NANTA

Last Friday night we went to see a wonderful Korean show called NANTA. NANTA is a show about what goes on in a restaurant kitchen as they prepare a banquet. The show involves lots of percussion and hi-jinks, with almost no words.

I paid the extra $7 each for the VIP seats. We sat right up front and had a great view. We were close enough to get hit by thrown bits of salt, onion, cucumber, cabbage, carrot, water, and plastic balls.

Unfortunately, we were so close, that when it came time for audience participation, we were dragged up on stage. Rie had to help make dumplings and I had to stack the finished plates at the front of the stage. It involved lots of running around, but I still had time to chat with one of the actors. We got to keep our chef hats and also got key chains for our participation.

NANTA is very popular, has travelled to 22 countries and even spent some time on Broadway. Most of the audience was Japanese tour groups, so I got to practice some Japanese during the portion of the show where we greet our neighbors.

Rie and I had a great time and even got our souvenir hats signed by the cast afterwards.