Japanese Food Buffet

We went to this really upscale Japanese buffet around the Zhongshan station called Shin Yeh.

Shin Yeh

This lady in a kimono greeted us, opened the main door, and showed us to the receptionist, who showed us to our table upstairs. On the way, you hear a loud “Irasshaimase!” and all the other workers soon after yell the same thing in tandem. This happened every time a new group came in, and was actually still pretty cool the 10th time around.

Inside Shin Yeh

The place itself is pretty nice: well-lit and well-decorated. Interesting choices in food too: not as much in terms of variety as many of the bigger Japanese buffets in the States, but the quality was definitely there, definitely very fresh fish. The sashimi bar had dedicated workers that asked what you wanted and then gave it to you.

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A lot of the food though, wasn’t of the raw fish variety, with 4 different soups, lots of noodles, prime rib, sea food, tempura, and other goodies.

My first plate.

Sorry about the crappy picture, but look at the size of that oyster! Biggest sucker I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating. Bunch of other interesting things on that plate as well, like the small cup with red bean rice, roe, and shrimp, and a smoked salmon tart with a potato or egg salad-ish thing for filling.

Inside Shin Yeh 3

Probably the most interesting thing was this suspended hot pot there with what I think was sukiyaki inside. Good stuff.

The dessert bar was also nothing to sneeze at, with a bunch of stuff like creme brulee, sesame, coffee, and coconut jelly shots, bunch of cakes, red bean soup with mochi balls, and other things.

They even had a drink bar where you ask for drinks like juice, cappuccino, Calpis, wine, and beer. Had an interesting experience trying to ask the guy there for Calpis while pronouncing it as “Cal-piss” when in Chinese it’s pronounced “He-pi-su”.

All in all, this place was evil. Way too easy to overeat and I had to waddle my way back home.