/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>4772896
mmmm....greessey dogs and cats...

>>4772896

I love how every Chinese food buffet looks exactly the same. I swear I have been to the one in the pic.

buffets in general are some of the greatest inventions by mankind

>>4773244
>gotta love dat mystery meat

The local buffet is crawling with blacks on fridays when they have unlimited crab legs.

>>4773297
whoa dude i really messed up reading this..."crawling with crabs eating blacks on Friday."
I also read: "The local buffet is crawling with black flies."

>>4773297
I'd be crawling all over that place too for unlimited crab legs.

>>4773314
Crabs would be crawling all over that place too for unlimited crab legs. Jesus Christ, unlimited crab legs.

>>4773331
And if it's crowded, that means high turnover, which is exactly what you want in a buffet.

>>4773309
it clearly states that the blacks grow crab legs and if one were to chop off a leg them crafty blacks will just grow a new one

>>4773345

black lab leggs crawl all over crab people on buffet sundays

There used to be this nice chinese restaurant near to my house that was a dine in place with a full menu. But they also had a buffet of about 12 items, but all of them were high quality and really good. Nothing like the stuff at your typical, huge Chinese buffets. I miss the place....

The Asians took over an old shopping strip, and in the space that must have been a K-Mart or something like that, they built an ENORMOUS buffet. Instead of the 'usual' (or what seems normal to me) 4 islands of hotel pans and maybe a sushi bar, this place has more than twice that many foods underwarmers, a dim sum station, a stir-fry station, a Mongolian grill station, ice cream, fruit bar, real seafood which is rare for North Texas.

As you might expect, the quality control is shit. But plenty of FOBs eat there, so that goes for something, right?

>>4773389
what is fob?

>>4773398

Fresh Off the Boat, indicating that they've just moved from their home country to God's country.

>>4772896
>that guy who loads up on rice, noodles, and filler

>>4773398
A pocketwatch chain.

>>4773408
Lies.

>>4773412

"No, Tim, you can't come with us this time. Are you really asking us this after the 'carb catastrophe' that was last Wednesday? Stay in the car."

>>4772896
>That embarrassment when your mom wraps the non-messy desserts in a napkin and puts them in her purse

>>4773412

>those people that only target one food item and eat nothing else

>>4773446

I'll eat as much of my terriyaki stick chicken as I dam well please. I bet your friends hate it when you act like Mussolini of the buffet.

>>4773398
Fresh Off the Boat

Immigrants who I would assume would want something somewhat authentic.

>>4773297
Heh, dem wacky bla-
>>4773309
- oh lawdy that's fun-
>>4773314
-oh, that's kinda-
>>4773331
-what the-
>>4773345
-oh dear-
>>4773357
-what is this I don't even ha ha HASTUR HASTUR HASTUR-

>image related

>>4773446

>that white neckbeard that takes all of the spring rolls and sweet and sour pork

>>4773412
>those faggots who think they win at buffet if they eat as "expensive" items possible as much as possible to get "bang for their buck", and think eating rice or noodles is losing

>>4773249
>press board counter with green lamanent
>ultra-bright heat lamps
>tan, plastic tongs

It's like it's all industry standard or something

Our local buffet shut down after one of the cooks chased another around the dining area screaming in chinese and waving a large knife.

Too bad. Nearest one is 30 minutes away.

Only reason I used to go to one is because they these little custard pies but once they took them off I cried. Now every time I go I just eat nooodles, rice, and the various chicken dishes if not fried fish and garlic shrimp.

>>4773651
>not eating delicious and tasty food that would be expensive anywhere else
>going to a place that has so much variety and getting their "rice"
I bet you're one of those faggots who is too afraid to ask the chef to make you a real bowl of noodle and just fish some day old shit out of some crusty vat

>that one picky faggot who doesn't like asian food and eats the cici's tier pizza thats been sitting out all day

When I was little, my dessert would be a plate full of those sugar covered biscuits. When they're fresh and hot they're fucking delicious.

