Eating authentically prepared food lets you taste the very essence of a country and draws far fewer angry glares than chewing on its national flag. Absorb foreign culture with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Japanese fare and nonalcoholic drinks at Geisha Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar in Chesapeake.

The deft hands of experienced chefs at Geisha Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar slice, toss, and twirl fresh fish and savory meats across flaming hibachi grills or a fully stocked sushi bar. On the hibachi menu, the sake-soaked sea bass appetizer ($6.99) broils to a golden brown and arrives at the table a little tipsy, wearing a lampshade hat, and a salmon teriyaki entree ($18.99) sizzles in a bubbling pool of teriyaki sauce on the tabletop grill. Meanwhile, chefs behind the blond-wood sushi bar slice and dice a full menu of à la carte rolls and sashimi, such as a spider roll ($8.99) loaded with deep-fried soft-shell crab, flying fish eggs, and the stray daydreams of easily distracted fishermen.