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| - Living in Vegas, one can get tired of buffets. However, I found myself at Asian Seafood Buffet because my host was craving their sashimi bar.
It's a hot and slow Sunday, and the restaurant isn't too busy. I peruse the selection of food available and am actually impressed with their variety. They offer sashimi (tuna, salmon, red snapper) and some sushi rolls. Behind the glassed case, there was tamago and unagi, but I didn't see these items available for taking. The sushi lady cutting the fish said "thank you" to us about five times while we were getting our sashimi. It felt odd when she said it repetitively and I can only assume it was because she wanted us to contribute to her tip jar. (Yes, there was a tip jar in front of the sushi bar.) Fish is alright, nothing stellar. Around that section, you can also find oysters on the half shell, shrimp, calamari salad, and tripe.
They also have a BBQ station, which is really a made to order station. You gather your raw ingredients and pass it onto the guy and he cooks it up for you. You can choose from two types of noodles, veggies, shrimp, beef, pork, etc. Sauces vary from spicy, garlic, teriyaki, etc. The noodle dish the BF ended up with (spicy garlic) was pretty bland tasting though and I'm glad it wasn't me that ordered it.
Other seafood dishes include crawfish (boiled with no taste!), frog legs, steamed fish, baked creamy mussels, baked creamy prawns, king crab legs, stuffed crab heads, salt and pepper crab, bacon wrapped shrimp, deep fried shrimp, shrimp and vegetables, clams, etc.
They have your standard Chinese dishes of wont ton soup, egg rolls, and potstickers too. Some unique dishes included what was supposed to be a sweet fungus soup. They had a few pretty looking dim sum dishes like a peach blossom bun (with red bean), twisted bun, sticky rice, etc.
Random things thrown into the bunch include pizza and miso soup. Specialty of the day was roast duck. On the far left section, they have a salad bar that remains untouched, including jello, canned lychee, and canned longans. A small dessert section is available, but a very cool self serve ice cream area that includes eight flavors!
Service: They are pretty good about clearing your plates and refilling your sodas. And I do mean, really good about making sure you're filling up on soda!
Overall, a large selection, but lacking in flavor for a lot of food items. You'll noticed it's mostly non-Asians eating there, which is a always a sign to me.
Lunch buffet Monday through Friday, 11:00 am to 3:30 pm - $7.25/pp
Dinner buffet Monday through Friday, 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm - $10.99/pp
Weekends and Holidays, All Day - $11.50/pp
(Under three years old are free.)
You can also get the buffet items to go! (Lunch: $7.25/box; Dinner: $9.99/box)
They offer a frequent eater card per person, dine there 8 times, get your ninth one free! And there's a 10% discount for senior citizens 60 years and older.
Monday through Friday, 4 pm to 9:30 pm
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