Tiziminchac
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- Joined
- Feb 14, 2004
Yesterday I made a last minute day trip to Epcot with a friend. We arrived in the early afternoon and only had dinner at the park. My friend wanted to have Japanese so we went to Japan (obviously) and the Mitsukoshi Restaurants.
We arrived there at 4 p.m., with no PS, and found that the main restaurants were not serving lunch that day. (The Mitsukoshi two main restaurants consist of Teppanyaki, which serves food cooked at your table, and Tempura Kiku, which serves batter-fried food and sushi. There is also the Matsu No Ma Lounge which serves appetizers and cocktails. All three of these establishments are housed on the second floor of the building that house the Mitsukoshi Department Store.) Dinner would begin seating at 4:30 p.m. so we put our names down for Teppanyaki and proceeded to Matsu No Ma for drinks and appetizers.
We both ordered an Ichigo, which is a fruit drink made of strawberries, pineapple and lemon juice. And it's non alcoholic. Neither of us drink. It was very tasty. We also had the Beef Tataki, which is basically cold slices of roastbeef served with Ponzu sauce. I'm not sure what is in Ponzu sauce but it was tasty. It kind of reminded me of the coldcuts in Norway. We also tried the Chicken Kaarage. That was great! Very good pieces of fried chicken. Small pieces mind you, this is an appetizer. Drinks and appetizers before tip - $19.97
After relaxing and enjoying the great view we headed over to the Teppanyaki for dinner. We were seated almost immediately at a table with a nice family from Texas. Each table seats approximately eight people. Ours was full. Our server was Susan and our chef was Tom. And both were very good. We ordered our drinks, Coke for me and iced tea for my friend. For you beer drinkers, the DH of the family at our table ordered some Japanese beer and said it was great. We skipped the appetizers for the obvious reasons and ordered our entrees. My friend had the Fujiyama Dinner (steak and shrimp) and I ordered the Musashi Dinner (steak and scallops). After all the orders were in our chef appeared and started dinner. This restaurant is similar to the Benihana chain in which the food is cooked on a grill that is part of your table. He starts with the vegetables, mushrooms, onions and some kind of squash. As he fries these up he makes a neat little volcano with the onions, I guess you would have to see it to understand. He also fries up some already cooked noodles. I believe they are called Udon noodles. Once the vegetables and noodles are on your plate he breaks out the seafood and steaks. It is interesting to watch him cook because he does all these little nifty moves with his utensils and he was a real nice guy. Everything gets to your plate cut up in easy-to-eat pieces and needless to say nice and hot. You also get a bowl of rice and some sauces to dip in. I must apologize though because I didn't ask the names of the sauces. But everything was very good. The scallops were some of the best I ever had. And I love scallops. The steak, a sirloin, was also very good but just a bit chewy. Still worth it though. My friend loved the shrimp and we traded off a piece, scallop for shrimp. I can back it up, the shrimp was very good too. Come to think of it, our dinner should have came with a house salad. We never received it! Oh well, I still loved this restaurant. Overall I would recommend this restaurant to anyone interested. Nice atmosphere, friendly service, and good food. Dinner before tip - $66.97
For those of you interested, both of the adults in the family seated with us had the chicken and steak. They both said it was very good. As for their kids, they wouldn't touch any of the food and their mother wisely came prepared and broke out some peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches which were devoured by the kids! As a matter of fact, they were so enthusiastic about Disney that I thought they were fellow Disers. But, when I asked them, they hadn't a clue about the Dis. So I filled them in.
I hope this is helpful.
We arrived there at 4 p.m., with no PS, and found that the main restaurants were not serving lunch that day. (The Mitsukoshi two main restaurants consist of Teppanyaki, which serves food cooked at your table, and Tempura Kiku, which serves batter-fried food and sushi. There is also the Matsu No Ma Lounge which serves appetizers and cocktails. All three of these establishments are housed on the second floor of the building that house the Mitsukoshi Department Store.) Dinner would begin seating at 4:30 p.m. so we put our names down for Teppanyaki and proceeded to Matsu No Ma for drinks and appetizers.
We both ordered an Ichigo, which is a fruit drink made of strawberries, pineapple and lemon juice. And it's non alcoholic. Neither of us drink. It was very tasty. We also had the Beef Tataki, which is basically cold slices of roastbeef served with Ponzu sauce. I'm not sure what is in Ponzu sauce but it was tasty. It kind of reminded me of the coldcuts in Norway. We also tried the Chicken Kaarage. That was great! Very good pieces of fried chicken. Small pieces mind you, this is an appetizer. Drinks and appetizers before tip - $19.97
After relaxing and enjoying the great view we headed over to the Teppanyaki for dinner. We were seated almost immediately at a table with a nice family from Texas. Each table seats approximately eight people. Ours was full. Our server was Susan and our chef was Tom. And both were very good. We ordered our drinks, Coke for me and iced tea for my friend. For you beer drinkers, the DH of the family at our table ordered some Japanese beer and said it was great. We skipped the appetizers for the obvious reasons and ordered our entrees. My friend had the Fujiyama Dinner (steak and shrimp) and I ordered the Musashi Dinner (steak and scallops). After all the orders were in our chef appeared and started dinner. This restaurant is similar to the Benihana chain in which the food is cooked on a grill that is part of your table. He starts with the vegetables, mushrooms, onions and some kind of squash. As he fries these up he makes a neat little volcano with the onions, I guess you would have to see it to understand. He also fries up some already cooked noodles. I believe they are called Udon noodles. Once the vegetables and noodles are on your plate he breaks out the seafood and steaks. It is interesting to watch him cook because he does all these little nifty moves with his utensils and he was a real nice guy. Everything gets to your plate cut up in easy-to-eat pieces and needless to say nice and hot. You also get a bowl of rice and some sauces to dip in. I must apologize though because I didn't ask the names of the sauces. But everything was very good. The scallops were some of the best I ever had. And I love scallops. The steak, a sirloin, was also very good but just a bit chewy. Still worth it though. My friend loved the shrimp and we traded off a piece, scallop for shrimp. I can back it up, the shrimp was very good too. Come to think of it, our dinner should have came with a house salad. We never received it! Oh well, I still loved this restaurant. Overall I would recommend this restaurant to anyone interested. Nice atmosphere, friendly service, and good food. Dinner before tip - $66.97
For those of you interested, both of the adults in the family seated with us had the chicken and steak. They both said it was very good. As for their kids, they wouldn't touch any of the food and their mother wisely came prepared and broke out some peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches which were devoured by the kids! As a matter of fact, they were so enthusiastic about Disney that I thought they were fellow Disers. But, when I asked them, they hadn't a clue about the Dis. So I filled them in.
I hope this is helpful.
