Last year I signed up on their site thinking I would at least get a
discount coupon or some special. Well, it's just useless ads and a
waste of time. No breaks or discounts at all.

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:15:28 -0800 (PST), James
> wrote:

> Last year I signed up on their site thinking I would at least get a
> discount coupon or some special. Well, it's just useless ads and a
> waste of time. No breaks or discounts at all.



In my view, I wouldn't go to Todai even if they offered me a
substantial discount. I went once and it was terrible. Never again.

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On 2009-02-12 10:19:05 -0800, Ken Blake
> said:

> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:15:28 -0800 (PST), James
> > wrote:
>
>> Last year I signed up on their site thinking I would at least get a
>> discount coupon or some special. Well, it's just useless ads and a
>> waste of time. No breaks or discounts at all.
>
> In my view, I wouldn't go to Todai even if they offered me a
> substantial discount. I went once and it was terrible. Never again.

I've been twice, and not in 3 years. I thought it was great--but I
wouldn't eat the sushi in any buffet.
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On Feb 12, 8:15*am, James > wrote:
> Last year I signed up on their site thinking I would at least get a
> discount coupon or some special. *Well, it's just useless ads and a
> waste of time. *No breaks or discounts at all.


I think they still give you a free meal coupon if you go there on your
birthday. I'm a Todai fan, especially the one in Westminster, near
Gerry. That's my favorite Todai.

On Feb 12, 8:15*am, James > wrote:
> Last year I signed up on their site thinking I would at least get a
> discount coupon or some special. *Well, it's just useless ads and a
> waste of time. *No breaks or discounts at all.

They used to offer discounts by email, but no more. I think you still
get a free meal voucher if you go on your birthday, but not sure.
Maybe at some places. Used to be you could eat free on your birthday
but you'd have to pay the price of getting surrounded by the Todai
staff singing happy birthday.

I just heard that Todai closed their Manhattan restaurant. I believe
it has turned into a Todai clone, like "Todai HB" in Huntington Beach,
CA.

anyway i dont like to eat in todai,not feel very good

Anyway, yeah Todai still emails me discounts, but I think they've gone
downhill in quality and quantity, at least the other day when I was
there. What's the best places in Orange Cty.-San Diego for
traditional (as opposed to fusion/fancy rolls) sushi these days?

sometime in the recent past posted this:
> Anyway, yeah Todai still emails me discounts, but I think they've gone
> downhill in quality and quantity, at least the other day when I was
> there. What's the best places in Orange Cty.-San Diego for
> traditional (as opposed to fusion/fancy rolls) sushi these days?
>
>
Can't help you with San Diego as I'm in Maine :-(

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Wilson N44º39" W67º12"

Hey, can you still get those great Maine sea urchins up there, or have
they all been fished out and/or shipped to Japan?

You know what you see here in California but no place else in the
country as far as I know? Fresh abalone.

sometime in the recent past posted this:
> Hey, can you still get those great Maine sea urchins up there, or have
> they all been fished out and/or shipped to Japan?
>
> You know what you see here in California but no place else in the
> country as far as I know? Fresh abalone.
Yes, there's still a pretty good green sea urchin industry up here. Season's
closed right now and the funny thing is, none of the sushi vendors here use
the local urchins. What we get has usually been sent to Boston and sold back
to the Maine restaurants.

Never get abalone here, but I understand even in Cali. it's quite expensive.
I keep asking for the geoducks, but even though they're listed as seasonal,
I can't seem to find out what season that is. :-(

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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:36:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> Hey, can you still get those great Maine sea urchins up there, or have
> they all been fished out and/or shipped to Japan?
>
> You know what you see here in California but no place else in the
> country as far as I know? Fresh abalone.


I've had awabi (fresh abalone) at several sushi bars in New York. I
haven't had any recently though, since I seldom get to NY sushi bars
these days. So whether they still have it there, I'm not sure.

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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:06:55 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> Anyway, yeah Todai still emails me discounts, but I think they've gone
> downhill in quality and quantity, at least the other day when I was
> there.



Or rather than their going downhill, perhaps your taste is improving
<gd&r>. As you may remember, I've long thought that Todai was very
poor.

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Ken Blake wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:36:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>
>>Hey, can you still get those great Maine sea urchins up there, or have
>>they all been fished out and/or shipped to Japan?
>>
>>You know what you see here in California but no place else in the
>>country as far as I know? Fresh abalone.
>
> I've had awabi (fresh abalone) at several sushi bars in New York. I
> haven't had any recently though, since I seldom get to NY sushi bars
> these days. So whether they still have it there, I'm not sure.

I had it a few times when I was in San Francisco back in 2000.
I also had it a couple more times in Boston's Chinatown.

--
Dan

>
> Or rather than their going downhill, perhaps your taste is improving
> <gd&r>. As you may remember, I've long thought that Todai was very
> poor.
>



Nah, I don't think so. I still like decent sushi in copious
quantities, but Todai didn't seem to have the decent stuff any more -
like what they (controversially) called white tuna - and even the semi-
decent stuff was very scarce, the trays being largely empty. I don't
think I'm the only one who's perceived the quality decline.

Isn't it illegal to sell fresh abalone outside of California? You see
it in the fish markets here in CA. Awesome fresh seafood here,
vegetables too.

wrote on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:16:31 -0700 (PDT):


>> Or rather than their going downhill, perhaps your taste is
>> improving <gd&r>. As you may remember, I've long thought that
>> Todai was very poor.
>>
> Nah, I don't think so. I still like decent sushi in copious
> quantities, but Todai didn't seem to have the decent stuff any
> more - like what they (controversially) called white tuna -
> and even the semi- decent stuff was very scarce, the trays
> being largely empty. I don't think I'm the only one who's
> perceived the quality decline.

What is their "white tuna": albacore or escolar? There's a big
difference in their effects on many people's digestions.

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James Silverton
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Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

>
> What is their "white tuna": albacore or escolar? There's a big
> difference in their effects on many people's digestions.

Escolar. Anyway it seems to be gone now, along with most of their
other tasty little sushi fishies.