I went to a Chinese Buffet in Spain once as a kid, you picked your meat raw and things to go with it, chose the style you wanted it cooked in and took it up front and the chef would cook it right in front of you in under a minute, perfect. And you could go up as many times as you wanted as it was a buffet.

No idea what it was called or if anything like it exists outside Spain.

>>4776252
Here in germany its called mongolian barbeque.
I dont know if this is internationally

>>4773297
Since when do blacks have unlimited crab legs?

>>4776266

Mongolian bbq in Australia also. Shit's fucing amazing.

>>4776284
Since every Friday.

>>4776289
My brother-in-law is a negro, but is allergic to shellfish. Can you recommend some sort of alternative?

>>4776281
It is amazing. Indeed

>>4776297
Fried chicken.

>>4773389
yeah, i used to live near one just like that. fucking massive. quality was mixed, but there was so much stuff it still could be a good experience. this place had like 6 normal hot islands, 3 of which were very typical Americanized chinese dishes, one japanese, one non-ethnic, and one of friend apps. in addition to this there is a large mongolian grill, a sushi bar with 3 sushi chefs cranking out rolls non-stop, a few salad bars, a chilled seafood bar with all kind of stuff like skrimp, mussels, and octopus, plus 2 desert bars and ice cream.

there were bad dishes there, but plenty that were good, and the sushi was pretty ok, as well as the cold bar. lunch price was like 8 bucks and it was always packed as hell. i am not a fan of most Chinese buffets, but this was alright.

i used to love cheap Chinese buffets, until i learned that you can't get something for nothing, and they must be making up for it somehow. volume alone can't account for those low prices.

>>4776252
this is all over merrica too. several large chains, and many generic ching chong joints do this.

quality varies greatly.

Mongolian places, I remember one that wasn't a buffet. They gave you a bowl to fill up with all the stuff like veggies and meat, and at the end added a bowl of noodles and cooked it for you. You were only limited by what you could fit in the bowl they provided, so obviously me and my friends would just crush the meat into the bowls for maximum amounts. They would of course partially compensate by giving you a smaller bowl of noodles to be cooked with it. Still, that place eventually closed down, probably because of people like me as well as sanitation issues.

>>4773389
>North Texas

What city? I am close enough to visit this magical garden.

>>4776309
You don't understand how buffets work do you?

>>4776322
A1 Super Buffet in Arlington.

I am warning you.

>>4776297
Surimi, aka imitation krab
It's not the real thing but it's the best he can get.

>my local buffet my family has been going to for 35 years folded
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>tfw I hate Asian food
>i fucking love Chinese buffets

Unlimited French fries, chicken nuggets (which I swear to god are almost McDonald's tier), and those chicken things on a stick. Fucking delicious. Every fucking one I go to, it's the same exact thing, just like that pic

>tfw the chinese buffet nearest to me has been closed for 'renovations' for the last year and a half

>>4776281
>>4776266
It's weird because it's not related to actual Mongolian food at all.

>when they have frog legs
THANK GOD

I recently discovered this buffet that's on the way going towards my bf's place which is a two hour drive away. I like to stop out there and grab the lunch special when I can.
They serve raw oysters, raw clams, and raw mussels. They also have a really delicious dish with cold whole calamari served in a celery/chili sauce but the name escapes me.

They have a 'sushi' bar, but obviously the cuts of fish aren't the best quality and they skimp on it for the fact. I still enjoy their tempura maki rolls and takuan rolls.

There's an assortment of cooked seafood as well. There's also a stir-fry station. They usually have a new dish every time I go too. I got to try fried frog legs for the first time.
TL;DR It's a nice city buffet fuck you.

>>4779825
>go out to eat
>get chicken nugger and french fried

I'll never understand you people.

I personally hate buffet-style meals. Given unlimited supply, I feel the need to overeat in order to "get my money's worth"

>>4773297
our niggers just pull up a chair at the crab station

I remember getting the squirts after eating at a chinese buffet. I believe it was the wonton soup, look like it sat there too long yet i still went for it. Never again

>>4782446
yea thats the point dum dum

>>4773297
Mine is just one older white lady who literally waits up there until they bring out more, proceeds to pile the entire batch onto her plate, even going so far as to shove my brother aside and actually grab his cluster with her tongs.

