Do you like buffets?

[kenobi65]

...a Brazillian Churrascaria- half-buffet, half reverse buffet (they bring the meat to you).

Mmmmm...steak on swords!

Went to one once. Expensive, but great food. And, I needed to nap for a few hours after we left.

 

[Bullgrit]

I blogged on a buffet just yesterday:

The Food Trough

Yesterday afternoon I took the boys to the park, and afterward, for dinner, I took them to the Golden Corral buffet. It's been a long time since we've been to GC---I used to take the boys there for a dinner once every few weeks or so. We haven't been since the near-3 year old sat in a highchair.

GC is great for a family with diverse tastes. Everyone can find something they want (even if none of it is the best in its class), you can get the food immediately, and you can get as much of it as you want---I can easily get fruits and vegetables in the boys because there's a large selection to choose from.

I used to have to push the younger boy around in his highchair (or pick him up and carry him), back and forth from the table and buffet counter. This time both boys walked and carried their own plates to the buffet with me. The older got his own food from the counter, but I still had to serve the little guy---but he managed to carry a plate full of food without dropping anything.

The most fun thing about going to GC is taking the boys to the dessert buffet. It's like walking into the living room on Christmas morning to them: all the sweets they could possibly imagine, and more they've never seen, all spread out on a long counter. The 6 year old made sure to look at and consider every single dessert, but the 2 year old immediately pointed to a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and said, "I want that!"

I put a slice of cake on the 2 year old's plate, but the 6 year old was still considering the selection. He knew he was only going to get one item [probably], so he wanted to make sure he got the absolute best thing. Me, I got two things, but I announced my second choice was "for us to share." I knew probably neither of the boys would want to try what I got to share. (Yeah, I'm that devious when it comes to dessert.)

Eventually we took our treasures back to the table and ate them. Surprisingly, the 6 year old wanted more food. He went back and got two more slices of pizza. Good gracious, but the boy put away some food. He's only 60 pounds (normal for his age and height), but he ate more than I did: 4 [small] slices of pizza, some pear slices, a heap of pineapple chunks, some carrots, and a chocolate cupcake. (Granted, I probably matched his intake counting my extra dessert.)

The dinner was fun. It's easier now that I don't have to handle a highchair at the table, and clean up is much easier than at home: toss a couple bucks on the table and walk away. God bless waitresses and busboys.

Bullgrit
Total Bullgrit

 

[frankthedm]

I like buffets. Too much. I want to go to one right now. But I have food at home to eat. But I could really eat my money's worth at the local chinese buffet.

agony of choice... Must resist getting fatter! New wardrobe will cost too much!

...Germaphobia, Bah! I'll touch my food to the floor to show how little i care about such things. FDA already had me eat plenty of roach legs and rat feces in canned food so i just don't give a ****. Mind you, my tongue has said "No way" to many a bitefull of buffet food. If that happens, it goes in a napkin.

 

[frankthedm]

Overall, this is the best Chinese buffet i have seen. They used to have an issue with a sewer-smell near the back of the buffet, but that has seem to have cleared up completly. Royal Buffet, Darien, IL : Reviews and maps - Yahoo! Local

2nd Best and at the opposite side of the intersection. they always seem to have crawdads and that is a huge bonus in my book. New China Buffet, Darien, IL : Reviews and maps - Yahoo! Local

This one is average, unless you like crayfish. The crawdad brine makes an awsome soup too. Super China Buffet, Joliet, IL : Reviews and maps - Yahoo! Local

I really want to hit one of these. todai

 

[Richards]

I love buffets. Around here, we hit Golden Corral and Old Country Buffet quite often, and I used to live close to a Cactus Willie's, which was also pretty good. I'm not a big Chinese food fan, but I'll eat Chinese if we go to a Chinese buffet, if only because I'm guaranteed to find something I'll like, in sufficient quantities.

Johnathan

 

[Relique du Madde]

Necromancy buffet?


I generally don't like most Buffets since for some unknown reason many of the ones that exist nearby all serve bad food. However, for some reason I do have a tendency to eat at buffets whenever I'm on vacation (especially to Las Vegas).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

We are currently doing a whole-house renovation, so my kitchen is essentially closed until further notice. About the only thing we can do in there is warm stuff in the mike or make coffee.

Thus, for the first time in a while, my family is going to a holiday buffet at one of the major local hotels. I'm anxiously awaiting my Eggs Benedict, lamb chops, lox & caviar, chocolate mousse and whatever else catches my fancy.

By meal's end, I hope to be doing my best impression of a humanoid Sisyphean boulder.

 

[Demongirl]

I've yet to meet a buffet I didn't like.

 

[Stormborn]

Again, you need to check out a high-end one, such as a holiday buffet at a premiere hotel or a meal at a Brazillian Churrascaria- half-buffet, half reverse buffet (they bring the meat to you).

We had one of those for a little while. I got to eat there once before the owner, who owned several resturaunts in town we liked, seems to have had a nervous and financhial breakdown due to gross mismanagement. So haven't gotten to eat at one since. Sigh. It was incredible.

Of course, I miss his NY style diner that disappeared along with all the rest even more, but mainly because it was closer to our price range for a regular spot to eat.

 

[Mallus]

I'm anxiously awaiting my Eggs Benedict, lamb chops, lox & caviar, chocolate mousse and whatever else catches my fancy.

Sounds nice... my wife and I have taken family to the brunch at the Four Seasons here in Philadelphia, which includes the lushest buffet spread I've ever seen.