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| - I needed to start working on my "restaurants I still need to try" bucket list for 2016, and since I was in Pineville checking out a car off craigslist, I figured no better time to try #1 on my list, Mr. Tokyo. I was fully aware of the AYCE offering and I was more than ready for the challenge.
You sit down to a check list and some golf pencils to make your selections. I ordered agedashi tofu, miso soup, avocado salad, 1 piece of salmon nigiri, vegetable tempura, and the snow white roll. I thought I had accidentally ordered too much but I guess I was hungry because I managed to finish it all without any problem.
Anywho, on to the food. The agedashi tofu came out with a nice small amount but it could have been a bit crispier and served with a little more of the dashi. The miso was the sweet shiro miso variety and was alright, but I probably won't get this next time, it was the only thing I didn't finish. The avocado salad was great, and came topped with a slightly sweet carrot ginger dressing, my favorite. The salmon was wonderfully fresh, I will order more things with salmon on my next visit. I ordered the vegetable tempura, craving a little something fried, forgetting that I had already ordered the age tofu but I sure am glad I did. It came out piping hot with a superbly crispy and thin batter. Super good but the serving was a bit too generous and took up a little too much precious stomach real estate. Finally, there was the snow white roll. I struggled to decide between this one and a spicy one, but the cute little waitress said this was her favorite so I decided to try it. I will say she did warn me that it was sweet, and indeed it did turn out to be a little sweeter than I would have liked, and definitely too heavily sauced, but the ingredient all tasted super fresh so I can't judge too harshly. I just wish it was a half sized roll instead a full size so that I could have tried more than one.
As far as the service it was super attentive, if not a bit too much so. The table next to me might have craved a little more attention from our waitress but we got to chatting about Japan, Korean dramas, and Taipei (where the waitress was from) after she noticed I pronounced "age" in the age tofu correctly....you know, it happens. Everyone was very friendly and the food came out quickly and hot when necessary. Next time I will bring a friend along so that I can try more things on the menu. Note that the price for the lunch has gone up to 11.99 for adults. Still a steal if you ask me. Please mow down RuSans and put a Mr. Tokyo in its place so that its closer to me....a girl can dream.
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