I just had the all-you-can eat special at Sushi Hama in Tucson, for
$19.50. I had ten 2-each orders of nigiri (maguro, hamachi, sake,
shiro maguro, tako, ika, unagi, hotetegai, and hokigai. The sushi is
all made to order, not selected from a buffet table. I also had two
temaki--salmon skin and calamari. They also give you edamame,
misoshiru, fake japanese salad with iceberg lettuce and fake crab, and
your choice of any or all of gyoza, tempura, and udon (I had the
gyoza, but skipped the tempura and udon, not because I didn't want
them, but beause I couldn't eat that much).

Nothing was the best I've ever had, but everything was very decent
except the salmon skin hand roll, which was terrible), and I enjoyed
it very much, especially at the very reasonable price.

On Monday through Thursday, the same deal is $15 and change, an even
better deal.

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Ken Blake
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Question: Do they make you finish all the rice there? That's why I
like Todai, because they don't, so they don't just fill you up on
cheap rice. I got a sound yelling at at Harvest Buffet in NY once for
leaving over rice from the sushi, tho I later became friendly with the
guy who was doing the yelling. Harvest Buffet, by the way, is the
best Asian buffet that I've ever seen. I wish they'd branch out.

wrote on Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:43:15 -0800
(PST):

w Question: Do they make you finish all the rice there?
That's why I
w like Todai, because they don't, so they don't just fill you
w up on cheap rice. I got a sound yelling at at Harvest
w Buffet in NY once for leaving over rice from the sushi, tho
w I later became friendly with the guy who was doing the
w yelling. Harvest Buffet, by the way, is the best Asian
w buffet that I've ever seen. I wish they'd branch out.

One of my favorite Japanese restaurants, Matuba in Bethesda, MD,
has a kaiten AYCE buffet. There is a sign saying that they are
not serving sashimi and threatening to place an extra charge on
those who don't eat the rice. Personally, I agree with this and
I think it is rather irresponsible to just eat the fish since
prices assume that you will eat the whole thing.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

I don't just eat the fish, but their standard rice-fish proportion
might be too high for me, so sometimes I might leave over some rice,
and I don't want to be in a place where they have leftover rice
police. I hardly leave over any rice at the Todai anyway, since
beside the sushi they have a bowl of just fish pieces.

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:43:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Question: Do they make you finish all the rice there?


Sorry, no idea.

They do have a note on the menu that if you order something and don't
eat it, they will charge you full price for it. I have no idea whether
they enforce that rule, but I wouldn't have a problem if they did. It
seems fair to me.


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I'm a sushi outlaw. I don't always eat all the rice. They'll never
take me alive!