Sapporo Teppanyaki Restaurant in Manchester

Sapporo has to be one of the best restaurants I have been fortunate to eat at. Ok so it's  not in London which my blog is based on but its an absolutely incredible place and with its tables fully booked for the next four weeks, I had to seize my chance.

 I've never been to a Teppanyaki place before so I did not know what to expect. I thought it was going to be an evening of good Asian food but with that tackiness theatre style that you would expect from those buffet restaurants. Oh how wrong was I.

After a little mishap with my booking at reception (where they couldn't find my booking), my eventful evening was about to unfold. Whilst waiting for my table, I treated myself to an awesome cocktail known at the "Easy Ninja", similar to a Pina Colada (cue Pina Colada song) but with Sake added to it. A delicious fruity, creamy cocktail and trust me after having one of these, you'll be knocking them back all night. Even the lady next to me during dinner was intrigued by it and asked me what it was.

 

The restaurant had a great atmosphere, everyone was buzzing and getting tanked up on alcohol. The food was fantastic. My brother and I, his girlfriend and my uncle selected starters to share and we all picked extraordinary dishes. They all looked and tasted fantastic and you couldn't fault any of it. In my opinion the fish dishes were the pick of the bunch, I have never tasted fish so good. The salmon with the mirin and soy sauce was tantalising. It was a match made in heaven and it was flaky and moist. The tuna was so fresh and was seared to the point it was still raw in the middle, the way it should be cooked and eaten.

 

 



Chicken Gyozas



Peppercorn Salmon marinated in soy sauce and mirin.



Beef roll. Grilled sirloin of beef with asparagus. Dressed in teriyaki, sesame and spring onions



Duck rolls, Wrapped in pancake, mixed vegetables and served with a raspberry coulis



Smoked chicken rolls with beansprouts and mixed vegetables with a barbeque dipping sauce. In the background is the black pepper tuna loin

 

 

 

Vegetable spring rolls

 

When it came to the main course, it was the chefs who stole the show by showing off their tricks and brilliant theatre style cooking. Just watch the videos and check out the pictures to see how much fun it was to be a part of this amazing dining experience.

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before the show

Chef preparing himself

So it begins, potatoes being fried

Egg roll

Assortment of fish and meat

Griddled vegetables and noodles

Duck breast in teriyaki sauce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sapporo is an absolute gem of a restaurant. I implore anyone to go there if they're in Manchester, Liverpool or Glasgow. Its a fantastic fun place to be at and the food is top stuff and done to a very high quality standard. It was so impressive that its now my uncles favourite restaurant. What more of a reason do you need than that.