On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 12:05:46 -0500, "Debra Richardson" Someone wrote: >Anyone eaten here? I'm wondering what type of food they have, what it costs, >and how you liked it! > Very good. Price medium, but a good value given large serving sizes. Excellent sushi & sashimi, with a fair selection of other Japanese dishes. No table grills (forget the name for 'em) or other at-table food preparation. My nurse and I go there frequently. We'll get an appetizer or two, then I gorge on sushi and sashimi, she on other dishes. We'll drink two (usually) Kirin Ichiban and the tab comes to $50-$50 for a huge amount of food. Highly recommended. Past threads here have usually included Waraji among the best three or so Japanese restaurants in the triangle. I'm sure others'll post their favorites. Regards, George Alan Esworthy (My e-mail domain/surname is like Christmas: no L.) "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock," -- Will Rogers.
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Waraji
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 21:43:19 -0500, "Debra Richardson" Someone wrote: >Is it just sushi and fish stuff? Or can you get Kanki-like dishes? How does >it compare to Kanki? > I've only been to Kanki once. My nurse thought her meal (chicken and accompanying veggies grilled at the table) was exceptionally good. I had a selection of sushi that I thought mediocre. In particular, the sakekawa (salmon skin roll) had obviously been made up hours beforehand. The onagi (smoked eel) was OK, but not anywhere as sweetly melt-in-your-mouth as the onagi served by Waraji. So, my observation (admittedly based on but one visit to Kanki), is that Waraji is superior for sushi/sashimi, Kanki for the grilled food and the show they make out of its preparation. Regards, George Alan Esworthy (My e-mail domain/surname is like Christmas: no L.) "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock," -- Will Rogers.
I agree with George on all points. Kanki's sushi is lacking in both quality and variety. Their grilled dishes are good, although also inferior to similar dishes in other such establishments (unfortunately, however, Kanki is the best the Triangle for this). Someone wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 21:43:19 -0500, "Debra Richardson" > Someone wrote: > > >Is it just sushi and fish stuff? Or can you get Kanki-like dishes? How does > >it compare to Kanki? > > > I've only been to Kanki once. My nurse thought her meal (chicken and > accompanying veggies grilled at the table) was exceptionally good. I > had a selection of sushi that I thought mediocre. In particular, the > sakekawa (salmon skin roll) had obviously been made up hours > beforehand. The onagi (smoked eel) was OK, but not anywhere as > sweetly melt-in-your-mouth as the onagi served by Waraji. > > So, my observation (admittedly based on but one visit to Kanki), is > that Waraji is superior for sushi/sashimi, Kanki for the grilled food > and the show they make out of its preparation. > > Regards, > George Alan Esworthy (My e-mail domain/surname is like Christmas: no L.) > > "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' > until you can find a rock," -- Will Rogers. >
User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980730 (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.36 (i686)) Cache-Post-Path: [email removed] Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu triangle.dining:3347 George E. wrote: >> > Very good. Price medium, but a good value given large serving sizes. > Excellent sushi & sashimi, with a fair selection of other Japanese > dishes. No table grills (forget the name for 'em) or other at-table > food preparation. Debra R. wrote: > Is it just sushi and fish stuff? Or can you get Kanki-like dishes? How does > it compare to Kanki? I'll agree wth George here... the food is excellent, the prices reasonable, and the service good. There are a couple of dishes that are cooked at the table, notably the shabushabu, which in their words is "Japan's answer to fondue". If you're looking for dinner and a show, go elsewhere: Waraji is not a teppan-yaki restaurant (a la Kanki, Benihana, etc)... it's a much more traditional Japanese eatery. Go for the sushi, sashimi, donburi, tempura--I particularly like the shoga-yaki dishes--and the great selection of appetizers. The dinner sets are an excellent place to start if you've never been before. <a href="http://triangle.citysearch.com/E/V/RDUNC/2010/25/95/">Click here</a> for their citysearch website, which has a complete menu. --greck
Debra R. wrote: >Is it just sushi and fish stuff? Or can you get Kanki-like dishes? How does >it compare to Kanki? Kanki falls into that category of "Japanese Steakhouse," while Waraji falls into the "Japanese Restaurant" category. There's no tableside show (unless you sit at the sushi bar!) and no seatings with strangers at a table for twelve. Waraji has standard tables and also tatami mats for the more traditional. Kanki has a limited menu from what I remember. They have several things which almost invariably involve the grilling table and your skilled preparer (I haven't been to the newly remodeled Crabtree location lately, so I can't say if this is still the case or not). But I've never had a bad meal there. Waraji was established by some ex-Kanki employees and has a wide variety of choices. Aside from the sushi, there's over twenty appetizers and many different entrees to choose from, including tempura, udon, and grilled dishes. So to answer your question, they're almost apples and oranges in my mind. I like them both, but for different reasons. Eric