Oh, yeah, that's a mongolian grill! I love them.
The first time I was in one was actually in Belleview (for all those living in the Seattle area) but I don't know where it was, because it was my first time in that town and we were with friends.
There are pleny of them, though. We have one in the next-door mall food court.
They are cool, because they don't really stirr fry, they more like cook on a huge heated disk and pour water to cook with (sometimes soy sauce, but usually no MSG in it).
The story is that when Ghengis Chan and his warriors were away to fight, they were out of food. And they had killd everyone around (and had no women with them), so there was noone to get to get them food. So, they went and collected whatever they could -- some killed birds, animals from the woods, collected vegetables. They made huge fires and put their shields over them, with the food on the shields, and with the swords, they cut everything in small pieces and cooked it like that (on the shields).
So, the huge disks are sort of like the shields, and the cooks at the Mongolian Grills hold two sticks (resembling swords) with which they move the food around.
That's what our friends told me when they showed us the place in Belleview.
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