Buffet China

They got rid of the mongolian BBQ. Wtf.. It was the main reason I always wanted to go  there!

We come to Buffet China at least once a month, sometimes more. Today must have been a bad day for the cook. I say that because I saw a few dishes that were burned. The noodles I usually get were not good, a little scorched and oily looking. The green beans were shriveled. The shrimp dish had tons of pepper on it, so unnecessary. Most of the dishes were not even hot.   The cook who does the personal cooking on the special grill would not even talk when you talked to him. This is not typical. Something was amiss. We will go back and hope things improve. The waitstaff were their usual sweet selves.

If this was in Indy, it would be 3 stars: typical Chinese buffet.

But it's not in Indy...it's in Seymour. Seymour is a desert, barren of all non-chain restaurants. Essentially, you can eat at Applebee's, or Applebee's with a western theme, or Applebee's with a southwest theme, or Cracker Barrel. Or fast food. On a recommendation from a resident (who is similarly disappointed in the restaurant offerings of his city), we came here. The buffet was large with lots of choices. There is a big fish tank inside the front door with comets, koi, an arowana (what?) and what appeared to be big orange cichlids. But midas cichlids coexisting peacefully with goldfish? They must be something else.

There were Oreos! And gummi fruit slices (like big gum drops)! Even some little California rolls over by the salad and pudding. I essentially tried one piece of about half the items. They were all good. There's a raw area where you can create a stir-fry to be cooked on the Mongolian grill (I made a tiny one with beef and lo mein noodles). I especially liked the thin-sliced pork that was red colored and kind of sweet flavored and the chicken with broccoli. The crab rangoon had lots of crab in it, and was quite tasty. I went up for a second piece of that. The total with tax was $9.26. All 4 of us enjoyed our meal, and agreed that for less than $10 we couldn't have done any better anywhere else in town.

The decor is cute too. The servers wear little Chinese silk tops and there are teapots and other "Chinese things" on display throughout. From the road, look for the Tumbleweed and Little Cesar's...it's behind those.