Off to dinner at Yen Rotunda, a yen oriental & teppanyaki restaurant, where 20 or so of us will be dining in the teppanyaki section. It’s my first time in that restaurant and my first time experiencing teppanyaki and I’m quite looking forward to it. The fact that the company is stumping up the lion share of the bill may also have something to do with it.
Only problem is that it feels like my holiday begins tonight, meaning dragging myself out of bed tomorrow morning will be quite a challenge.
We went, we saw, we ate
God damn that was a great meal!
The food was superb, the staff were efficient if a little bossy at times (but then we were a party of 20 and we do get a little noisy), and I’ll be going back there again!
Naturally the chef is the star turn, clanging, flipping and twirling his spatulas, flicking bits of food up in the air for you to catch or, in the case of one of the ladies in our party, to lose down your top… but despite all the showmanship everything was cooked to perfection. Eight courses in all, a small starter of oriental beef and suriyami, then salad in a sesame dressing, miso soup, then the first “meat” course – I had king prawns – then fried rice, the second “meat” course – I had chicken – then some fried vegetables, and finally a lovely dessert (PDF of menu), and whilst I felt full I didn’t feel stuffed to the gunnels.
Next time I’ll be more adventurous with my choice of “meat” dishes but I decided against the lobster tails as it was a company dinner and one doesn’t want to be seen to be extracting the urine, and personally I think it’s just bad form when you are out in a group of people to be that selfish. I digress.
The photos of the evening don’t do it justice, and there are only a few as the rest are mainly of the people I work with and, frankly, they’re not the prettiest bunch…
Update – If you decide to eat at the restaurant, and this review has been helpful, please let me know via email: gordon AT gordonmclean.co.uk
We stayed at the Campanile less than 100yards away, and after veiwing their menu, we decided to have a look at th Yen. I am so glad we did, the food is out of this world, the staff helpful and extremely efficient, nothing was too much trouble. As we were about to leave amember of staff asked if it was a special occasion and when informed that it was my wifes birthday we were presented eith complimentary drinks. This is one first class establishment.
a lovely experience ,,the food was amazing …would recommend it to anyone,,maybe for that rare special experience