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French teppanyaki, he adds, draws on the original emphasis on food quality and dining environment and focuses less on showing off technique, while introducing Chinese and French cooking traditions such as baking, the extensive use of truffle, and wine parings to teppanyaki to enhance the dining experience.

A recently opened restaurant, Pin Wei French Teppanyaki, literally "taste French teppanyaki", which I visited a few days ago with a large party of people, is a live example of how high-end French teppanyaki is like.

With high ceilings, oil paintings on vintage-looking gray-brick walls, indoor fountains and wooden furniture, the restaurant of 1,200 square meters has no public dining areas, but rather nine private dining rooms to fulfill diners' need for privacy and relaxation.