| rev:text
| - My pre-husband and I stopped here for lunch on Saturday. Still $9/person even though it's the weekend, and the selection was decent. We didn't have any alcohol, but I looked over the selection and it was pretty good--Tsing Tao, Kirin, and Asahi on the import beer list, and a selection of sake (hot and cold), as well as a house plum wine that you can order by the glass.
I found the whole idea of a sushi buffet a little unnerving, but they were making it there and the nigiri sushi was actually quite good--excellent cuts of tuna on the pieces that I had. The spicy tuna was decent, and pre-husband liked the California roll.
The fruit selection wasn't bad, although the pineapple was a bit under-ripe. There were a number of salad options, including kimuchi--the Japanese version of kimchi (think a garlicky, pickled cabbage salad--spicy, but no fish juice). I LOVE kimuchi but have to be careful about garlic powder, so I went easy on it since I couldn't tell if they'd only used fresh or not. They also had a lovely seaweed salad, a selection of dim sum, and some soups, along with some standard Chinese-American buffet stuff.
Didn't much care for the pork skewers, and the sesame balls with red bean paste were a little too chewy for my taste. The gyoza were decent, but had an extremely thick dough--more like shumai than gyoza in my experience. Pre-husband felt that in general, the breaded items were a bit over-done.
Five different flavors of ice cream, with scoops in the bucket of water just like the college dorm cafeteria of my youth. I had the green tea, which was pretty good, although not as strongly flavored as it might have been.
Pre-husband said the fried frog leg "wasn't, like, disgusting or anything, but I wouldn't choose to have that over chicken wings. I don't see why it's a delicacy." So take that under advisement. Personally, I don't care for any food with bones in it, so I didn't try them.
Finally, I will say that more than 50% of the patrons in the relatively full dining room appeared to be of Asian descent, and a lot of them were speaking Chinese. So it's probably worth a try if you're looking for some less Americanized pan-Asian fare, although it's still a buffet. Decent for what it is; probably more fun if you drink some of that alcohol.
|