r/oddlysatisfying • u/Mint_Perspective • 10d ago
Dad bashfully wins gold at The Benihana Olympics Rule 5) Submission title not descriptive
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u/Saltyvengeance 9d ago
Stop means stop. To me, it stops being funny after the man said stop and they didn’t.
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u/davebyday 10d ago
My record is 7 shrimp in a row at Habachi because no one else at the table wanted to catch them.
The chef called me a super star, that was a good memory.
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u/Round_Rent5704 10d ago
I trained myself in high school to be able to catch food in my mouth. It got to the point where I wondered if I could make money off it (there wasn’t so I joined the military since all my eggs were in the food catching basket). My best friend would chuck skittles at me from across the room. I was like Harry Potter with the golden snitch, except with my big ass mouth and candy
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u/Canadian__Ninja 10d ago
Would have been better if after catching all those in his mouth he dropped the one he caught in his hands
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u/Ashe_Faelsdon 10d ago
I have never once been able to toss something in the air and catch it in my mouth. NOR, has anyone else been able to cast something into my stationary mouth. AD, Extremis, Etc.
This is just frankly grotesque and showing off. Also, full fucking KUDOS, to both involved.
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u/Srapture 10d ago
Never been able to do that. Any time I've tried, the thing either completely misses or hits one of my teeth which makes me want to never try again if it's an m&m or something.
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u/ElderMutombo 10d ago
Get ready piss out your ass and shit out your mouth. Only time I ever went the whole family got sick. Waiters let their trays hit the griddle and melted plastic into our food. What a train wreck of a place that can be. Gotta admit tho, this dad has some great catching abilities.
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u/slimongoose 10d ago
I hate Benihana. I went to one near Boone, NC one time. This kid who was Asian was clearly an American student at the nearby university affecting a stereotypical pidgin. I was emabarrassed for him but nobody else seemed to have a problem with this kid feeling he needed to affect a false japsocky identity to earn a living. I'm sorry I took part in that.
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u/UFOthrowaway1988 10d ago
He's actually crying because he's deathly allergic to shrimp but just can't stop himself.
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u/Strict_Chemistry_797 10d ago
Does anyone have the recipe for the ginger and mustard dipping sauces?
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u/Sideshow_Rissi 10d ago
for a minute I thought he was continuously catching and spitting back the same piece
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u/jo-va-ny 10d ago
I love watching how he can’t stop catching and is doing the gesture by the hand like ‘stop it, stop it, LMAO, it’s my weakness!’
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u/theguyonthething 10d ago
"I'm paying for it, I'm eating it nom...nom....ok....nom...fun timesnom nom oh shi-nomnomnom... ok, knock it off."
- the dad
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u/Innocent_Kitten_1992 10d ago
I did that before, and I was scared because it was in front of everybody. I only did one and I caught... I wouldn't even try to do that many, so he's a beast in my book. 😂
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u/Nagantman 10d ago
I remember eating a Hibachi meal at our resort in Playa Del Carmen Mexico. I am a bit chubby at 240lbs The other portly American family and I were really good at this part of the meal. Felt good to represent. All the fit Europeans had trouble. Definitely took the Gold home that night.
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u/the_mighty__monarch 10d ago
You just know he had already caught a couple and that’s why they started filming. Skills.
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u/buescherb 10d ago
I think that guy is part of the blue man group I went to in Las Vegas. His blue man ass stuffed like 30 marshmallows into his mouth.
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u/HarlequinHelm 10d ago
I went to one last summer. The chef kept aiming for my boobs so I had to start grabbing shrimp out of the air. Still ate em.
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u/kirbysdream 10d ago
One time at a hibachi restaurant the chef went around and toss broccoli at six of us and all six of us caught it. He had great aim but I was astounded at the success rate of our table.
Cool story, I know.
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u/Obi1Kentucky 10d ago
Benihana? BENIHANA?!?!? BENI-FUCKING- HANA!!!!
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u/HaywireMans 10d ago
I’ll tell you what, I’m never eating at Benihana again. I don’t care whose birthday it is.
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u/caintowers 10d ago
At home in his garage is a custom built machine that lofts shrimp in the air. He practices every other night or every night if he can, but plays his skill down to get free Benihana shrimp meals.
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u/StruggleSouth7023 10d ago
Im pretty sure you just pay for a meal and the hibachi chef comes out to make it for you. Mofo just did the equivalent to chugging some master bartenders specialty cocktail in one gulp or some shit. Hes not getting anything free
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u/Sea_Dawgz 10d ago
This is one of my idiotic useless skills. Now I wanna go to a hibachi grill and do this.
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u/revile221 10d ago
Same. I had my friend drop grapes out of the 5th floor window in the apartment complex we lived in. Probably not the smartest move but it was fun and I remember catching at least 90% of them until one hit my lip and it was game over after that. Mama wasn't too pleased.
