Nagato Japanese Steakhouse & Bistro, Brighton

At Nagato Japanese Steakhouse & Bistro, cooks amass an army of fresh ingredients to fire up on a griddle at diners’ tables. Here, shrimp, shark, and sirloin morph into hibachi-style dinners as they sizzle in the heat and tumble through the air with the help of the chef’s spatula. Fresh fish and rice converge to form sushi such as the fried Yummy Yummy roll with tuna, salmon, white fish, cream cheese, crab, spicy mayo, eel sauce, and caviar. The Bistro section of the menu brims with house specialties such as general tso chicken, pad thai, and family-style meals of yellow chicken curry and beef lo mein noodle.