Wide Array Of Cuisines Available At New Tokyo Bay Buffet On SR 7

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Wide Array Of Cuisines Available At New Tokyo Bay Buffet On SR 7

Story and Photos by Julie Unger

Tokyo Bay Buffet opened this past spring in Royal Palm Beach offering more than 50 kinds of fresh sushi, hibachi, seafood, homemade desserts and more.

Manager Johnny Chen is excited about the new location, which complements another Tokyo Bay Buffet restaurant in Georgia. Tokyo Bay Buffet is special, Chen explained, because it is different from other Asian buffet restaurants.

His favorite dish on the vast multi-part buffet is the Thai Mango Shrimp.

“It’s peeled shrimp with fresh mango sauce and other vegetables,” Chen said. “It’s a little bit sweet, spicy, and it’s really nice. That’s why it’s my favorite.”

It’s also one of the most popular of Tokyo Bay Buffet’s many offerings.

Chen has eight years of experience in the industry and is proud of the unique offerings and style at Tokyo Bay Buffet.

“We serve sushi, hibachi, Asian food, Chinese food, seafood like snow crab, cocktail shrimp and oysters. We have homemade desserts as well, like crème brulee,” he said.

The dishes reflect many different cultures: sushi and hibachi are Japanese, the hot dishes are Asian, mostly Chinese and Thai, as well as the seafood. Some of the most popular seafood items are the snow crab and oysters.

The recipes are also very authentic, Chen explained. Chinese food in China is different from typical Chinese food in the United States, he explained, but Japanese food doesn’t change much, except for the addition of cream cheese in some items. In Japan, dairy isn’t common. “What you see here,” he said, “if you go to Japan, you’ll get these items as well.”

All of the sushi is made fresh on the premises. Every day, special orders of fish are flown in from a Japanese company that provides the freshest sushi-grade fish products. Seasonal fish are often featured, since when a particular fish is in season it has the best flavor, Chen added.

Looking at the vast array of sushi plates available, you may notice something interesting. Some of the sushi plates only have a few pieces out at a time. That’s intentional and by design.

“We serve a lot of different sushi. It’s fresh-made. It’s different from the other buffets. We have people behind the bar. We make it in little bits, and once it runs out, we refill it right away, so all the sushi is fresh,” Chen said. “When people take them and they finish, we make another one fresh.”

There are chefs at the ready by the sushi and hibachi areas, able to skillfully and artfully make whatever is running low. Typical sushi buffets, Chen added, may only have 10 types of sushi. At Tokyo Bay Buffet, they rotate more than 50 different types to keep the menu varied and customers interested as they try new flavors and enjoy their favorites.

Some of the sushi types available recently included: Rainbow Naturo, which is salmon, tuna, white tuna, avocado and cucumber; Philadelphia roll, with cream cheese, cucumber and crab; Mexican Roll, with spicy crab, tempura shrimp and asparagus; Tempura Shrimp, with shrimp, cucumber, asparagus and lettuce; the MVP roll, which has tempura shrimp, asparagus and avocado; the Hawaii Roll, with salmon skin, avocado and spicy salmon; the J&B Roll, with salmon, cream cheese and avocado; the Crazy Tuna, with pepper tuna, avocado and spicy tuna; the Dancing Ell Roll, with cream cheese, cucumber, masago, eel and avocado; the 7 West Roll, with cucumber, avocado, crab, asparagus, spicy tuna and spicy crab; and many more.

Everything is made fresh, and in small batches, including the hibachi station, which allows diners to create their own hibachi dish.

In addition, there are four soups (miso, hot and sour, wonton and seafood) to enjoy before heading to the fresh fruit and homemade desserts.

Catering and takeout are available. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Dinner is available Monday through Thursday, and Sunday, from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Dinner on Friday and Saturday is available from 5 to 10:30 p.m.

Tokyo Bay Buffet is located at 165 S. State Road 7 in Royal Palm Beach. For more information, call (561) 753-5566 or visit www.tokyobaybuffet.com.

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