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| - I admit to having a weakness for buffets. Not just for the sake of gluttony, but more so for the variety. I think I've been to Osaka 8 - 10 times since they've opened. They are somewhat higher priced than the typical Asian buffet, but not outrageously so.
First off, I don't understand other review complaints about cold food. I've never had an issue with that. With any well maintained buffet, if food sits a while, it fades, but it doesn't get cold.
I'm 60 years old and trying to do the low carb thing. I do my best at home during the week, but want to be able to go out on the weekend without totally blowing the diet. With that in mind...
Here's a map to the place. Standing just inside the front door...
There are nine stations, arranged in three rows of three. Hold your phone out in front of you, the closest row is 789, the next 456, the next 123. Behind that is the sushi bar and hibachi grill.
Station 9 is cold items. Peel 'n eat shrimp, raw oysters / clams, seafood salad, lettuce, tomato, cukes, etc.
Station 8 is hot seafood. Salt & pepper shrimp, crab (not crab legs), frogs legs, crayfish, fried / braised fish, various types of shrimp. Some of these items have cornstarch, but this is a cheat night, not a regular part of the diet.
Station 7 is vegetarian stir fries, chicken, beef stir fries. Some of the stir fried items are heavily breaded, so beware.
Station 5 has loads of fried items - egg rolls, spring rolls, fried shrimp, fried dumplings. Beware.
Station 4 has hibachi chicken, rice, fried rice, lo mein, soups, etc. Beware the rice and lo mein.
Steer clear of stations 1, 2, 3, 6.
Sushi is OK, but not worth cheating the diet for. I've never tried the hibachi grill.
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