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u/SuperFLEB 10d ago
I've watched too much slapstick comedy, but I was just waiting for a hunk of meat the size of an oversized pot roast to fly out next and flatten him off his chair.
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u/Shibby-my-dude 10d ago
The title for me said "why is lightsaber choreography so bad nowadays" I was so fucking confused
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u/kinbladez 10d ago
I love how he waves it off near the beginning and then catches like 6 more in a row
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u/higgscribe 10d ago
Watching the guy next to him trace the food through the air into the other guys mouth is just as entertaining.
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u/BrownCraftedBeaver 10d ago
Let him chew for fucks sake!
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u/albinobluesheep 10d ago
Wonder if it's an unwritten rule to keep throwing things until they "miss" one
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u/PSVita_Tech_Support 10d ago
Gotta admire his humility. He grabbed that last shrimp with so much confidence.
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u/Jayce800 10d ago
Some people just have the talent. On our yearly float trip, my best friend can catch grapes from 25 yards away. Just these little purple dots arcing across the sky and perfectly caught each time.
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u/GreenChiliCowboy 10d ago
I have this extreme phobia of choking on food. This was terrifying to me.
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u/kaizencraft 10d ago edited 10d ago
He's so polite while being trolled, I wasn't into men let alone bald middle-aged guys in costco shirts but just look at it.
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u/ImTedLassosMustache 10d ago
The last time I went to a Japanese steakhouse with my wife and in-laws, I unfortunately had to be like this guy. I was the only one at my table who could catch the shrimp so the chef just kept rapid firing them at me. I would try to chew as fast as I could before the next one came flying. I think I got about 9 or 10 before missing the last one. Oddly enough, if I try to throw an m&m or something in the air to catch in my mouth, I typically miss.
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u/dalaigh93 10d ago
The first and last time I went to a teppanyaki restaurant was with my husband and some of his colleagues, included his boss (very nice lady). Everyone missed the bits that the chef threw at them, and then it was my turn. I caught all 3 bits he threw at me flawlessly, and I'm still riding that high, honestly 🤣
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u/ImTedLassosMustache 10d ago
It definitely was a proud moment. I just wished I got a perfect and didn't miss the last one.
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u/Hail_The_Motherland 10d ago
The last time I sat at one of these hibachi shows, it was at a buddy's house for his birthday party. We hired one of the local Japanese steakhouses to cater on his patio. It was a bit pricey, but it was hands down the best birthday party of all time. One of the workers had this super soaker that shot sake. The guy sitting next to me doesn't drink, so super soaker guy would call him Mr. President and we would have to be his Secret Service and take the shot for him lol. I was sitting right next to the guy, so I took an incredible amount of "bullets" for him.
Unfortunately, they don't cater to people's houses anymore so we just went to the restaurant for someone else's birthday. We asked why they didn't cater shows anymore and they said someone projectile vomited over the grill. As the guy was telling us that part of the story, he turned towards super soaker dude with an accusatory look lol
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u/busy_beaver 10d ago
I just want to tell you this was an excellent story and I enjoyed reading it very much
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u/Eusocial_Snowman 10d ago
You're a catcher, not a thrower.
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u/darkflash26 10d ago
i had a new cashier. these two dudes always came in together joking and having a good time. new cashier asks "so who's the catcher and whos the pitcher?"
he didnt last long.
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u/CaliCareBear 10d ago
“Cool it with the shrimp man”
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u/Klove128 10d ago
Had to scroll way too far to find it lmfao that shit is so funny
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u/TooMuchBroccoli 10d ago
The jerk store called ...
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u/Djason_Unchaind 10d ago
That’s how he ate his whole meal
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u/just_some_Fred 10d ago
Catching the individual grains of fried rice took a while
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u/insomsanity 10d ago
Please, this man could catch a whole spoonful of rice if the arc was good enough
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u/ClamDandyMan 10d ago
Very cool, he's super good. Also this seems like a real asphyxiation risk. I suspect this video would make pretty good evidence in a court case!
On that note, do you think they have to display disclaimers in a place like that? Especially such a well-known chain. Lawsuits flying around like shrimp
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u/vyridian 10d ago
That was my thought. Pretty high choking risk doing that. Especially if they've been drinking.
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u/the_blackfish 10d ago
Last time I went to one he sprayed the sake bottle right into my mouth for a good 5 count at least, I had to swallow quickly! Got a quick lil buzz off of that but I was shocked for sure! Not anybody could handle that without making a mess!
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u/Remote_Horror_Novel 10d ago
Were you possibly blindfolded and inebriated because there’s a chance that wasn’t actually sake lol.
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u/the_blackfish 10d ago
You're right it wasn't sake but I'm not sure what it was. Some sort of wine?
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u/beavertownneckoil 10d ago
When I was a teenager I got stoned in a field with a few friends. One guy brought funyuns and I started catching them in my mouth. It got weird. I caught every single one, nearly cleared out a whole bag
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