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Gyu-Kaku

"At Gyu-Kaku, a bustling cook-it-yourself, California-based chain restaurant, Korean barbecue gets the Japanese makeover. Sauces are sweeter and milder; vegetables and delicate seafood come wrapped in easy-to-grill foil packets. Dominoes of harami skirt steak, marinated in sweet dark miso, turn caramelized and succulent on the hot grill. A quick sear of the fat-veined Kobe kalbi yields unctuous, buttery bites enhanced by the house's soy-based tare sauce. There's no panchan, Korean-style nosh freebies, but reasonable prices mean diners can splurge on starters like the Hawaiian-inspired ahi poke, wasabi-soy-marinated cubes of pink tuna stacked on a bed of seaweed. The yakimochi dessert, less nostalgic than s'mores but just as fun, pairs grilled, chewing-gum-size blocks of nutty mochi with ice cream. Best of all, every roomy, dark-stained wood table in the expansive dining room houses gas-powered, diamond-mesh downdraft smokeless braziers, with vents that suck smoke back into the grill."
- Ganda Suthivarakom, New York

Isn't dining out supposed to be about fun and food? Well, Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ restaurants will do their part to supply both the fun and the food as you become your own chef while cooking tasty selections right there at your own table. It is an ideal way to share a meal with family and friends. Gyu-Kaku has a variety of original sauces which it uses as marinades and provides for basting of its select meats, poultry, seafood and vegetables. The quality is evident in the ingredients (including Japanese "Wagyu" top-graded premium beef, as well as US Kobe beef). Enjoy exciting selections of Wine, Sake, Shochu and original cocktails.