Editing Teppanyaki (section)

==Origin==
The originator of the {{tlit|ja|teppanyaki}}-style steakhouse is believed to be Shigeji Fujioka of the Japanese restaurant chain Misono.<ref name="Morris1987">{{cite book|editor-last=Morris |editor-first=Rick |title=The Economist Business Traveller's Guides: Japan |url={{Google books|id=-3i6AAAAIAAJ|plainurl=yes}} |date=1987 |publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] Press |publication-place=[[New York City]] |language=en |isbn=978-0-13-234907-9 |oclc=15317085 |lccn=87001746 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The restaurant claims to be the first to introduce the concept of cooking Western-influenced food on a {{tlit|ja|teppan}} in Japan, in 1945.<ref name="Reiber1987">{{cite book| first=Beth| last=Reiber| title=Frommer's dollarwise guide to Japan & Hong Kong| url={{Google books|id=NSMmigPYkQMC|plainurl=yes}}| date=1986| publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]| publication-place=[[New York City]]| edition=1986–1987| language=en| isbn=978-0-671-55776-8| lccn=86645668| oclc=14171519| via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0734-6727| volume = 33| title = [[San Diego Magazine]]| date = March 1981| page=30| oclc=743487878}}</ref> They soon found the cuisine was less popular with the Japanese than it was with foreigners, who enjoyed both watching the skilled maneuvers of the chefs preparing the food and the cuisine itself, which is somewhat more familiar than more traditional Japanese dishes. As the restaurants became more popular with tourists, the chain increased the performance aspect of the chef's preparation, such as stacking onion slices to produce a flaming onion volcano.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}

Another piece of equipment in the same family is a [[flattop grill]], consisting of a flat piece of steel over circular burners and typically smaller and round, like a [[Mongolian barbecue]].<ref name="bbq">{{Cite web| author=Chief Pitmaster| title = What is Mongolian BBQ? Authenticity, Ingredients, & Recipes. {{!}} BBQanswers| website = BBQ Answers| access-date = 2022-02-24| url = https://www.bbqanswers.com/what-is-mongolian-bbq/| language = en| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220224214035/https://www.bbqanswers.com/what-is-mongolian-bbq/| archive-date = 2022-02-24| url-status = live}}</ref>{{Better source|date=March 2025}}