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whitev70r 05-29-2025 08:47 AM

Those who are chatting about AYCE is revealing your age ... you're < 35 yo. After that, you just don't get your $$'s worth ... or you go Michelin and it's quality over quantity.

winson604 05-29-2025 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by red kryptonite (Post 9179256)
i always knew it was richmond sushi but i guess they renamed it richmond ninkazu now.
i give it a 7 out of 10, not sure if it was worth the $44 but i would go again.

For today's pricing standards I guess it is, that plate of sashimi you got alone would be at least $20 even at a shitty place in Van. Of course worth it is always subjective with food one could say you could have spent $25 a la carte and been full but spent $44 and was still full :pokerface:

Hondaracer 05-29-2025 08:50 AM

Back to the days of Top Gun sushi at the new west Quay. Ate so much one time thought I was gonna have to throw up driving back over the Patullo

Badhobz 05-29-2025 08:59 AM

Foodie Goodie right my fellow geezers!?!??!

speaking of all you can eat, have you guys been inside uncle willys !??! i havent stepped foot inside that place for over 30 years. i kinda wanna go just for old times sake.

MAKE RS OLD MAN MEAT IN UNCLE WILLYS! I DEMAND IT!

*remember when they had a smoking section inside the restaurant!?!!*

Hondaracer 05-29-2025 09:43 AM

Last time I was in uncle Willy’s was the hellaaaa old one in Guildford in the same complex as Wendy’s on 152nd. Across from the old “oriental buffet”

spoon.ek9 05-29-2025 09:50 AM

Anyone remember the AYCE sushi place that used to be at corner of Cooney/Lansdowne rd? Tokyo something something. It's long gone now, but it was sort of my gateway sushi restaurant experience here in Richmond.

Being a white boy in Calgary, all I ever ate at Japanese restaurants there were teriyaki dishes. This place was where I was finally willing to try California roll and salmon sashimi for the first time lol. Granted, I was still a kid at the time.

bcrdukes 05-29-2025 10:14 AM

Does Uncle Willy's even exist?

Badhobz 05-29-2025 10:20 AM

yeah the metrotown one is still there!

bcrdukes 05-29-2025 10:39 AM

I can't tell if you geezers are serious about having a buffet meet.

I'm making up some demographic statistics of you clowns:
Average value of vehicle (market value) - $80K
Average household income - $500,000 ($250K is welfare status now +look at my signature you jackasses)
Average meal (Dinner) - $750

Factoring all that, and wanting to meet for a cheap buffet - not sure if gloating/flexing or mentally ill

Edit: this post is sarcastic and not to be taken seriously.

Badhobz 05-29-2025 10:51 AM

im clearly retarded already, so BRING IT ON !!!

bcrdukes 05-29-2025 10:51 AM

We'll set one up in mid-to-late September.

Badhobz 05-29-2025 10:53 AM

OMG EXCELLENT

(all our cars will get broken into due to how scummy metrotown is nowadays)

pastarocket 05-29-2025 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9179285)
yeah the metrotown one is still there!


-just checked out the Uncle Willy’s Buffet site.

Oh my, they have a takeout special for their fried chicken hahah.


-probably just one of the few decent items on their menu.

Their fried chicken does not compare with KFC, Churches, chicken lady’s chicken though haha.

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Hondaracer 05-29-2025 11:27 AM

I saw that deal pop up on instagram. For the price it looks wayyy better than the Safeway deal

Badhobz 05-29-2025 11:32 AM

that is super cheap. UNCLE BILLYS IS THE BEST!

GLOW 05-29-2025 12:53 PM

i remember back in 1999 it was dry as hell, but for $4.50 i'm going to have to try it next time i'm out at the office.

Eff-1 05-29-2025 01:33 PM

If anyone is intersted, there's a really fascinating documentary I watched recently.

All You Can Eat: Secrets of the World's Largest Buffet

It's fascinating how they operate this place. So much food, so much variety, and how they make it financialy viable. Essentially it comes down to buying power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqp...%23documentary

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Al...GTKZMAVUILEDVV

rb 05-29-2025 01:55 PM

Uncle Willies RS meet

red kryptonite 05-29-2025 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by winson604 (Post 9179268)
For today's pricing standards I guess it is, that plate of sashimi you got alone would be at least $20 even at a shitty place in Van. Of course worth it is always subjective with food one could say you could have spent $25 a la carte and been full but spent $44 and was still full :pokerface:

Oh I was stuffed! I did 3 rounds and roughly the same amount plus dessert :lawl:

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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9179271)
Foodie Goodie right my fellow geezers!?!??!

speaking of all you can eat, have you guys been inside uncle willys !??! i havent stepped foot inside that place for over 30 years. i kinda wanna go just for old times sake.

MAKE RS OLD MAN MEAT IN UNCLE WILLYS! I DEMAND IT!

*remember when they had a smoking section inside the restaurant!?!!*

Oh I remember being FOB my uncle would take us to “unco Wally” every weekend. Endless roast beef, honey glazed ham, soft serve ice cream and jello. Oh and don’t forget about the 2nd hand smoke at the very end.


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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9179294)
We'll set one up in mid-to-late September.

I’m in!

Badhobz 05-29-2025 04:41 PM

That’s why I love you toys. Even though you’re all rich and successful as fuck, you would come sit with this hood rat geezer at uncle Willy’s eating ghetto chicken that’ll probably send us all to the shitter

:QQ:

bcrdukes 05-29-2025 04:49 PM

Aren't you going to a Michelin star restaurant soon? :lol

Badhobz 05-29-2025 05:30 PM

Pretty sure uncle Billy’s is bitchelin rated.

Mikoyan 05-29-2025 05:31 PM

Good god no, skip Uncle Willy's. We went a year ago with the wife's friend's when had the same idea for a nostalgic cheap buffet with all our kids.

It was gross. Everyone agreed it sounded good on paper but yeah, never again.

RabidRat 05-29-2025 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9179295)
OMG EXCELLENT

(all our cars will get broken into due to how scummy metrotown is nowadays)

We're all carpooling right?? Whose turn is it to not get their deck stolen?

bcrdukes 05-29-2025 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikoyan (Post 9179336)
Good god no, skip Uncle Willy's. We went a year ago with the wife's friend's when had the same idea for a nostalgic cheap buffet with all our kids.

It was gross. Everyone agreed it sounded good on paper but yeah, never again.

With the tokens you printed us, we'll be eligible for our seniors discount! :pokerface: :lawl: :speechless:


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