Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: RESTAURANT REVIEW: Samurai Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar continues the fight
We couldn't believe that it has been eight whole years since Samurai Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar opened in Little Rock's Shackleford Crossings Shopping Center. But after two recent visits to ...
News Tribune: Samurai’s closes one Japanese steakhouse and opens another in Tacoma
A teppanyaki meal at Samurai’s Japanese Steakhouse typically includes fire, spatula theatrics and a charming chef who cooks a meal right before diners seated at the grill table. Sue Kidd ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: RESTAURANTS Slice and dice is a treat at Samurai steakhouse
I wrongly assumed that Benihana was a hokey American take on Japanese steakhouses, basing my opinion on the famous, and un-Japanese, fried rice. But I married a girl who’d lived in Tokyo, and she ...
Samurai, member of the Japanese warrior caste. The term samurai was originally used to denote the aristocratic warriors, but it came to apply to all the members of the warrior class that rose to power in the 12th century and dominated the Japanese government until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
Elite and highly-trained soldiers adept at using both the bow and sword, the samurai were an essential component of Japanese armies in the medieval period.
As servants of the daimyos, or great lords, the samurai backed up the authority of the shogun and gave him power over the mikado (emperor). The samurai would dominate Japanese government and...
Over those centuries, they developed in ways that shaped Japanese history. The samurai of feudal Japan are well known in popular culture, yet the popular image of a samurai is merely a snapshot of centuries of evolution for this mighty warrior class.