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Teppanyaki

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a Japanese cooking style using a flat iron griddle, often performed as tableside theater

Where does the word "teppanyaki" come from? It comes from Japanese teppanyaki, adopted directly into English (1960s).

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Japanese · 1940s-1950s

"food grilled on a hot iron plate"

literally 'iron-plate grilling', coined for food cooked on a flat iron griddle

English · 1960s

"a style of Japanese cooking on a flat iron griddle, often performed tableside"

popularized in the US by theatrical tableside-grill restaurants like Benihana

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