Living It Up: Benihana

Jackie: "You are not just a chef that cooks in the back and no one watches, you are out here and not only do you have to cook, you've got to entertain the crowd."

Arnel: "Yeah we do just to entertain the customers, so they don't fall asleep."

Jackie: "Do you ever mess up?"

Arnel: "It's part of the show, and we just go say oh Japanese mistake."

Jackie: "Alright well I need my chef's hat and we are going to get started."

Jackie: "How hot does this get?

Arnel: "We are on 450 degrees right now. It can go up to maximum 475."

Customer: "I'd like the Benihana special please."

Jackie: "And you sir?"

Other customer: "I'd like the Benihana special also."

Jackie: "2 Benihana specials coming right up."

Jackie: "Alright what's next?"

Arnel: "This is like the basic show when we go..."

Jackie: "Got it!"

Jackie: "Its getting a little steamy in here...I could get a facial."

Jackie: "Oh a little volcano."

Arnel: "Now we're gonna get the shrimp appetizer part."

Arnel: "We have to take the tail part and we have to cut them in the middle, you take the tail separate and you put it like that."

Jackie: "Ready?"

Jackie: "Hey you think it's easy?"

Jackie: "How about, I've got a trick for you...ooooh, where'd it go?"

Jackie: "Sir you were laughing at me so you only get a little."

Arnel: "So we go with the lobster and steak."

Jackie: "Yeah"

Jackie: "How is it?"

Jackie: "Do you want a napkin to spit it out in?"

Jackie: "That's what I thought."

Jackie: "And how do you want your steak cooked? You want it rare? There you go."

Arnel: "This is Japanese egg roll."

Jackie: "And that's what it's like Living It Up cooking hibachi here at Benihana in North Bay Village, I'm Jackie Johnson, eat up, 7 News."

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BENIHANA

1665 NE 79 St. Cswy, Miami Beach, Florida 33141

Telephone: (305) 866-2768

www.benihana.com