I've never been a real big fan of the buffet restaurant. Being married to Noke has definitely started to warm me up to the idea though. I've eaten more buffet in the last two and a half years than the rest of my life combined I think. And tonight was another one of those nights. We're usually pretty loyal to Chuck A Rama but tonight Noke treated us to Golden Corral for the first time. I've avoided it until now because I didn't think I wanted to consume food in a corral. But I have to admit, the food was good. More variety and flavor than Chucks - and I like Chucks. And it passed the Amalani test. She is usually very picky or completely uninterested in eating in a restaurant but she grinded tonight. I also enjoyed the people watching experience part of tonight. There are:
-the people who are on a mission to get full before everyone else
sometimes they eat in line (the buffet lines move slowly so they eat - not just nibble or sample, EAT
- so as to not waste time just standing)
sometimes they cut in line (with elbows even, and so shamelessly that I almost cracked up a couple
of times)
sometimes they stand behind you in line with their plate firmly pressed into your back (good idea
now that I think of it - no room for cutters)
-the people who are trying to avoid the end of the meal by pacing themselves (the table is cleared, they sip
water, chat, lean back in their chairs, then 15 minutes later are back with a plate of steak and
fries)
-the people in large parties (extended families, senior citizens, college students)
-the people eating in a booth by themselves (must be there for the people watching too)
-the people who have rowdy kids (we fall into this category - well, we have one rowdy kid)
no one will judge you if your kids are noisy/messy/fussy or more interested in the people and food
at the next table than their own, or if they want to make their own soft serve sundae's all night
without adult supervision
-the people who weren't able to change out of their pajamas today
-the people who recognize what a special dining experience this is and get super dressed up to eat there
-the people who hover by the chocolate fondue fountain (I finally had to resort to cutting in line to get
a taste)
-the people there for the daily special (tonight it was seafood and there was plenty to go around so no
one stops you from piling your plate as high as it will go)
Will we eat there again? Yes! But probably not on a Friday night in Provo - we should have seen the crowd coming. Pretty intense.
