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| - Having lived in Arkansas, where all-you-can-eat buffets were invented and subsequently elevated to a kind of art form, I'm familiar with Asian buffets. They have a huge variety of food, and most of it sucks.
Jasmine Tokyo is not like those buffets.
I was completely unprepared for how good it was. I made the mistake of going there for a work lunch. I should have gone on a day when I was free to spend the day lying in anguish on the couch, wondering why, WHY, did I have to go back for the fifth and sixth plate of food? But no. I filled up my first plate with various salads ... and was shocked to find they were all delicious. Fresh, crisp, tasty ... just amazing. I went back, and got some sushi. Their sushi variety was far better than it needed to be. Again: fresh and delicious. I went back again, this time for some of the stir-fried options. And a pork bun. And some miso soup. And some chicken skewers. And every single thing was delicious. I didn't know what to do. I thought if I found just ONE thing that was sub-par, I could quit eating. But no. It was all incredible. Something like 7,000 calories later, I just gave up. I staggered, slowly, out the door, feeling disappointed that there were so many different things I didn't get to try.
You've been warned.
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