like my steak rare, but that might be a personal thing, so I am should not judge on that...But the taste of the actual steak is quite bland, and they strongly encourage you to use the sauce they have provided to eat along with the food. Why? Because it's just...so bland. The portion size is quite good, but the steak itself? Meh. I've had better teppanyaki had AYCE sushi places (*gasp* I know)
Mango Mosse Dome:
By far my favourite part of dinner. The Mosse is nice and light, and it is super pretty! No complaints there. My absolute favourite part.
Complementary food:
Forgot to mention, the dinner came with a complementary soup, salad and rice. Oh and a green tea with dinner. The soup was way too salty, the salad dressing had a really strong taste (almost bitter) and the rice was nicely cooked. It actually gave me an AYCE sushi feel.
Service:
Fast. Streamlined. Everyone had a segregation of duty. They know exactly what they need to do. Almost too well...so well that no one realized my water was empty until half way through the dinner. They refilled it once and never again. Even though there are quite a few servers running around, none of them pay attention to the tables that are already seated. We had to track them down if we wanted anything. And, I didn't like the fact that couple minutes after we finished our dinner, our bill came. We were planning to stay maybe a few minutes more and maybe get a second dessert, but guess not.
Overall Impression:
If it wasn't for the dessert, they probably will score a 0/5 in the food category. If it wasn't for the awesome chef, they will score a 2/5 on the service at most. The food was no where near the price it's worth, the service was rather pushy, with a mandatory 15% tip was added as well...even though it's not a lot, and as terrible as it sounds, it discouraged me from tipping more for the chef for the show.
If you have never seen live Teppanyaki, go see it for the experience. Our chef was quite the entertainer and made our table's night. But if you expect nicely cooked quality food, please go somewhere else 'cause you ain't finding any here.
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