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Before our trip to Maui, Julie and I saw an amazing challenge on the Food Network, entitled "Flying Knives." This challenge introduced us to a style of cooking known as Teppanyaki. We also noted that one of the contestants, Kalae Tanaka, happened to be a cook on the island of Maui. We looked up his restaurant and were pleasantly surprised to find it was in the resort next to ours, the very one Julie's sister was staying in.
For those who do not know, as I did not, Teppanyaki is the style of cooking made famous by the Benihana chain of restaurants. This features a large griddle, surrounded by table space and chairs.
In the process of cooking an amazing meal on the grill for you, the Teppanyaki chef will strike up conversation and perform amazing feats of cooking. Examples of this include tossing shrimp with their spatula, tossing eggs and cracking them on the edge of their spatula, or the always impressive onion volcano!
Julie and I both had the Teppan Tofu, which was served with Edamame, miso soup, grilled vegetables, rice, and a sorbet dessert. A warning to vegans, the miso soup contains fish broth, so we opted to have more edamame instead.
Teppanyaki Dan's
2605 Kaanapali Pkwy
Lahaina, HI 96761
(808) 661-0031
Posted by Nate at 08:09 PM | Comments (0)
Recently I have been talking about tofu a lot. I remember back in my early days of being a vegetarian when I severely hated tofu. The problem is tofu isn’t easy to make. Good tofu is uncommon, great tofu is exceedingly rare. So the most common tofu is not very good. I decided I should compile a list of my favorite places to get tofu. But not just the place to get it, because I’ve found even though one tofu dish maybe great another can be mediocre. So I am compiling a list of dishes and locations. I will update it as I find more. Also these are listed in no particular order, I consider them all of equal greatness.
1) the Quiet Storm (Pittsburgh) – Graham Street Tofu
2) the Quiet Storm (Pittsburgh) – Tofu Tenders (appetizer)
3) China Palace (Pittsburgh) – Sizziling Tofu
4) Angkor (Pittsburgh) – Crispy Tofu Triangles (appetizer)
5) Angkor (Pittsburgh) – Fresh spring rolls (appetizer)
6) Thai Gourmet (Pittsburgh) – Tao Hu Todd (appetizer)
7) Veggie Planet (Boston) - Tofu Scramble (brunch)
8) Sweet Basil & La Filipiniana (Pittsburgh) – Thai Pumpkin Tofu Curry (Special)
9) Chaya (Pittsburgh) – Tofu Teriyaki
10) Chaya (Pittsburgh) – Inari (Nigiri Sushi)
11) Pacific'O (Lahaina, Maui, HI) - Blackened Tofu
12) Teppanyaki Dan's (Lahaina, Maui, HI) - Teppan Tofu
Feel free to drop a comment listing your favorite tofu dish, or even a tofu related experience. This post will be on the Suggestions page. I will cross-reference it to the restaurants mentioned above also.
Also, check out the Los Angeles Tofu Festival webpage
Posted by Nate at 09:33 PM | Comments (8)