Went to get Monique's new glasses yesterday, and we had a late lunch at the Pepper Lunch, a Japanese DIY steakhouse, at the second floor of the Greenbelt 5 Mall. The dishes are usually served with rice and vegetable sidings, and on a specially designed hot-plate that keeps the food warm for around 20 minutes. I understand the hot plate is electromagnetically charged to heat up to 260 degrees Centigrade in just around one minute, and the food is plated and comes to your table in under 5 minutes.
Once you receive your order, you are supposed to mix and mix! The cooking concept is Do-It-Yourself, as the heat of the plate cooks the meats as you mix the ingredients for your dish. The most popular dishes are the beef rice toppings, which roughly come to P300, while the better steaks go for around P700. For variety, the restaurant also has chicken, hamburger and salmon dishes, available in various popular styles (e.g. curry, teriyaki and teppanyaki). The restaurant is pretty popular in Tokyo, and has branches all over Southeast Asia and China.
Monique and I had lots of fun mixing our food, and had to wait for the super heated spoonfuls to cool down a bit before we could get a bite. In the meantime, Andi enjoyed her Beef Teriyaki. The drawback? Well, as in all other sizzling plate diners, you end up with clothes smelling like the grilled steak! Fine by us, anyway...
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