CHOICE HIBACHI IS A TERRIBLE "RESTAURANT."
ONCE UPON A TIME...
I suggested to go eat at Choice Hibachi because I've heard soooo many people raving about it (by ear and I've seen so much love for Hibachi on FACEBOOK).
A lot of people obviously have never been to a nice Chinese restaurant and had good Asian cuisine before.
My family's first clue(s) to get back into our car and drive away was a herd of 400lb individuals with full bellies waddling through the front entrance and a SUPREMELY MORBIDLY OBESE man exiting the "restaurant."
The inside of Hibachi was frighteningly similar to GOLDEN CORRAL...
To make a long story short, the salmon was grey, sushi = terrible, little brother's entree food was cold.... THEY HAD MASHED SWEET POTATOES?? WITH MARSHMALLOWS. AND MAC 'N' CHEESE.
HIBACHI LOOKED LIKE (IT IS!) A CHINESE GOLDEN CORRAL.
When my family asked for tea, we got a pot of hot water, and COFFE MUGS (not tea cups!) with tea bags in them and SLICES OF LEMON on the side.
Not culturally Asian at all!!
Like... they were DENNY's coffee mugs! I couldn't believe it.
My mom got PO'd and told us & the waitress, AND everyone within a 10ft radius that we were leaving, this restaurant had terrible food, etc.
So, we just left.
The food on the buffet in Hibachi is MSG laden, drowned in soy sauce, and sugars--- all of which are down right useful when you have poor-quality ingredients to start with: flavor enhancers disguise and mask the TRUE low quality of the food.
The little food I ingested made me ill.
I only had a couple pieces of veggie sushi & some "teriyaki salmon" (which still had the /skin/ on it & was grey & mangled). It's gross. It gave me a headache and stomach cramps.
The restaurant doesn't seem sanitary, either.
AND HIBACHI NOT A GOOD DEAL!!
BAD FOOD IS A WASTE OF MONEY.
Go take the money you waste there, and buy some delicious, FRESH Chinese/Japanese/Korean cuisine at CHINA ROYAL (in Forest) or JADE PALACE (on Timberlake Rd).
They have REAL ASIAN WAITRESSES, too! :D (Who are really accommodating and ). Better, yet, they have super lovely atmosphere. They also serve hot tea in pots with china cups~ and DON'T CHARGE YOU FOR IT! :D
Wouldn't it be lovely to sit down and not have to have people buzzing around your family getting up from their seats and the hustle and bustle and gristly smell of the buffet wrecking your senses? Yes, it would be lovely.
Jade Palace has oil lamps at every table. It's docile. The music is soothing. The staff won't rush you to leave, even if it's late. (They're open till 11 p.m.). It's so nice there!! :)
You can eat economically and eat high quality food! SHARE two entrees at a sit down place like Jade Palace! You'll save SO much $$$$ and be able to feel like a family in the solitude.
Hibachi has proven to be successful, though- the people who created it are geniuses! People love salty, fatty food, and LOTS OF IT! :D Just like at Golden Corral, but with General Tso's cat meat instead of tough steaks. ;D
SO STOP RAVING ABOUT HOW AWESOME HIBACHI IS.
It is neither:-accomodating-clean-delicious-awesome-pleasantly fragrant-or any other quality associated with a /real/ restaurant.
BOTTOM LINE: Hibachi is overrated by people who value quantity and convenience over quality and accommodation.
If you're CRAVIN ASIAN-
GO TO JADE PALACE ON TIMBERLAKE ROAD. read more