I agree it is semantics, but it shouldn't be in my opinion.

While it will never happen, I would prefer to call yourself a restaurant you would need to prove that you had hired qualified chefs and that you were producing all the for you sell.

It's a major gripe of the industry that people like me do the work to create real quality food, and then get lumped in with places that use premade crap.

I should probably stop my rant now, I could go on for a while haha.

Well, now is the perfect opportunity to name your restaurant :)

I doubt anyone on HN is close enough, it's in Ibiraki Japan - a little far for most of the people on here. (Note most of my experience is in Australia btw)

The fact is people vote with their moeny, and they don't vote for quality.

Well we are full every night (I can't remember a night in the last 3 weeks we haven't been at least 75% full at one stage). So at least enough are voting for quality here.