Like romance novels, dumplings fit tempting tidbits into a small but steamy package. Passionately devour cuisine with today's Groupon to Meiji Cuisine in Waukesha. Choose between the following options:

• For $20, you get $40 worth of Asian fare and drinks during dinner.
• For $10, you get $20 worth of Asian fare and drinks during lunch.

The skilled chefs at Meiji Cuisine, which serves Chinese and Japanese dishes, sear entrees over hibachi grills, roll fresh sushi, and craft Chinese specialties. Prepare for midnight Battleship games against an old sea captain with the War Bar dinner combination, a maritime medley of shrimp, scallops, crabmeat, and squid ($17.95). Hibachi entrees serve up Japanese-style grilled eats with a choice of vegetables and meats, including chicken ($16) and swordfish ($21). During lunch, sample maki sushi combos ($9 for two rolls, $11 for three) that include the eel cucumber roll, smoked eel wrapped in a blanket of eel sauce and lounging on a bed of sticky rice. Or feast on a plate of Chinese-style sweet-and-sour shrimp ($12.75), which leaves diners sweet on their lunch and sour on their afternoon return to work.

The restaurant's sleek, spacious interior enlivens lunch and dinner conversations alike, basking guests in the glow of flat-screen TVs displaying live sports and simulcast international Jenga championships. Free-standing hibachi grills lend the ambiance the sizzle and flair of live cooking performances, and bartenders at the eatery's new American-style bar, 88 Bar Lounge, sling local and foreign adult-friendly drinks.