Tenor CS is a Master Teppanyaki Chef

[Tenor CS]

For Christmas, my wife got me the "Be A Chef" experience at Benihana. I got to visit twice, once to train, and once to cook for my party. Believe me, it is WAY harder than it looks!

My Gangsta Pose


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Outside the restaurant


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Cutting off the shrimp tails


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Notice my Mickey Mouse head rice (We are on Disney property, after all)


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It was a great time, and one of the best gifts I've ever gotten.

[Texan in Mexico]

What a great gift. Looks like you had a ball doing it all.

[md4958]

thats AWESOME!!!

[Skywalker]

Very cool!!!:tu

[Ace$nyper]

Looks like a total blast!

[Smokin Gator]

That is an awesome gift!!! Tell the wife I am jealous!!

[Don Fernando]

why wasn't I invited? Looks like you had some fun Christian.

[icehog3]

Looks like an awesome time! How was the chow? :tu

[elderboy02]

That is cool! I want to do that someday!

[Tenor CS]

Looks like an awesome time! How was the chow? :tu

Ask ucubed, he was there.

[Hardcz]

Very cool, did you get the shrimp in your hat?

[Mugen910]

Did you make the volcano onion tower? :tu thanks for sharing Christian.

[Tenor CS]

I did do the onion volcano, but I was never able to catch the shrimp tail in my hat.

It was a blast, but I must say again, it is a lot harder than it looks. You need great knife technique, and a third hand sometimes because you have 3 main tools; spatula, knife, and fork.

Plus, the table is very hot (500 degrees) and it sits kind of low for me, so I had to kind of bend over a lot, and my lower back was killing me after each course.

It was TOTALLY worth it, though.

[68TriShield]

One of my favorite things to do when dining out :) Great Job Bro!

[Tenor CS]

Now with more youtube-y video goodness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoUGfkp07U

[bonjing]

Looks like you had an awesome time. Good job on the onion volcano! i have seen the challenges on food network where even the seasoned chefs have a hard time with it.

did you get a chance to eat?

[Tenor CS]

did you get a chance to eat?

Yup, I was able to sit, eat, catch my breath and relax after each course.

[Don Fernando]

by any chance, is this one of Ucubed family's restaurants?

[Tenor CS]

by any chance, is this one of Ucubed family's restaurants?

Nope, their restaurant is called Rice & Co. But it was a bit intimidating cooking faux-Asian food for a real Asian whose family also happens to be chefs/restaurant owners.

[shaggy]

ok that is way too cool....i dont think they have that sort of experience up here

[tchariya]

did they teach you any bad jokes to tell when doing this style of cooking?

[Don Fernando]

Nope, their restaurant is called Rice & Co. But it was a bit intimidating cooking faux-Asian food for a real Asian whose family also happens to be chefs/restaurant owners.

He knew you aren't a real chef, so he wouldn't burn you down.

The best Asian food I ever had was in a small roadside warung in Indonesia, Bali to be precise, the best sate babi ever.

[Tenor CS]

did they teach you any bad jokes to tell when doing this style of cooking?

I wanted to learn how to do the egg roll spinning on the spatula thing, but I'm not quite on that level yet.