Showing posts with label all you can eat. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Vegas: Biwon Korean BBQ and Sushi


If you're offended or upset by food porn, or it's getting close to lunch but you've got some time left yet before you can fill the aching void in your digestive tract, turn back now. This post is full, absolutely stuffed to the gills, with photography of a culinarily salacious and seductive manner. At least, it is if you're into things like smoky, hot grilled meat and cool, sweet and supple sushi. Not only can you get your Korean-barbecue fix at this awesome restaurant but sushi too! I'm not kidding. It really is the best of both worlds. It's like some sort of drama where a sassy Korean girl who loves meat won a stoic Japanese sushi chef's heart and their kids got sick of them bickering over what to have for dinner and opened this place, happy ending. At least, that's how I can imagine this place being brought into existence, but I'm absolutely not the expert on this one. Whatever fantastic fortune of fate collided to make this place happen is one I'm grateful for. 


It really is genius. Korean barbecue is made at the table, requiring a hot grill and a measure of patience as you watch your food sizzle and cook before your eyes. Your nostrils (and clothes) will fill with the scents of seared meats, and a bounty of banchan will likely proliferate. One thing I found interesting was that things like lettuce and rice were ordered ala cart, but it makes sense given that their business model is all you can eat. That's right, my friends- not only are you able to satisfy your need for piping hot bulgogi and samgyeupsal steaming off the grill, but gobble up salmon and sushi rolls, too, and as much as you can stuff inside your face! There's an upcharge for going the combined route- you could absolutely dine in the sushi dining room, or opt for just Korean barbeque, and that's totally okay. We, however, we hungry and wanted to treat ourselves, so we went all out.  While you wait (hungry, impatient, drooling) for your meat to cook, sushi orders can pop up and fill that void in your life. Isn't that sort of like heaven?


And overall, it was good. Damn good. We left absolutely stuffed, and I don't think we ate anything else for the rest of the day. We could barely move...and we had barely even scratched the surface of their extensive menu. There's all sorts of ways to upgrade your meal, from opting to do both sushi and barbeque to paying an extra charge to have the high-end cuts in your barbeque or getting boozy with some soju or cocktails. Some items are limited, like at most all you can eat places, so we don't resent that. Again, the business is here to make money, and they can't give away all their food at low prices or they'd have to shut their doors and that would be a crying shame. I've been wanting to go back, though it was a bit expensive since we had to #treatourselves ... soon, though, we'll be back. I'm definitely curious to try other parts of their menu and to share this find with friends who'd enjoy it as much as we did. Definitely a place to have a celebratory meal, and I feel like there's more to celebrate coming our way this year. 


More photos below!

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Vegas: Dinner at Sushi Twister and love for a sick girl


Surf clam and octopus in the forefront here.

Sushi Twister has been our go-to All You Can Eat sushi restaurant in Las Vegas for years now. I've written several Yelp reviews on them over time and my opinion has changed with subsequent visits. My very first impression wasn't super positive as I felt they stuffed too much rice into their rolls, but since then the balance has been established and their rolls and nigiri are delicious. On the best of days they have super white tuna nigiri available, which is Antho's favorite, but we're always happy to have uni (sea urchin) and ikura (salmon roe) with amaebi (sweet shrimp). If they offer to serve you the deep fried heads, take it! They are delicious! The heads have all that delicious shrimpy flavour but with extra crunch as they get a quick bath in tempura batter before hitting the oil. You can eat the whole thing, brains and all, and I absolutely recommend it. It's the next best thing to eating the live shrimp in Noryangjin market in Korea. 





We also really like their baked mussels, but there's a ton of hot food options available in their appetiser menu- everything from gyoza and deep fried tofu to rice bowls and salads. Their tempura has been consistently delicious too. If you're not big on sushi there's a lot of options, too, like teriyaki chicken and rice to a roll made with grilled beef instead of fish. We love ourselves some fish and will take it in all it's forms, form raw to deep fried, so there's hardly an item on their menu that we haven't tried at least once. The only real complaint that's ever come up is an item being too spicy for Antho, but if you order off their spicy menu you go into it knowing you run that risk. Lucky for us I can handle the heat and I was able to clear our plate, as the rule for most AYCE places applies here as well: any plates you do not finish will be charged at full take out price. Unfortunately for Sushi Twister we've yet to take on that challenge and walk away defeated. 


As always we had a delicious meal. We never feel rushed here. Sometimes the chefs might get swamped with orders, but if you're patient they'll be more than happy to take care of you when they get the opportunity. We've seen some customers get rude with the sushi chefs and I always hate seeing that... being unpleasant with the people handling your food doesn't incentivise them to cater to you! This restaurant can get quite busy with all the take-out orders, All You Can Eat customers, regular customers ordering off the menu....  being a dick to the girl taking your drink orders isn't going to do much good. If you're in a hurry to get a specific meal you can always order ahead and get your food to go, otherwise relax and enjoy your stay. The food is well worth it if you let the cooks do their jobs. 


Another bonus to dining at Sushi Twister is their rewards card- if you visit their restaurant often enough and have the All You Can Eat meal you can earn a free one! This is great for people like us who adore sushi and go together, as each meal for the two of us garners us two stamps on the card, getting us closer to a half-price meal each time we indulge. Fabulous.