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| - OK... most of my friends will BURN me for the 3-Star rating. here's my take:
-----TIME SPENT
2x times @ night
-----LAYOUT
small, couple tables, 2 hibachi grills... seen one hibachi, seen them all. i DARE anyone tell me that this place has a unique look.
-----SERVICE
prompt seating... attentive and cheerful waitress. the ONLY good performer is the owner himself. another reason why this place is only 3-Star. his other cook is Mexican (sorry) and is a boring and standard in hibachi performance... to be fair, i've never had him, but i glance over now n then to see his quiet performance. sorry again.^^
my friends will kill me on this too, but the owner himself isn't too impressive. he has a couple of good jokes, but i've seen ALL of his tricks used by other hibachi chefs.... i'm sorry to be so scathing. i really hate seeing the same things over and over again. it's like watching another zombie flick.
the ONLY trick that was new to me was that he made rabbits out of shrimp. i thought it was delightful at which point. however, he does the volcano, he finds someone to pick on and throws shrimp at, he spins the egg and lands it on his spatula.... i know it's HARD to do, but common fair.
there was a hibachi chef in texas a few years back (http://www.samuraioftokyo.com) that also owned his own place. i recalled how masterfully he would incorporate words with whatever he was doing. like, he would use his spatula to cut eggs, but he would then scratch it back and forth like a DJ and say funny things.... and that was what Musashi's owner was missing. creativity.
i even remember hearing my friend apologizing to me about the chef's performance. he told me that the man probably wasn't being his usual funny self because my friend was a regular there and the chef didn't want to deliver his usual routine.... but so what. being the owner and a hibachi chef should mean something... it's like being the headlining comedian but not feeling like delivering your trademark punchlines.
the food was excellant at least and the chef made some good sauces on the side. to be honest tho, i've never had anyone mess up fried rice and rare steak at a hibachi - and his sauces ARE NOT hard to make... sh*t, i cook the same fried rice & steak at home and i'm just an AVERAGE cook... good meal nonetheless.^^;
-----PRICING
pricey - but pretty much the average fair as hibachi meals go. $24-$30 a plate and $40+ for pricier combos.
-----CLOSING
if you're going to open up a hibachi place, i can understand the need to entertain with basic routines... but you're in Vegas and you're the damn owner for god sakes.! be creative - make your routines lead into unique results... i really wanted to come and enjoy a show because i genuiningly love hibachis... so i kind of felt robbed of a unqiue experience....
BTW, i've read the other reviews after writing my own... and the words "TYPICAL" and "AVERAGE" pops out a lot. why give this place 4-Stars when you used any of those words in your review.??
3-Stars for being JUST another Hibachi to me.
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