I love Chinese food and I love buffets but when I go to a Chinese buffet, I always think maybe it gonna be good this time...and it never is? Plus the last one I was at, they took a pick-up order of Wonton Soup out of the buffet!! GROSSS!!!
2007-03-11 18:25:11 · 15 answers · asked by jtxx61 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Each Chinese buffets are made to work with the growing market of fast service. Some foods like Chinese, Japanese, and even Italian foods are meant to be cooked to order and marinated in there juices as they cook. Most oriental dishes are meant to be served hot so the flavor of the spices can be enjoyed. My advice, take the time and go to a sit down, order off the menu Chinese restaurant and enjoy the pleasure of a well cooked meal. (Heat lamps are not a substitute for a wok or a grill.)
2007-03-11 18:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by amiyia 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it is because the Chinese place you are going is not serving fresh food. I LOVE chinese food. But there are some resturants that I just WILL NOT go to. I don't trust them at all. I believe that many places that hold buffet times - use this as an oportunity to get rid off all the food that was prepared earlier that week - the stuff that has been in the fridge waiting to be served - but do to over stocking or slow week - the food wasn't sold so is about to expire. Rather than losing the money on that by tossing it in the trash - they put it out with the buffet! Yuck. So perhaps you should try shopping around for a different Chinese food joint. We like to go to the Chinese buffet every other Saturday and we never have any problem from that place.
2016-03-29 01:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, most buffets are gross then. Not just Chinese food buffets. Food and soup are left out in the open. People walk by talking and sometimes touching the food. More germs than usual I would guess ;)
2007-03-12 06:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by C L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, not really all of them.
Yeah, a lot of them are very gross, but you gotta factor in how cheap is it. The one next to my work when I was in Miami charge only $5.99. Nobody monitors the buffet. The kind of customers who goes there are not as responsible and they leave the food pretty nasty.
The ones operated by the Manadarin chain in Canada are all very nice. The workers constantly clean up after those sloppy customers. They dump the food when it's been out for too long. Well, they charge $27.99.
The truth is that Chinese don't like to go to those buffets. We thought you guys like it that way. If you keep going, the market keeps growing and they will just keep being gross. If you really dislike them, you should not go anymore.
2007-03-11 19:32:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Personally I think it's allright, not the best but I still enjoy Chinese buffets, although I know people who really are grossed out by it.
It's not really "ethnic", if you know what I mean. People in China don't eat that stuff. A lot of it is just meat with some gooey sauce that solidifies after you leave it out for a while. Then you have a bunch of random fried foods, fried rice (that's not actually fried), noodles, and spring rolls.
The eggdrop soup can be good in some restaurants, but too frequently it is repulsive.
2007-03-11 18:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know exactly what you mean. From what I have seen, the food prepared in the buffets is cooked entirely differently.
My sister insists that the buffets are better but I don't like the food they have and I much prefer family style or plated dinners in that case.
2007-03-11 20:50:55 · answer #6 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not all Chinese buffet gross! It depends on where did you buy it.. I heard that some Chinese foods in the US are full of soya sauce.. If you want to eat really good Chinese food, come to Asia.. Maybe China or HK or Malaysia would be your 1st choice!!
2007-03-13 16:29:39 · answer #7 · answered by moonlite_forest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder where it is you live.
I live in the Twin Cities Minnesota and the two Chinese restaurants who specialize in lunch buffets are really good! So, maybe it's just your area.
2007-03-12 04:17:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all Chinese buffets are bad. If you go to a more fancy buffet and pay more, maybe it'll taste better. It's not to your taste because you probably go to a cheap place. What you pay is what you get.
2007-03-11 20:49:50 · answer #9 · answered by RunSueRun 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you live in a big city? If not, just imagine how nappy a small town Chinese Buffet might get. I think I'll stick to the red jello, and pseudo-sticky rice.
2007-03-11 18:37:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