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After taking in The Most Incredible Thing, a ballet at Knight Theater, it was just past 16:00. My friends and I were hungry, as we hadn't had lunch.
I did a search on my Yelp app. We headed over to Red Ginger, which is right across from the venue. It specializes in both sushi, sashimi, and teppanyaki (Americans refer to it as hibachi).
I ordered the scallops and chicken teppanyaki. It comes with fried noodles and fried rice. Wow! Normally, you are asked whether you want one or the other. My order also came with shrimp. I thought that it was a mistake that I was given shrimp. Again, it was completely unexpected.
What was expected? I got mushroom and onion soup, and miso ginger salad with my meal. I also ordered a Diet Coke. You do get refills.
I first sat in-between both my friends. However, my left-handed friend was to my right. Bumping into each other while eating would have been annoying, as I am right-handed. I moved to her right. I lucked out. Whenever our chef had an abundance of food cooked on the teppanyaki grill, I would get it. Yay, me!
Our chef was entertaining. As expected, he created a flaming onion volcano. Naturally, I captured it on my phone, because that's who I am.
The food was tasty. This place is exceptionally generous with portions. I loved all of it.
My friends and I were hungry. We were quiet having our soup and salad. Both were delicious and immediately stopped our hunger pangs.
The chicken was tender and perfectly done. The scallops were juicy and perfect, as were the shrimp. I loved the fried noodles and rice. I was also glad that the veggies did not have zucchini. I ate everything!
The only point that prevents me from giving this place a perfect rating is service. When we first walked in, the restaurant wasn't busy. Two women were standing there. It took one of them nearly a minute to come over and seat us. Weird.
I paid for all of us and asked for the bill. The bill didn't take much time. However, it took just under ten minutes for the server to fetch my credit card to settle the bill.
Other than that detail, I had a good time here. It can run a bit on the expensive side, but you get more food than you expect at a teppanyaki place.
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