History of Teppanyaki

In the previous box we talked about your region of Teppanyaki and some of the tricks and why they do the tricks in a Teppanyaki show. In this final block of the series we will talk about the remaining amounts of different tricks that Teppanyaki chefs perform in a show to the customers. One of the very popular ones which we really love is the onion volcano. What they do is they get an onion and they separate the rings and then rearrange the rings in order of decreasing diameter and they are stacked on top of each other so that the final structure resembles a Volcano I’ll be at made of onions. Then what they do is they pour a little bit of oil into the middle of this volcano. Then what they do is they set fire to it and the flames bird out of this little volcano and it looks really cool. After that the smoke comes out instead of fire and the chef will push it along like a little train and sometimes even make choo-choo noises like a old style Western train. It maybe kitschy but actually it’s quite cool.

Another quick trick that they do is at the beginning they warmup the Teppanyaki plate by fire. What they do is they put oil on the volcano played and then they will flame it. The flames go hind you and it looks very nice. Recently it was an accident where a young child was burnt because the shit was being a bit stupid and he squirted through the flames even more flame producing material which affected the child. This is extremely rare and also never happens at our place. This is why we highly discourage involvement in direct contact with the customer. It is unnecessary and unsafe.

We are always safe at Tsunami Ko.

We could go on all day about other tricks like quickly chopping eggs etc but the last neat trick is the egg flip.

What happens here is the chef cracked the egg and separates the shell from the white and the yolk. The yolky leaves on the spatula. He then proceeds to flick the yolk into the air and catch it and it’s amazing how many times you can do that for breaks. Another trick that they do is tossing a whole egg with shell and everything into the air and then catching up with a spatula. This is done many times until the last time he catches it with a spatula side on. It cracked the egg and white comes out. Then he uses this white to make a love heart and sometimes even gets the initials of the two lovers written down. This is so cool.

So what are you waiting for? Next time you want to have teppanyaki in Perth please contact us at Tsunami Ko. There’s a booking page where you can book without having to ring, 24 hours a day.

Thank for reading our teppanyaki basic information. We hope to see you soon.

Kanpai!