I thought of this thread the other day when my mom was telling a friend about my uncle's (and his friends, all from NJ) experience at an "all you can eat buffet." Four 6ft+ tall men at these buffets were HILARIOUS!! haha. Like a kid at a candy store.

I will be thinking of this thread when I go to the AYCE place close to my house.

I did think of something that you're not necessarily forgetting, but it's optional in traditional guacamole---jalapenos.

I'm from Alaska, and the only buffets are Chinese, but they aren't very popular (but pretty good). I think in Anchorage there is some sort of Texan restaurant that does that sort of thing. I don't think we eat much food like that, we're more seafood people if we're going out to eat.

Did your MIL move to San Antonio?

I totally saw that show "Drive-Ins, Diners and Dive" with Guy Fieri and he stopped in a restaurant in San Antonio where they put chili on their enchiladas. What did Guy say? "mmmm i love Mexican food." I've NEVER been to a place that put chili on their enchiladas. It didn't even look appetizing!

Correction which I should have made before: I was told that it happened to my two friends, but they were taking advantage of my naivety. If you saw these two men, you would have believed it happened, too. I only found out that it had happened after the abuse heaped on me at the last post - with apologies from those who did it.

Now I just remind them that "All You Can Eat" is an option, not a dare.

Did you ever go to Imperial China Buffet on upper Peach? When I was in undergrad (at the same time as you), my friends and I would go there almost every Sunday morning (which was really afternoon) - we thought it was the best hangover food we'd ever have. It's either taken a huge downturn or our palettes have matured because we tried going there once this summer after a bachelorette party and most of us hated the food and ended up sick by the end of the day - how did we eat that crap???

Man, how did I miss this...no she moved to Dallas. But seriously, chili? On an enchilada? No thanks...I'll take some chili on fries, burger, hot dog....but enchiladas? Gross.

LOL. When I was pregnant with Max, I was miserably sick with a condition called HG that made me seriously nauseated EVERY moment of the day. The ONLY place I could find relief was this certain Chinese buffet.

I went in there one day between lunch and dinner. It was 3:15. They started dinner at 3:30. I was there for the crab legs and expected to be charged a dinner price since it was 3:30 by the time I was seated and began eating the dinner foods.

Anyway, I had been there about 30 minutes and had one plate of crab legs. I had to eat them slowly to keep them down. I thought the waitress was going to ask me for a refill of my drink, but instead she took the plate that I was ACTUALLY STILL EATING OFF from OUT OF MY HAND. She threw me out saying I was trying to cheat the restaurant by eating dinner at a lunch price.

I tried to explain that I had expected the dinner price, as I was eating dinner foods. But, they said I had to go. I waddled out, but I still won't go to that place anymore.

Despite my hometown recently being named the fattest place in America, there's not too many all-you-can-eat places I can think of. There's a few Chinese places, two Shoney's, and a Golden Corral. It should be noted, though, that the Shoney's breakfast bar is a gift from God.

If you want to see the Mother Lode of All You Can Eat Buffet places, then run don't walk to Branson, MO. Country music shows + outlet malls = AYCE restaurants galore.

And to the earlier poster(I forgotten who said it) who discussed the buffet experiences on cruise ships, I heartily agree! It totally grossed me out to watch that excessive behavior.

Have you been to Vegas?!

LOL - yes! I think they might be tied for the prize!