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Day 41Posted Jul 14, 2026

New Ichiban Buffet

Nicholasville, KY
960 N Main St, Nicholasville, KY 40356

A huge koi pond you can feed, 'better than going to the Newport Aquarium', made up for chicken wings swimming in water, celery in the seafood and no pizza. 2.7 stars.

Burst crab rangoon: rated below 3.02.7His ratingYelp said 3.0
  • Rangoons Goonin'
  • Pizza NoNo pizza, called out on the line and in the verdict.

Dishes

  • Crab rangoonVery good, and gooning (see Rangoons).02:00
  • Chicken wingSwimming in what looked like water, not sauce ('mystery chicken wing soup'), but the flavor is okay.02:14
  • Mac and cheeseActually looked pretty good on the line.02:58
  • Cheese-topped itemThe cheese on top looked old, and it doesn't taste right.03:37
  • Seafood dish with celeryCelery in a seafood dish, which he's never had: 'No, thank you.'02:54

Halls

What he said

“Does [New Ichiban] deserve 3 stars? I'm gonna say no. I think it deserves 2.7 stars. There's no fucking pizza.”
04:55 from TikTok's auto-captions
“But you know what is cool? I get to feed the koi fish, and that's probably the coolest shit I've ever seen so far.”
05:02 from TikTok's auto-captions
“This is better than going to the Newport Aquarium. I don't even care about the buffet anymore.”
01:33 from TikTok's auto-captions
“That's pretty good. Very good. I am most definitely gooning right now”
03:51 from TikTok's auto-captions
“I don't know what this chicken wing swimming in, but it ain't sauce. I mean, this is just water.”
02:14 from TikTok's auto-captions
“Why are you putting celery in the seafood line? I have never had celery in this. No, thank you.”
04:34 from TikTok's auto-captions

Also noticed

  • A heartwarming thumbs-up sign at the door, a Christmas tree stand outside he almost tripped over, bamboo-stick sneeze-guard bars, and a lot of thick, shoddy caulking on the buffets. 00:13
  • A sign asking whoever grabbed food by hand to stop ('I used tongs'). 01:44

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