This hibachi restaurant is fairly new in Mashpee and you should give it a try. For those not familiar with hibachi, the food is cooked on an open grill by a chef
at your table, who is both interactive & entertaining. Your dinner comes with a fresh iceberg salad & mild, almost clear broth miso soup. My salad had too much dressing, but most hibachi restaurants always put too much (too sweet for me), but it's been a while since I've had hibachi so I forgot to ask for dressing on the side. For the main course you can choose steak/filet, seafood or chicken. Prices are around $25-30 per dinner, lobster being the most expensive.
However, if you're a light eater, you can share; plus, there's also a children's menu, about $20.
After you've finished with the salad & soup, waiters/waitresses clear the dishes efficiently, giving you a dinner plate. Then the fun begins. A chef appears with a cart, greets you, & starts cooking your dinners: first the fired rice & the sautéed vegetables, then the meat or seafood. He starts with a rhythmic clang of his spatulas, even tosses the raw eggs with them, then cracks the eggs & scrambled them for the fried rice. Next, he cooks the mixed vegetables which consist of zucchini, onions, carrots, bok toy, etc. He then takes slices of onion rings, builds a cone shaped structure, pours almond extract in the center & lights it-instant volcano!. During the cooking of the vegetables, he flips a piece of raw bite sized zucchini at you with his spatula. You're supposed to catch the vegetable in your mouth. Most people miss & there's a big laugh. For being a good sport, adults are offered a drink of SAKI (rice wine) which he squirts from a plastic bottle used for ketchup. You just open your mouth and he squeezes, bottle doesn't touch your lips. Kids are given squirts of water, he sometimes mischievously moves the bottle so your mouth has to follow if you don't want to get wet. Finally, he seasons the fried rice & vegetables with lots of soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, yummy sauce, and butter on the rice, then plates them individually. While you're eating the vegetables & fried rice, he starts cooking the meats, takes about 5-10 minutes, depending on the entree you've chosen. I always wondered why the chef doesn't cook the meats at the same time with the fried rice & vegetables, but every hibachi chef cooks this way. I would prefer all three items on my plate when I start eating. When he has plated your meat/seafood he quickly cleans the grill, thanks you for coming & leaves with his cart.
The food was very good: fried rice & vegetables very tasty, meat was a little too well done for me because we asked for medium, not well. Since my strip steak was overcooked it was a little tough, but not too bad.
I would ask for medium rare next time. My wife's filet was very tender ($35). The meat was also cooked in the same sauces as the vegetables, but I think there was too much sauce. Service was quick & efficient but my water was not refilled.
The Saga also serves sushi but I cannot review what I didn't eat. read more