Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cuisine that you can enjoy watching chefs preparing food in front of you, just like seating at a sushi bar. Fresh ingredients for Teppanyaki -Wagyu beef, Salmon, Lobster, Clams and seasonal vegetables- Teppanyaki room, Shizuku Japanese Restaurant in JW Marriott Hotel Shenzhen Chinese "Snow Dragon" wagyu beef Teppanyaki, literally means "Iron"(Teppan) "Grill"(Yaki), is a modern and western influence cooking method. It is not considered to be a traditional, authentic Japanese, as far as I know... It's origin goes back to 1945, from a stake house restaurant "Misono" in Kobe. The idea of cooking in front of the customers came from a sushi restaurant. At the beginning, it wasn't so popular among Japanese customers but it became more popular to foreigners. In my childhood life, teppanyaki wasn't either high-end or popular thing... Though, I enjoyed "Okonomiyaki" and "Monjayaki" (Japanese style savory pancake, both prepared on Teppan iron plate) specially when I was out with bunch of friends and prepare the food on an iron plate which was installed in the table. Those are not expensive and goes good with beer! (* In Kansai-western Japan- region, people are custom to eat "Okonomiyaki" as a side dish served together with steamed rice but Kanto -eastern Japan- region, most people don't eat it with rice)  tools and seasonings for Teppanyaki Nowadays, Teppanyaki is a one of the most popular cuisine which represents Japanese cuisine in all over the world!