What would you order?

[Vixandra]

I'm doing a restaurant project for school and in order to guesstimate sales projections, I need the opinions of at least 50 people on what they would order. It's a Japanese themed concept and if you would like explanations on any of the menu, please let me know.

Appetizers:
Futo-maki- a sushi roll
Gyoza- Japanese potstickers
Shrimp Tempura

Entrees:
Yakisoba- noodles with vegetables
Tonkatsu- breaded & fried pork, very tasty
Yakitori- grilled chicken with fried rice
Teppanyaki Beef- grilled beef and vegetables
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi

Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream
Green tea ice cream

I know this isn't quite the normal for the BDSM cafe, but when/if I open a restaurant someday, I would love to host the local munches. I think it would be fun.
Thanks for your help.

 

[midwestyankee]

I'll start with an order of the Gyoza, then move to one of the Tonkatsu and finish with the green tea ice cream.

Could you also do something about the yahoos at the table next to me? Every time one of them takes a drink of his beer he yells "Banzai!!"

 

[Vixandra]

*throws the yahoo's into a banquet room or out of the restaurant entirely if they try groping the bouncers*

I'd have three private banquet rooms on the second story- let them have their loud parties in there. It's what they're for. Well, that and other types of gatherings.

Thanks, Midwestyankee!

 

[SweetMystery]

I'll start with the Futo-maki, then the Yakitori and finish with the Mandarin Orange ice cream.

Hmmm...now I'm hungry. *wanders into the kitchen*

 

[Stella_Omega]

these dishes aren't authentic. They don't taste right.

And such tiny portions!



I'd like the tempura-- i really prefer veggie tempura but if it's fried I'll eat it gladly-- and the teppanyaki, and green tea ice cream.

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

Appetizers:
Gyoza- Japanese potstickers


Entrees:
Teppanyaki Beef- grilled beef and vegetables


Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

 

[graceanne]

Gyoza- Japanese potstickers

Yakitori- grilled chicken with fried rice

Mandarin Orange Ice Cream


.... Now I'm hungry.

 

[JMohegan]

I'll have the maki and sashimi, and pass on dessert.

If you had seaweed salad, I would have ordered that too.

 

[DVS]

Can I just have some of everything? No? Shit!

OK, OK...

Appetizer:
Potstickers

Entree:
Teppanyaki Beef and vegetables

Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream-Yum!


OK, now can I have some of the other choices, too?

 

[Keroin]

Gyoza, sashimi (YUM!), mandarin ice cream.

ETA: I would only order the sashimi if I knew the salmon wasn't farmed.


Now I want sushi.

 

[Vixandra]

Thanks everyone who's posted so far. It's a big help, believe me.

This is a HIGHLY abbreviated menu for my Food and Beverage class. The original menu I made for my Management by Menu class a great deal larger but I honestly don't have the time to cost/run numbers for the whole thing at this time.

I need to figure out where I can post the PDF's for the whole thing online so I can share them. The most common complaint I've gotten from the full menus is "damn it, now I'm hungry!"

Once I get 50 responses between here and face book, I'll post the full dinner/dessert menu up if anyone want's to see it.

 

[midwestyankee]

I'm curious: why did you select a Japanese restaurant for your project? Is there some feature of the cuisine that excites you or perhaps some other motivation?

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Appetizers:
Futo-maki- a sushi roll
Gyoza- Japanese potstickers
Shrimp Tempura

Entrees:
Yakisoba- noodles with vegetables
Tonkatsu- breaded & fried pork, very tasty
Yakitori- grilled chicken with fried rice
Teppanyaki Beef- grilled beef and vegetables
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi

Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream
Green tea ice cream

Sorry I chose two in the Appetizer and Entree categories, but I'd plan on eating there more than once, so consider this at least two separate meals in various combinations.

No green tea ice cream for me, please. I've never learned to drink or like either coffee or tea in any form.

ETA: And I'm not gonna bitch about being hungry, because my venison roast is only about an hour or so from being ready to serve, with fresh-baked, still-hot-from-the-oven whole wheat bread. So there

 

[Vixandra]

I'm curious: why did you select a Japanese restaurant for your project? Is there some feature of the cuisine that excites you or perhaps some other motivation?

When I was in the Air Force, civilian hubby and I were in Japan for a bit over three years and loved it. I honestly miss the food and see a market for it here in Southern California. Sushi is a big market and add in a full bar specializing in different types of sake along with foods that those of us that don't eat raw fish can enjoy and it's a pretty solid concept.

Also, Japanese food is one of those cuisines that never upsets my stomach. Which is odd to me in some says, but between the fibromyalgia and IBS, I gave up trying to figure out why and just go with what works. I can eat Japanese all week and be fine but spicy Mexican food can make me want to die.

There's also a simplistic elegance to the flavor profiles of many dishes served in Japanese restaurants. My husband and I will both sit and food-torture each other with "you know, I could seriously go for Yakiniku or Don's or Bamiyan's tonight." Okay, Bamiyan's is Japanese-style Chinese food but still very good.

Were I to open and run the Lucky Cat, I'd want to go local where I can produce wise, humanely raised meat wise, and fresh wild caught seafood wise. I'm pretty selective about what I cook with when I have the choice (not always the case at school), so I want the best of what's available so I can give that best to my customers. Great food, great service and a memorable experience keep people coming back to a restaurant.