I get a little of everything... those green beans that seem to be at every buffet are addictive.

My favorite is when they have the sesame balls with the bean inside. But they're disappearing from all of the buffets.
I should just make them. I don't really hit up buffets anymore, and I have a recipe. But I have an insane fear of deep-frying things after an incident about 10 years ago.

>>4782512
>even going so far as to shove my brother aside and actually grab his cluster with her tongs.
Tell the management to kick her out if she does that, jesus.

>>4782560
I don't know why they didn't throw her out. Next thing you know she goes around to all the tables telling them bullshit stories about how she saw someone in the kitchen clipping toenails into the food and how we should all complain and get our food free.

We spent the last half hour watching her keep going up to eat and complaining to the waitress to try and get out of paying.

>>4776252
That stuff exists in NYC, they're called Mongolian Fire Table places or something like that. You pick what you want, they cook it up on this huge heated table and give it to you right there. It's sold by the pound weight or portion thereof.

I dunno if it still exists but there was a good one on 41st street bet 5th ave and Madison ave.

>>4782565
cont.

We're also sure she was trying to keep us and everyone else from the crab legs so she wouldn't have to keep competing, as she was, like I said, still getting food despite apparently being outraged at alleged toenails in it.

>>4782565
Why complain? That's extra crunchy protean!

My favorite buffet stopped serving theit best dish and then shut down a number of years ago. I'm still looking for a decent place with fried crab legs, those were fucking magical.

>>4773438

>>4776309
A local Chinese buffet shut down in the Houston area because someone found dead pieces of cats in the trash can.
There are fake eggs circulating through the Chinese market and they have sold noodles made from plastic or wax material to save money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtZp1dP3yAA
There are plenty of other fake food products that the Chinese sell. I don't know why anyone goes to these buffets when it should seem sketchy that the food is so cheap and plentiful.

>>4776218
I always find this as the best way to gauge the quality of a buffets food
if the pizza is above average, I suspect the rest is too

>>4782569
theres a mongolian barbecue I went to in california
they charged by the bowl full, as long as it fit in the bowl it was the same cost
everyone seemed to be teaming up in pairs using eachothers bowls to pack as much food into the bowl as possible
pretty damn good actually

>>4782618
>plastic or wax
What the fuck, it's got to be cheaper just to mix flour and water.

>tfw really tall and have trouble getting under the plastic shields to grab things with your tongs

It's not so much a problem unless for some reason you have to grab something on the other side of the rack.

>Best friend is chinese, family runs a restaurant
>Tells me all the shit that goes into making their "americanized" chinese food
>Never want to eat chinese again

>>4782660
Plastic seems to be really cheap in China. They even make plastic rice.
Buying it from a guy who makes this food in his house from cheap plastic and other materials is going to be cheaper than buying it from a guy who charges more to pay for all of the maintenance,time, employees, and any upkeep that is needed for the food.
Chinese people are cheap. It wouldn't even matter if they were only saving 1 penny for each product as long as it adds up to higher profit.

>>4782701
You should share their methods. I'm sure this will make some people think differently about any fast, cheaply made food sold in the US.

>>4782549
Story and recipe pl0x.

>>4782701
I want to hear this.
Also is there some special sign apart from chinese people eating at a restaurant that the food is authentic? like the Halal sticker muslims put up?

>>4782711
>I'm sure this will make some people think differently about any fast, cheaply made food sold in the US.
It really wouldn't. Those pigs will eat anything and justify it no matter what.

>>4783144
I like that they put up a halal sticker, that way I know places to avoid, I'm not supporting that or muslims in any way.

>>4783150
Can you post a picture so I'd know exactly what to look for?

>>4783150
>I'm not supporting that or muslims in any way.
lol says the guy who buys gas and petroleum products and lives in a country that holds hands with Saudi Arabia after 9/11.

