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Oysy

November 11, 2009 11:20 PM

he other day, I noticed that there was a new restaurant on the East Side that claimed to offer a seafood and sushi buffet. Being a fan of seafood, sushi, and buffets, I decided I had to check this out. To my surprise, chelsadilla--normally a vehement anti-seafood advocate--was really into the idea of trying it out, especially when we read some stuff online indicating that they had several non-seafood options.

The food at Oysy isn't the best I've ever had. The crab legs were cold (intentionally, I think), some of the sushi had been sitting out too long, and the non-seafood options were limited, although I think chelsadilla wasn't disappointed by the place. On the other hand, this place had all-you-can-eat crab legs, all-you-can-eat sushi, and mounds of other food.

In addition to the crab legs, the raw bar featured peel-and-eat shrimp and oysters on the half shell. Other offerings included an entire buffet counter that seemed to feature pretty much just whole baked fish fillets and the obligatory giant hunk of roast beef. There seemed to be two soup choices (an udon variety and your standard miso). To my surprise, the place even has frog legs. Chelsadilla brought some to our table. I had a bite. They were terrible, but I can't say if that's because they were frog legs or if it's because they were frog legs prepared at an all-you-can-eat seafood place.

Aside from getting some tempura shrimp and vegetables--which were awesome--I bypassed almost all of the non-sushi options. As I mentioned, some of the sushi seemed like it had been sitting out too long, but that only applied to the pieces I got on my first trip. i think that might be more a result of the fact that we came in well before the dinner rush. Those first pieces might have been left over from lunch. Later, when more people started showing up, the sushi chefs started continually making fresh sushi, and they were all at least passable.

The worst part of the whole thing was the dessert. There was one offering that was completely unidentifiable. Based on chelsadilla's reactions to it, I wonder if it was actually meant to be eaten. The cheesecake I tried was, frankly, terrible. And there were these little chocolate-looking cake things that were actually coffee cakes that I hated but chesadilla liked.

When we left Oysy, we were full and happy. The food was, on the whole, fairly decent. I think that the price was a little steep--right around $20 per person. I'd have to give it a value ratio of about .8--it's closer to being worth about $15 to $16 a person. If I were in the mood to completely gorge myself on food, I'd happily pay $15 more and go to Samba. I don't regret going to Oysy, I'd go there again if I was with people that wanted to, but I don't think I'd seek it out.


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