A look back: Kabuki
Kabuki is one of the more fancy places on our tour. As such, it's a place we often visit for birthdays or other special occasions, and not just because we want some good food. If you're just looking for this style food and not necessarily a nice dinner out, I highly recommend Kobe, a 'fast food' version of Kabuki that is a good deal cheaper. Yet, for the tour we intended to only visit the best of the best, so Kabuki it is.
Dinner at Kabuki is a full experience. You pay a price depending on the type of meat you desire and then with that comes a great deal of courses and entertainment. We begin with a bowl of miso soup and then continue on to a salad of your choice. At this point, you might also grab yourselves an order of sushi, which I highly recommend if you are a sushi fan. After you finish your soup, salad and sushi, then the real entertainment begins.
This is when the trained chef pull up his cart full of meat and spices and turns on the grill. As you can view in the pictures below, all of the cooking happens right there in front of you. A word of warning, at this point you recieve the two small bowls of the sauce that you use for dipping your food. A ginger sauce and one other darker sauce I can't recall. Pay attention when the chef tells you what sauce goes for what types of meat. Between the sauce selection, chopstick use and the upcoming shrimp catching, it's easy to get embarassed at a Kabuki dinner, so it's best to stay on the top of your game the whole time.
The chef then begins cooking the various foods that you will be eating this evening. We've got onions and some sort of green vegetable cooked up with sesame and soy sauce. There's also a shrimp appetizer for all at this point. Then, at last, the chef begins cooking the meats you selected. Filet, shrimp, scallops or chicken, it's all quite delicious. Cooked to your preference and tossed on your plate.
Finally, we end with some leeks - which I dislike quite a great deal but ask for anyway - and the chef attempts to toss shrimp into your mouths. Catching the shrimp is quite an honor, and most of us have perfected our shrimp catching technique. Open your mouth wide, lean back a little and dive inward to catch the shrimp. It's really a game of reflexes and mouth-eye coordination. I suggest practicing at home with some food to make sure your succeed.
Throughout all of this cooking, the chef will continously toss bad jokes at you with reckless abandon. Regardless of whether you've heard the jokes a thousand times, it is your obligation to laugh at them. It's like a tip, you have to give them laughs no matter how bad it was.
In the end, Kabuki is an excellent place to visit with a group of your friends if you're looking for good food and entertainment. We've visited there with family and friends on numerous occasions, and for those in Blacksburg who haven't been there yet, be sure to use the next birthday or holiday as an excuse to get some Kabuki.
The tour's meal recommendations
Justin
Mikado Meal (Filet Mignon and Shrimp)
Hokie Rolls Sushi (It's not really sushi since they use chicken, but it's still good)
Ginger Dressing Salad (Completes the experience)
Dinner at Kabuki is a full experience. You pay a price depending on the type of meat you desire and then with that comes a great deal of courses and entertainment. We begin with a bowl of miso soup and then continue on to a salad of your choice. At this point, you might also grab yourselves an order of sushi, which I highly recommend if you are a sushi fan. After you finish your soup, salad and sushi, then the real entertainment begins.
This is when the trained chef pull up his cart full of meat and spices and turns on the grill. As you can view in the pictures below, all of the cooking happens right there in front of you. A word of warning, at this point you recieve the two small bowls of the sauce that you use for dipping your food. A ginger sauce and one other darker sauce I can't recall. Pay attention when the chef tells you what sauce goes for what types of meat. Between the sauce selection, chopstick use and the upcoming shrimp catching, it's easy to get embarassed at a Kabuki dinner, so it's best to stay on the top of your game the whole time.
The chef then begins cooking the various foods that you will be eating this evening. We've got onions and some sort of green vegetable cooked up with sesame and soy sauce. There's also a shrimp appetizer for all at this point. Then, at last, the chef begins cooking the meats you selected. Filet, shrimp, scallops or chicken, it's all quite delicious. Cooked to your preference and tossed on your plate.
Finally, we end with some leeks - which I dislike quite a great deal but ask for anyway - and the chef attempts to toss shrimp into your mouths. Catching the shrimp is quite an honor, and most of us have perfected our shrimp catching technique. Open your mouth wide, lean back a little and dive inward to catch the shrimp. It's really a game of reflexes and mouth-eye coordination. I suggest practicing at home with some food to make sure your succeed.
Throughout all of this cooking, the chef will continously toss bad jokes at you with reckless abandon. Regardless of whether you've heard the jokes a thousand times, it is your obligation to laugh at them. It's like a tip, you have to give them laughs no matter how bad it was.
In the end, Kabuki is an excellent place to visit with a group of your friends if you're looking for good food and entertainment. We've visited there with family and friends on numerous occasions, and for those in Blacksburg who haven't been there yet, be sure to use the next birthday or holiday as an excuse to get some Kabuki.
The tour's meal recommendations
Justin
Mikado Meal (Filet Mignon and Shrimp)
Hokie Rolls Sushi (It's not really sushi since they use chicken, but it's still good)
Ginger Dressing Salad (Completes the experience)
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