| rev:text
| - I went to this place just to try something new. Sometimes the daily grind wears on you, and you need to introduce some variety into things. So, we went to TJ Sushi.
And then, everything changed.
Upon entering, you get the feeling that there's something going on here -- something amazing. You walk by a mysterious bubble tank and a small plastic cat on your way to a generously sized table in a cozy dining area, and are then set loose to enjoy the myriad treasures inside.
The first several buffet carts trick you into thinking that this is merely a specialized Chinese cuisine restaurant - but not so fast. Cast into the mix of authentic East-Asian delicacies are generously portioned gobs of garlic bread, fresh baked pizza, chicken wings, French fries, and more. To your right, an active and very trendy sushi bar, with real Japanese sushi chefs chopping away at the morning's catch. In the back, delicate French pastries. In short, the kitchen is staffed by a global assortment of the best chefs and cooks from every continent - a culinary Olympics, if you will - with every entry sticking the landing, and winning gold.
Standard buffet behavior ensues - go and get a plate of every single available option. Nothing is thrown away. Our group engorged themselves on the finest offerings of any restaurant in Ohio - we recommend the squirrel-on-a-stick, chicken with red stuff, or the egg-fu-young. The soups-of-the-day are amazing on their own, or go ahead and get a ladle-full each, and drop in some chives and won-tons -- at TJ Buffet, the world is your oyster. Unless you want oysters, they don't have that. Well, they might, because there's a lot of chewy stuff in the seafood medley. Go there and find out!
The desserts are where this place distinguishes itself and achieves excellence. A world-class ice cream flavor bin gives you the infusion of cookies-and-cream, white, brown, and green that you need to build up your stamina. Skip the fancy pastries and cakes and head for the bananas. Bananas with red is amazing and I can only imagine how many generations of real live Chinese people have passed down the recipe with the hopes that some day, it would get to me. Well, it did, and it was breathtaking. Even better is bananas with white - that comes with a high concentration of 'nilla wafers, which is how you know this place spares no expense. Finally, I recommend the dessert "sticky peaches," which doesn't get the fanfare of the banana dishes, but in my opinion is highly underrated. The marshmallows, sticky white goo stuff, and fresh-cut peach slices from all-American Georgia peaches don't just tantalize the taste buds - they force their goodness right into your bowels.
Finally, the waitstaff leaves fortune cookies. How is it that they always know when I am done? 5, 6, 7, 8 times refilling, but the last time is always the time they bring the bill! It must be some ancient Japanese wisdom type stuff. The fortune cookies at this place we find to be more accurate than fortune cookies from any other Chinese restaurant. They are also specially designed to be paired with the phrase "-in bed" added to the end - just like ancient Confucian wisdom intends.
In the car ride back to work after lunch (or home after dinner -- which I believe costs $0.75 and comes with fresh steamed crab legs, locally sourced from the shoreline of Prospect Ave) you will still be in awe of what just happened to you - what you did to yourself, your dignity, right there in public, with all those willing participants. Something special goes on in that building every day, and it's called America.
At the very end of your car ride, you'll probably experience intestinal discomfort - ignore that, it's normal and probably unrelated.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)