Two Princes

Chicken yakitori

Prince Japanese Steakhouse is a Japanese sushi/teppanyaki restaurant near Eglinton and Spectrum Way. The Teppanyaki side consists of large U-shaped tables flanking two surface grills manned by chefs busy cooking fish, steak, scallop and other mains. The highlight of the show is a flaming onion volcano. They are less flashy than other Japanese steakhouses. There's not much to be said for it: a reasonably cheap lunch, fairly large portions, but average food. Some observations:

• If you order a vegetarian teppanyaki combo, they will finish it before starting the other dishes. This is probably due to fact that the same cooking implements are used for all orders, which would contaminate the vegetarian dishes.
• A prodigious amount of oil and butter/margarine are added to everything: meats, seafood, vegetables and bean sprouts.
• They cook the fried rice right on the large grill. I wonder how it compares to the traditional Chinese method of using a very hot wok.
• The fans do suck up most of the smoke, but enough will cling to your clothes to give you that fragrant stale cooking oil smell. I wouldn't recommend it as a winter outing.

Miso soup and salad

Sirloin and Scallop