Golden Super Buffet

1^st visit ever. Decided to try because they had crab legs. Food was diverse and fairly good. Crab legs were good size.
The service was horrible. We only had our plates cleaned one time during the whole visit. I resorted to setting crab shell plates on empty tables to get more room.(4people). There were no clean plates at one point.
I did tear up some crab tho. (Frog legs too).

I’m Chinese by default (I married into it), so I feel I have a pretty darned good grasp on what GOOD Chinese food is. My Mother-in-law’s food is to D.I.E. for! (Seriously — hubby’s friends will vouch for this) Tonight, I had THE worst meal of my life. OK, maybe not my entire life, but close.
We got a flyer in the mail today for this new buffet. We’ve seen it in passing but because we know good Asian food, we’re leery of buffets. And after tonight, with good reason. Here’s what the pretty little brochure had to say (I kid you not):
«Thinking of Chinese Buffet? Golden Super Buffet is known for its good quality cuisine and its dedication to using inly the freshest, high quality ingredients. We take pride in serving you food that has been freshly prepared; in our restaurant, you will love our traditional cuisine and American dishes. All using vegetable oil. We specially in providing a wide variety of dishes. Like fresh delicious salads, and fruits and you will enjoy over 30 kinds of hand made sushi and all can eat fresh seafood, but not enough, we have around dishes that are cooked in front of you, such as fried ribs, lo mein with all kinds of vegetables, we provide good and comfortable environment to make you dining experience complete. Please visit us and see for yourself and your family what a special dining experience we offer.»
Wow. Where to begin.
As a Grammar Thug, I’m instantly offended — and the proofreader/​printer needs to be slapped. But this isn’t about the brochure/​menu. It’s about the food. Let’s continue, shall we?
The food may have been freshly prepared, but it’s sat so long that it’s now overcooked or mushy. Being Chinese by default, I didn’t see one ‘traditional’ dish that would be made by any of my relatives. «American dishes» hits it right on the head. Yes, they use vegetable oil, but not much else. The food I did manage to eat was incredibly bland. I didn’t see one fresh salad. Matter of fact, there WAS no salad to be seen. Fruit — well, the oranges were fresh but the peaches were unceremoniously dumped into the pan straight from the can right in the open for all to see. If there were 30 kinds of hand made sushi, then I’m 6ft tall and a supermodel. I counted about a dozen (18 maybe?) sad little plates of sushi with sashimi so thin you could see through it and rolls that looked dry and old — despite the ‘chef’ behind the counter. What he was doing back there is beyond me, but it didn’t look like he was making over 30 kinds of hand made sushi! The ‘fresh seafood’ was a bin of peel & eat shrimp on ice. I didn’t see anyone opting to have their dishes cooked in front of them, and the ribs certainly weren’t fried. The environment was SO «good & comfortable» that I felt overdressed in my knit top and jeans, and they didn’t even bother to take the plastic off my chair! (And I don’t mean the nice, thick stuff you find in some restaurants — this was the flimsy thin stuff used to prevent scratching when stacked.)
OK. Now, let’s talk about my meal. I don’t think I’ve ever had so little on my plate at a buffet before. I mean, I’m a big girl and like to sample lots of different dishes… but I couldn’t find enough that looked good enough to even try! Their mai fun (rice noodle) was undercooked and salty, even though it didn’t look like it had been cooked in soy sauce like some places do. The dumplings were mushy on the inside — and I don’t even know what it was supposed to be filled with (the sign had fallen down)! The shrimp & imitation crab «triple delight» (3^rd ingredient? hello?) was overcooked & mushy, respectively, and salty. The fried «squib» was overdone, cold, not crispy, and — yep — salty. I had high hopes for the fresh green beans with onion, but alas, they were underdone and bland. The one saving grace? The fried chicken wing.
I know, right?
We left quite a bit on our plates, sucked down our water and waited for our check. And waited. And … waited. We finally got up and went to the counter and paid our $ 8.99 (about $ 4 too high, in my opinion) and tried our hardest not to run out the door.
We stopped at Mugs Up for a zip & a whiz and a couple of black cows.
Do yourself a favor and drive by this one. Stop at Taco Bell or something. :shudder: