/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19319897
We have a few Vaguely Asian buffets with the hibachi grill, and all-you-can-eat garbage sushi, plus American Chinese food, and miscellaneous American stuff like fried chicken. Nice option for large groups with unknown dietary preferences--even folks on the "mental illness" side of the picky-eater spectrum can usually find something to choke down. The ones in our area are super-busy, which we take as a good sign--perhaps a slightly increased risk of customer hygiene/contamination issues, but it also means the food is being rotated constantly during peak business hours, so probably a net win. One complaint is no beer/wine, but I can understand how combining alcohol with such a gluttonous environment could spell WorldStar-style disaster.

Indian buffets are pretty mid in my experience. Partly because the spice level is reduced to "lowest common denominator" American palate--and partly because they're usually less busy, and items like rice and samosa don't fare well sitting out for any length of time.

Cicis pizza buffet sounds OK in concept but obviously you're not getting the best base pie OR toppings and it gets old after a few slices. Plus, you know, part of the buffet attraction is filling up on proteins and that just doesn't work well with pizza.

Buffets generally can be really fun for kids since it's one of the few times THEY get to decide exactly what they want to eat (hopefully not just dessert & sweets).