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| - Fairly impressed, I'd have to say, considering that this is an AYCE restaurant.
The service was surprisingly pleasant (although that might just have been the manager). My plate was dirty and when I asked for a new one, he actually apologized before saying he would immediately bring me a clean one. I can't think of any other Chinese-run restaurant that would apologize first before getting another plate. Most of them just take your plate and leave.
The iPad ordering is interesting. It was my first time playing with it. What I liked was that I could see what had been ordered previously, and what was going into my order this time. I also like how detailed their food quantities are. I asked for one temari ball (assuming that it was one order with all the different varieties, because there was no individual variety ordering for those), and I got exactly one temari ball. It was actually amusing and awkward and also slightly disappointing.
I like that they have things like lamb skewers and torched sushi even on their weekday dinner menu. I also like that they have things on their menu that other Japanese AYCE places don't, like red tuna sushi, torched duck sushi, beef shank at the salad bar, jellyfish salad, typhoon shrimp, etc. Oh. They also have pistachio (and other) frozen yogurt. They also have something like Caesar salmon (raw)? Thankfully, it doesn't taste like Caesar dressing.
Most of their food tasted somewhere between average and good. Some highlights included their torched sushi (duck, white tuna, salmon) although the duck was pretty much just smoked duck, their beef teriyaki, and their typhoon shrimp. Their typhoon shrimp was served piping hot and it came with little deep fried silver fishes! Some letdowns included their diced beef cubes (too much tenderizer. No beef flavor.), their beef tataki (the sauce was atypical in a way that I did not particularly enjoy), and their pistachio frozen yogurt did not taste in any way like pistachios. For dessert, the grass jelly in coconut milk was tasteless, the mango pudding was too sweet, and they ran out of mango yogurt by the time I wanted dessert (9:15-9:30pm on a Wednesday night). Their green tea ice cream is not bad. At least it tastes like green tea. Their deep fried coconut custard (deep fried milk anyone?) was delicious and came in adorable little cubes!
They also have slushes that come in shot glasses. They taste like frozen juice concentrate mixed with slushy water. These are not bad if you want a drink but don't want to pay for one. On that note, on to specials!
They have a special where if you like and share the appropriate post on their Facebook page, you get a free soft drink. If you like another one of their posts, you can get an offer emailed to you where if you go on Friday with a party of 5, the cheapest dinner price is taken off your total bill (essentially, buy 4 get 1 free).
If I had to choose a place to do AYCE Japanese food, I would probably choose here.
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