Nobu’s teppanyaki is omakase experience

In the West a teppanyaki meal has become known as a spectacle of flying shrimp and beef, flipped here and there before finally landing in your plate.

Where’s the dignity?

Nobu brings a sense of decorum and sophistication back to this Japanese culinary tradition by providing an exclusive experience within its newly opened Nobu Honolulu at Ward Village. We’re lucky to have one of only five such Nobu teppan rooms in the world. Here a single teppan table seats six and delivers an omakase approach to teppanyaki, with a focus on several courses of premium ingredients.

Meals here merge classical technique with Nobu-style sauces. One might start with such vegetables as eggplant, heart of palm and kabocha before moving on to fresh seafood such as shoyu-butter abalone steamed on the grill with sake, and four kinds of meat adding up to about 14 to 16 ounces of protein in a sitting. This might include lamb with a sauce of rosemary and white miso, as well as Nobu’s signature A5 Miyazaki wagyu served with Maui onion ponzu.

In between grilled sets will be accompaniments of salads, sashimi and fried rice, ending with dessert.

The cost of this teppanyaki omakase experience is $250 per person, tax and gratuity not included. Seatings are at 7 p.m. Call 591-2717.