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| - To be honest, I'm sick of the buffets in Vegas. Except for the recent addition of Wicked Spoon in Cosmopolitan, buffets... just aren't that fun anymore. It's always the same items. However, Leonard W knew of an AYCE Japanese spot about 5 miles away from the strip so before we left Vegas, decided to check out Hikari for some $27 AYCE!
The place is quite small and most of the people are local but we were able to get a seat at the sushi bar, which really is the place to sit. You can order whenever you want and the chefs work super fast to bring your order out.
Decided to order the following items:
+ Salmon skin salad - the dressing was sorta like... a sweet teriyaki dressing. LOTS of salmon skin.
+ Sashimi sampler - came with tuna, salmon and hamachi sashimi. Good combo!
+ Fried soft shell crab - whole pieces of fried crab. Yum :]
+ Japanese style oysters - oysters with a little of tabasco and some vinegar. Some people ordered by the plates. Ridiculous.
+ Negi hama - very simple roll with hamachi and green onion. The only roll we ordered, since we wanted to focus on the items that were worth more!
+ Hama kama - yellowtail fish collar. As many as you want!
+ Unagi nigiri - soliddddd! I think I ate 2 orders just by myself haha.
+ Shrimp tempura - ONLY shrimp. Hikari is awesome.
+ Shrimp fried rice - nicely done, with the rice fluffly.
+ Uni sushi - still learning to love it but... for the uni lovers, NO LIMIT on how many you can have!
+ Frallops - nice crunch and could probably do without the aioli and eat it with katsu sauce instead, but man, fried scallop may just be my new seafood obsession.
Also, rather than order sushi, nigiri, or the sashimi sampler you can order sashimi only! We got salmon, tuna, fatty white tuna, seared albacore, and hamachi. Yes, it was probably frozen but still, it's quite fresh for an AYCE spot and they are not shy with the portion!
Ladies, go after 10p and you can get the "hot girl" discount!
Hikari is definitely a great find and I'm still amazed how you can just order whatever you want and they won't even raise a fuss. The service was great too, and the people working at the restaurant are actually Japanese, so that's always a plus. Can't wait to go back!
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