On an allergy note- I want to be able to offer things from appetizers through dessert to people with dairy and gluten allergies (though both are difficult to accommodate at the same time dessert wise.) I've friends with severe food allergies, so have to be aware of that when I take food to potlucks. It's made me more aware as a cook, both with savory foods and with sweet ones.

 

[Keroin]

Good luck with this Vixandra. Japanese food is among my most favourite and for those who don't eat raw fish...you don't know what you're missing.

One thing about living on the BC coast is that there are loads of awesome sushi restaurants to choose from. However, this one, was L and me's all time favourite. There was time we'd eat there twice a week. He's gone upscale now but he was always five star - I've been eating there for over 15 years.

 

[Stella_Omega]

What I miss the most from japanese foods are the country-style cooking-- i don't remember what it was called, but there would be a big vat of simmering stock, and it would be partitioned off, and different things in each partition. Fish, tofu, veggies, sweet potatoes, and you'd point to what you wanted and they would ladle it out into a bowl of broth for you. they would keep tally with plastic shapes.

I miss the chargrilled mackerel pike, always served two to a plate, head to tail, with coarse salt sprinkled like an eddy of water. I miss Yakitori which is tiny skewers of stuff cooked over a grate over an open flame. I miss simple soba dishes, and rice balls with tuna or pickled plum inside, and mochi off of a cart in the middle of the night...

 

[callinectes2]

Yum!

Futo-maki- a sushi roll

Salmon and Tuna Sashimi

Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

 

[slave_]

What I miss the most from japanese foods are the country-style cooking-- i don't remember what it was called, but there would be a big vat of simmering stock, and it would be partitioned off, and different things in each partition. Fish, tofu, veggies, sweet potatoes, and you'd point to what you wanted and they would ladle it out into a bowl of broth for you. they would keep tally with plastic shapes.

I miss the chargrilled mackerel pike, always served two to a plate, head to tail, with coarse salt sprinkled like an eddy of water. I miss Yakitori which is tiny skewers of stuff cooked over a grate over an open flame. I miss simple soba dishes, and rice balls with tuna or pickled plum inside, and mochi off of a cart in the middle of the night...

Mochi! With some lightly toasted nori... and here New Year's passed and I did not have any.

The only thing I can think of that is partitioned would be a bento box, but I can't think of something like that with broth.

Shabu-shabu comes to mind when thinking of broth. A simmering pot of broth or water and a plate of raw veggies, meat and noodles that you dip in for a minute to cook. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

 

[slave_]

I'm doing a restaurant project for school and in order to guesstimate sales projections, I need the opinions of at least 50 people on what they would order. It's a Japanese themed concept and if you would like explanations on any of the menu, please let me know.

Appetizers:
Futo-maki- a sushi roll
Gyoza- Japanese potstickers
Shrimp Tempura

Entrees:
Yakisoba- noodles with vegetables
Tonkatsu- breaded & fried pork, very tasty
Yakitori- grilled chicken with fried rice
Teppanyaki Beef- grilled beef and vegetables
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi

Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream
Green tea ice cream

I know this isn't quite the normal for the BDSM cafe, but when/if I open a restaurant someday, I would love to host the local munches. I think it would be fun.
Thanks for your help.

I'll take gyoza, tonkatsu and green tea ice cream please

 

[Noira]

Can I just have some of everything? No? Shit!

OK, OK...

Appetizer:
Potstickers

Entree:
Teppanyaki Beef and vegetables

Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream-Yum!


OK, now can I have some of the other choices, too?

I echo this set of choices! Yum! But the ice cream would really depend on my mood... right now I am not in a green tea mood.

Now I'm next in line for the other choices! Yum!

 

[FurryFury]

Appetizers:
Futo-maki- a sushi roll IF there is a veggie roll option, perhaps even two orders.


Entrees:
Yakisoba- noodles with vegetables


Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream
Green tea ice cream

Love to try both if I could afford it.

 

[Kat73]

Shrimp Tempura

Salmon and Tuna Sashimi

Green Tea Ice Cream

 

[rida]

Shrimp Tempura
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi
Green tea ice cream

or

Gyoza- Japanese potsticker
Yakisoba- noodles with vegetables
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

What I miss the most from japanese foods are the country-style cooking-- i don't remember what it was called, but there would be a big vat of simmering stock, and it would be partitioned off, and different things in each partition. Fish, tofu, veggies, sweet potatoes, and you'd point to what you wanted and they would ladle it out into a bowl of broth for you. they would keep tally with plastic shapes.

That would be ODEN ^_^
A typical winter pot dish (at home we do not partition the pot, but stall and store where you can buy it ready do that).

 

[YourCaptor]

Potstickers
Sashimi
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

Should their be drinks?

and I want it all served by those cute, innocent, naked Japanese chicks.

and I'll buy for rida, plus lots of booze.

 

[rida]

Potstickers
Sashimi
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

Should their be drinks?

and I want it all served by those cute, innocent, naked Japanese chicks.

and I'll buy for rida, plus lots of booze.

and I can try to pull off the cute, innocent, naked half-Japanese chick for you!