My husband and I ate here after the car show last weekend. The concept is part fun, part weird: watching them cook your food = fun. Trying to concoct your own meal, complete with spices, sauces, oils and "squishing" = a little weird. The staff was very friendly and helpful. They explained the "squish" concept when I told them I was a first timer, and there was a helpful gentleman at the end of the line to help me make up a sauce. I was weirded out by the shaved, frozen meat. It makes sense that they need to keep it this way (frozen to maintain safety, shaved thin to cook fast), but it is still a bizarre sight and I was hesitant to use it. All the veggies were super fresh, so I loaded up on those. All you can eat soup, wontons, rice and soft serve. I was disappointed that the soups were so basic (chicken noodle and beef vegetable? How about some egg drop!?) The wontons were ok and the soft serve was meh. Didn't bother with the rice. My problem was that, at the end of it all, I had a large bowl of not-that-great stir fry. How many times do you need to experiment until you find a sauce/spice/oil/cooking wine ratio that actually tastes good? THIS IS WHY I EAT OUT, PEOPLE....so I can get a guaranteed yummy meal, not take my chances! And as another review stated, it is super odd to go down this buffet line watching people pile, stuff and cram food into these bowls, trying to get every last ounce of their money's worth. Yes, it shrinks a little while cooking, I'm sure. But people were acting like animals with the wax paper and extra bowls, using their entire body weight to smoosh their own food. Not an appetizing sight. I might be willing to give it one more shot with another sauce compilation, but after that I think I'm done.
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