Anyone ever heard of Todai?

[bigwong235]

it's an all you can eat sushi/seafood restaurant. after the first time i went there, i figured that all my asian friends would know about it, but when i asked them, they had no idea... so, ever been to/heard of one?

[amietron]

TODAI. i went to one in orange, in southern cali, on christmas day in 2000. i hated it. first of all, i wasn't hungry for whatever reason. second, an obese black family was seated at a table behind us, so i could see them pretty clearly from my diagonal view.. were sitting at the table eating like PIGS. really. no joke. their bellies were hitting the edge of the table, and their plates were piled with loads and loads of food. the floor around their table had rice scattered all over it. watching them eat lobster for just a few minutes disgusted me. made me think: "teach your damn kids some fucking manners." it was really sickening. needless to say, i did not eat a thing there. i'm not a big fan of buffet places because of this incident.

[ImrkevinpakI]

you wimp...lol

I would still go there after they left..haha.

This place is in california right?

[ChinaLama]

Only "Todai" i heard is the one mentioned in Love Hina, Tokyo University.

[karizma]

>> todai is like a disgrace to japanese cuisine. holy crap the sushi is horrible and most of the food they have isnt even real asian food. i went to the one in san jose, id hope that not all todai chains are like this =/...i paid 50 bucks for 2 people at lunchtime and what did i get? a stomache ache. *bitter*

[wylin]

each todai is indpendantly owned, the one in hacienda hts/puente hills mall, glendale, and also in huntington beach down here are the best!

yummy sushi is good at those but i just rape the snow crap leg bin might as well get my moneys worth

[kboy75]

Todai is like the Sizzler (or McDonald's) of sushi. You don't know why, but sometimes you just go and find yourslef there.

If you want real sushi, you should go to a local Japanese restaurant or something.

[achtungbaby]

Todai, back in the day, used to be pretty good actually. Sure, it's always been a buffet, but like 10 years ago I think sushi was a lot more expensive and it wasn't as mainstream as it is now. Places like Sushi Boy didn't exist.

I do remember the last time I went to Todai and I thought it was pretty cheesy. I think they replaced most of the Japanese sushi chefs with Mexican ones.

Then again, I'm basically no-maintenance when it comes to food...as long as it's dead and it gets in my mouth.

[DaBestSpooner]

buffets are gross period. The ones here should the pay by the minute plans that buffets in other parts of the world have.

[princess]

[quote:88fe7bc06e="achtungbaby"]I think they replaced most of the Japanese sushi chefs with Mexican ones. [/quote:88fe7bc06e]

that happens at a lot of asian restaurants, i noticed

[thaite]

So what's with the big boom in 'Pacific rim' restaurants, lately?

[kasia]

i like it when the todai waiters sing happy birthday.

[OHTotoro]

I heard the worst restaurant rendition of Happy Birthday a couple days ago... I was at the Loft, a local Hawaiian restaurant, and the place was half full and out of the, maybe, six servers that were there only 2 started singing. Once the singing started the restaurant kinda got quiet and turned to see who's b-day it was. Then under that scrutiny the 2 servers just trails off. It was soooo bad it was good. :D

[achtungbaby]

I used to be a waiter in college, and lemme tell ya, we [i:e757f08ddf]hated [/i:e757f08ddf]singing that crap. It's practically demeaning or something, you feel like a little performing monkey. Immediately after the song was over all the waiters would always run off in different directions, anything to get away from the lava of cheese.

[bigwong235]

happy happy birthday from all of us to you...

i think the todai waiters are the funniest cause you don't know exactly what language they're speaking...

[kasia]

i just remember they kept screaming "DIE!"

and then i realized they were actually saying, "toDAI" :wink:

[dwhitez]

Yea, I like red lobster too.

[dwhitez]

I have no clue what I'm doing.

[bigwong235]

more tea?

[mizkisses]

[quote:1ae7e5bfd6="bigwong235"]it's an all you can eat sushi/seafood restaurant. after the first time i went there, i figured that all my asian friends would know about it, but when i asked them, they had no idea... so, ever been to/heard of one?[/quote:1ae7e5bfd6]

yup. i want to get a job there. waitressing. fun. tips make lots of moolah. yay. money. i need a job :cry:

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by wylin@Jun 19 2002, 12:17 AM
each todai is indpendantly owned, the one in hacienda hts/puente hills mall, glendale, and also in huntington beach down here are the best!

yummy sushi is good at those but i just rape the snow crap leg bin might as well get my moneys worth
Damn. Wish I had seen this thread before. I do exactly what will does and go for crab only. Plus the owners of the Todai I go to are Taiwanese, so we get a discount.

[BaiginLong]

OOOOHHHH MAN TODAI IN HOUSTON R0X0RZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P
Expensive though but more than worth it
I brought five of my friends there for my first and only b-day party during my senior year of H.S. and paid for all of them but hey heheh
love the sushi there