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Old 10-12-2006, 01:03 AM
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i'm not down with the buffet either... although i do enjoy souplantation on occassion. mmm... yummie!
OH CAN I GET AN AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love souplantation. By far the best buffet ever!
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Old 10-12-2006, 09:10 AM
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When I was little we used to go to this place with a rotating buffet - it was super sweet. I think it was called Golden Carousel or something. I don't remember the quality but I always wanted to go there because the food spun.

No one's mentioned pizza buffets yet. There's tons around me... Pizza Hut, CiCis, Hungry Parrot.
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Old 10-12-2006, 09:13 AM
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ban buffets? NEVER!!! you kill me.... I love them... that's why I fat. Chinese buffets are the best and Golden Corral... the nearest one to me is in Largo... I can't be going that far to stuff my face but damn now I'm hungry
I'm with you on Chinese and Golden Corral. Breakfast at the Golden Corral is my idea of heaven, but I love supper there too. And I've never had a problem with, um, after-effects.

As for Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes -- I'll go there because Ms. MysticCat likes it, but ugh. I'm not a big soup eater -- one day I'll convince my wife that soup and salad do not a meal make -- and their pasta and pizza is just so bland. Way overpriced for what you get. For the same price at Golden Corral, and I can get all the steak I can eat.
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Old 10-12-2006, 09:34 AM
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I've been kind of skeevy about buffets since the last time I went to a Sizzler, which was back in high school. This 5 year old, stuck his finger in the mashed potatoes, took a lick, must have liked it, and did it again - about 5 times. I made a worker take them away, and told the manager about it. Buffets and kids, it was pretty much my worst nightmare.
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Old 10-12-2006, 10:36 AM
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Hoss's is yummy. Broccoli salad mmmmm.

CiCi's is disgusting. Pizza Hut's pizza buffet is OK if it's turning over quickly. I haven't been to Ponderosa in probably 20 years and I'm a little afraid of Golden Corral - restaurants named after farm things make me think I may look like a farm animal upon exiting.

And I don't even want to get into some of the super duper sketchy mono Chinese but we have sushi buffets around here.

The best ever buffet was Chi Chi's. MMMMMMMMMM.
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Old 10-12-2006, 11:09 AM
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I've been kind of skeevy about buffets since the last time I went to a Sizzler, which was back in high school. This 5 year old, stuck his finger in the mashed potatoes, took a lick, must have liked it, and did it again - about 5 times. I made a worker take them away, and told the manager about it. Buffets and kids, it was pretty much my worst nightmare.
This is the exact reason that I can't eat at a buffet. Children & adults sticking their nasty fingers in food, and goodness knows where their hands have been before or if they had just sneezed or coughed or worse!

After seeing one adult man use his hands to pick crab out of a crab salad at a buffet I swore them off completely!
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Old 10-12-2006, 11:12 AM
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Chinese buffet in St. Louis (well in one of the suburbs) called Emperor's Palace is to DIE for. It's freaking huge, the food is always fresh, and they have a chocolate fountain. YES a fountain of delicious chocolate.
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Old 10-12-2006, 11:20 AM
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Explain this- I hate buffets (bad experiences, I guess)....but LOVE the brunch buffets at the Ritz, etc and Indian lunch buffets.
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Old 10-12-2006, 11:23 AM
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Explain this- I hate buffets (bad experiences, I guess)....but LOVE the brunch buffets at the Ritz, etc and Indian lunch buffets.
Do you live in NYC? If you do, you should go to brunch at the Essex House one day. It's amazing and an experience in and of itself.
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Old 10-12-2006, 11:28 AM
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this is ironic. i randomly went to golden corral with my parents last night. My parents are old people so they love buffets, I on the other hand haven't been to one in YEARS. It was a pretty good experience.

it was clean, was NOT crowded and there were only a few (very well-behaved) kids. The steak guy even brought our food to the table because there was a little wait. I only ate one plate before my tummy started hurting tho. My eyes were bigger than my stomach.

Pizza buffets were the shiznit when i was in college.
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Old 10-12-2006, 12:41 PM
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Hoss's is yummy. Broccoli salad mmmmm. MMMMMMMMMM.
OMG! Totally forgot about Hoss's... my buffet heart belongs to Hoss's!!! Too bad there aren't any in NoVA. Maybe they'll be one in Philly~!!
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Old 10-12-2006, 12:52 PM
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Count me in on the buffet hate. The only ones I would even consider going to are the places that have weekly Sunday brunches.

The ice cream at Chinese buffets are just not ice creamy enough.
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Old 10-12-2006, 01:01 PM
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Explain this- I hate buffets (bad experiences, I guess)....but LOVE the brunch buffets at the Ritz, etc and Indian lunch buffets.
There are exceptions in every category. I like the buffet at the Whole Foods Market. Very tasty and fresh.
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Old 10-12-2006, 01:06 PM
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Count me in on the buffet hate. The only ones I would even consider going to are the places that have weekly Sunday brunches.

The ice cream at Chinese buffets are just not ice creamy enough.
Speaking of ice cream...ever watched a bratty kid stick their face under an ice cream machine and let it pour into their mouth?
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Old 10-12-2006, 01:08 PM
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Speaking of ice cream...ever watched a bratty kid stick their mouth under an ice cream machine and let it pour into their mouth?
Eww...I think I would draw the line there and say something to the kid/his parents. I usually don't let kids bother me at a restaurant, but that's just gross!
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