Tokyo Teppanyaki Thanksgiving

These pictures are from the dinner I had on Thanksgiving.  I flew up to Tokyo that afternoon and called up my friends who were also in town.  I met up with some of them at a fancy pants Tepanyaki place that they were going to.  It apparently is quite famous in Tokyo.

木曜日午後香港から、東京まで行った、今晩友達と食事した。とても高レストランへ行った。

I haven't actually been to Tokyo in over a year and a half, so it was good to be back.  I dropped off my stuff and made my way to the restaurant by the wonderfully confusing Tokyo Subway... where a 5 minute cab ride becomes a 40 minute mini-marathon!

At first We didn't even realize that it was thanksgiving Thursday (I've been living outside of the US for the past 3 years, so its been off my radar as a holiday for quite a while).  

One thing I was thankful for was that I wouldn't have to be paying for this dinner! wow it was fancy! :-P

実はその日はアメリカの勤労感謝の日でした！でも七面鳥食べません、鉄板焼を食べた！

Yikes.  I felt a little uneasy about their seafood preparation methods... not exactly humane, but i guess there isn't really a humane way to kill a shrimp anyway.  :-(

作る方一寸怖い、あまり好きじゃない！

I only ate the shrimp and gladly passed along the rest of the seafood to my dining partners.　美味しそう？

The one thing i was looking forward to, the steak,  REALLY delicious.   orgasm inducing for some at the table apparently...  牛肉は一番美味しかった！

Look at how jaded Antonio is...  　最後は炒飯でした。

Delicious!  I'll have to take this opportunity to express another 'Gochisosama deshita!' to my Thanksgiving Dinner host!　彼も一度「御馳走様でした」と言いたい！