Gyu is located on the 2nd floor in the same building

 as Salam Bombay with elevator access on Alberni.

The place setting was simple with complimentary green tea.

We each got a dish of 3 condiments to go with our meals.

The clear one on the left was a bit sour like rice vinegar.

The one in the middle tasted like garlic and

went really well with chicken.

The red sauce on the right was like ketchup

with a more watery consistency.

Behind the sauces was a dish that was kept

on the hot steel plate throughout the meal.

The chef would put the cooked food onto

this plate so that it would stay warm.

Each course came with miso soup,

assorted vegetables and rice.

The miso soup came piping hot and

 tasted pretty good with tofu,

 seaweed and green onions.

He knew we were sharing everything,

so he separated each dish into two for us.

I ordered seafood course for $29.95

 
He gave us each a spoonful of XO sauce (on the right).

Seafood with prawn, salmon and scallop.

The following picture shows 1/2 of the total portion.

Once again our chef used butter to season.

I think butter was used for pretty

much every single dish we had.

You can't really go wrong with fresh seafood and butter,

so we were happy with the taste,

 but didn't find it particularly impressive.

NZ Rack Lamb$21.5~

It's definitely a better deal to order fried rice if you like it,

as the chef prepares it for you on the teppanyaki steel plate.

$2.5

And the portion is much bigger than the steamed rice.

 If you order it though,

expect to get it near the end of the meal after finishing the main course.

But you could probably ask the chef to make it first thing so

that you would have some rice to go with the meat or the seafood.

The assorted veggies were the last course

and consisted of broccoli and cabbage.

They were just a tad salty for my taste,

 but they were ok with rice.

Special !

I really enjoyed this meal because

it was a unique experience

 and the ingredients were superb.

I think the place focuses on the quality of the

ingredients more than

 the culinary skills of the chef.

That is not to say the chefs were not good,

 but you can't go wrong with high quality ingredients and butter.

 With butter in almost every single dish,

 I'm not sure whether the food is as healthy as the original

concept of teppanyaki set out to be.

My younger daughter-Sherr~

However,

everything was delicious and that's all that really matters.

GYU KING TAPPANYAKY~

219~755 Burrard Street   Vancouver

Tel 604-688-7050

2011 12 03