Being the foodie that I am I had to visit my favourite restaurants and I will introduce some of them here.
First of all, Samurai.
They specialize in sushi and teppanyaki (also known as hibachi).
For those of you who do not know what teppanyaki is, it's where the chef cooks on a large surface grill in front of the guests. I've always enjoyed the chefs and their little tricks every time I visit Samurai. One thing to note, how much you will enjoy your food and your time at Samurai depends on how open you are. When the chef is doing little tricks, it is nice to appreciate their efforts to entertain you. Give them a little smile and laugh. The more you appreciate and show fascination, the more tricks they will perform for you.
The menu can be found HERE.
In the past I have always gone to Samurai during dinner time for special occasions like birthdays and the bill has always been off the roof. This time, I visited during lunch time with my family to discover to my surprise the very low prices on their lunch menu. I strongly recommend the steak teppanyaki. The lunch menu comes with your choice of salad or soup, your choice of meat, fried vegetables, fried mushrooms, and fried rice.
As for the atmosphere, it is VERY loud with all of the clanking noises of metal and the chatter of the people. Definitely not a place for a nice romantic date. It's more of a place to catch up with girlfriends and enjoy some entertaining cuisine. One thing to note is that you may end up sharing your table with other people so be mindful of this.
On to the food. First we were given these cute plates. To the left is the menu.
As I am also a huge fan of the pina colada, I had to order the haiku colada.
The haiku colada contains malibu rum, pineapple and coconut with a strawberry puree swirl as indicated in the menu.
When you order the lunch menu, you'll get to choose between 2 appetizers: salad or soup. I strongly recommend the salad as the soup just tastes like soy sauce in hot water. You must note that the dressing on the salad is pretty tart. I find that the tartness of the salad is actually very stimulating for your taste buds.
When I visited this time I had the chance to try a bit of everything (steak, chicken, shrimp, and scallop). My personal favourite was steak again cooked to medium-rare (keeps the juice inside). Shrimp and scallop were ok (I would say the amount you enjoy this would depend on how much you really love shrimp or scallop). The chicken was the worst by far as it was very dry (cheapest menu, go figure).
They also give you 2 sauces. I'm not quite sure what each of them are called but one is a creamy colour and the other is brown (seemed like sauce for the meat - how you make use of your sauce really depends on your preference). I particularly enjoyed the creamy sauce - smothered it all over my fried rice.
This is what my plate looked like.
I know the picture isn't too appealing but trust me it is delicious.
Bonus: The heart my chef made for us.
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