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| - Came here with my friend while scoping out the Mall. She's an avid hibachi fan and I hadn't had any in a longer period of time.
We came and sat as the first two at the communal table, which we sat at alone and empty for about 20 minutes before it filled up. Naturally this is not the restaurants' fault, however the waitress who was also serving filled-up adjacent table, took a good 10 minutes to even acknowledge us and ask for our drinks. She came back immediate asking for our menu items as if to start the process, but then seated the remainder of the table and started the process all over again. Oh well.
The when soup and salad came as an appetizers, my friend ask specifically for no salad dressing which naturally was ignored. Meh. The chef came to cook he tried his best to do the over-the-top presentation that is expected of Hibachi, but seemed, personality wise, to either be new at it or awkward. He didn't engage with anybody until he did a party trick and then reverted back into his shell. Poor kid as he had a very heavy accent.
This locations gives you half noodle and half rice rather than just rice, which was interested/a nice change, but the quality/proportion of them was all off. The fried rice needed another half an egg, the noodles were half crispy half not, the vegetables was practically all onion [sigh - no broccoli] and dude, what did they do with the yum yum and teriyaki sauces? somebody needs to revisit their recipe or at least buy the good brand because it was practically just mayo with some coloring.
Sigh it was a tad disappointing but we came on a Tuesday so it may have just been an off day, not the usual saga experience.
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