Japanese Resturant

Every Friday Tony and a group of people he works with go to a different restaurant together. The restaurants are chosen by the people in the group that have either gone there before or just want to try something new. Today we got to go to a sit down Japanese restaurant. It was a lot of fun but I didn't have any idea what to expect. When I think Japanese I think sushi. Which is fine with me I like sushi, Tony doesn't. In fact I was kind of surprised that he wanted to go. The restaurant actually didn't serve any sushi. You picked what you wanted and they brought it to you raw. There is a large grill in front of you and you are responsible for cooking your own food. I thought it was pretty cool until Vann decided he was going to touch the grill. Thank goodness he touched it at the beginning because the heat wasn't turned up. It just scared him. So the first dish that we ordered was a vegetable and meat platter. It had bean sprouts, cabbage, onions, potato's, and some kind of beef and I think pork. I am not totally sure. Half the time I have no idea what I am eating. In fact the other day they were serving samples at one of the grocery stores that Tony and I went too, so we decided to try what it was. It tasted really good at first but had a horrible after taste. Then I figured out what we had just eaten, yeah it was whale meat. Gross I wont do that again. But any way back to lunch. So the second dish that we ordered came in a bowl with an egg on top. I wasn't to sure what to do with it. I started to pour all of it on the grill when one of the Japanese workers came over and tried to tell me that I needed to mix it all together first. Okay so I did that. Then I poured the mixture on the grill and top it with some noddles that we got with it. Then it was suppose to cook on each side for about four minutes. Once the big omelet looking thing was done there was a poached egg that you could put on top. Instead I put the pouched egg back on the grill and cooked it just a little bit longer, I don't mind pouched eggs but this one was still really runny. Everything turned out really good though. I don't know that I would go back but the experience was great. Here are some pictures of Tony trying to be a great Mongolian chef. Yes that is a bib that Tony is wearing! The grill splattered a lot.