>>4783165
You can usually tell by the stench of the place.
Something like this picture might be a clue...

>>4782701
so tell us already

>>4783173
You'd be suprised. A lot less comes from that shithole since 9/11 but our government is vastly different then our people, we're changing stuff. Given the amounts that it was pre 9/11 realize that it takes time to change over, and the saudi's, CAIR, and the so called arab league are scared shitless over this fact.

>>4782618
chicken and pork is only 1.49 a pound if you dont go and buy the 6 dollar a pound meat

>>4783189
I don't think oil purchases from Saudi Arabia have declined since 9/11. I could be wrong though.

>>4772896

1. It's not food

2. It's so bad for it might as well be a slow acting poison

3. Stop eating food-like foods

4. Anything food that needs MSG is not tasty, it is shit.

>>4783147
Stray cats are free

>>4783224
>everything you ever eat must be only of the highest quality. No exceptions.

>>4782569
Mongo places are everywhere, not just NYC you twat.

>>4782618
>A local Chinese buffet shut down in the Houston area because someone found dead pieces of cats in the trash can.

Every chinese buffet in existence since the beginning of time has had rumors of roadkill, dogs, and cats being used to make the food.

At this point, you'd be a goddamn fool to buy into it. And even then, nothing wrong with eating dog or cat.

have you guys ever tried mongolian bbq? is it really that delicious?

>>4783324
There was a restaurant in... I want to say Whitley, Kentucky (definitely somewhere in KY, though maybe not Whitley). Last year, they were actually caught with a roadkill deer in the kitchen. The owner admits to having the roadkill in-house, but claimed that he and his family were to eat it and it was not meant to be served to restaurant patrons.
I'm sure a quick google search will confirm the truth of this post but I CBF to do it. You do it.

Many rumours start because of a ring of truth, you know. I recall also that in China last year, many restaurants in Chinghai and other western provinces were shut down for feeding rat meat to patrons under the guise of mutton, goat and lamb.

>TFW there's this legit Japanese restaurant that has all you can eat sushi for $19.95.
You can have up to 10 pieces of nigiri and have as much as many rolls as you want. I always load up with special rolls and end up eating like $50 worth of sushi. Shit's cash

>>4783324
That's because it does actually happen.
You'd be stupid to assume they all do it but yes it does happen.

>>4783332
shit yeah dawg. used to be a place nearby where you would fill up a bowl of all the ingredients layed out for you to choose from, and then you gave it to these chefs who would cook it in front of you with these big ass chopsticks.

It all tasted the same no matter what combination you used, but when the taste is awesome every time you can't complain

>>4776252

Yes, and it's generally awful. You're better off picking stuff from the buffet.

>>4782549

Ah, THOSE. Yeah, they're great but I think you could get them as prepacked snack item.

>>4782549
those are good as hell

>>4783498

He's not talking about Mochi though. He's talking about Bánh cam/Jin deui.

http://www.theravenouscouple.com/2011/05/banh-cam-recipe-banh-ran-sesame-balls.html

>>4783521
I had a couple of those before, not a fan of the filling.

>>4783338
lol when chinks get mad at customers they feed you cat. when rednecks get mad at you they feed you roadkill when ???? gets mad at you they feed you rat droppings when ???? gets mad at you the white guy making the burgers spits in it. when ???? gets mad he jizzes in the free yogurt samples. NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT GREEN MEAT OR UNION WORKERS WHO GET PAID ENOUGH TO GO TO WORK BUT NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE GOOD SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.

>>4783295
Well yeah, what's wrong with that?

>>4783062
Fortunately, >>4783521 posted a recipe, so I don't have to dig out my book.

Story:
>be 13
>REALLY want something fried
>prep gyoza, heat up oil in saucepan
>as I fry gyoza, oil starts to smoke
>uh-oh... turn off heat, take it off burner
>oil is pretty much boiling and smoking
>OHSHIT.jpg - GET IT OUTSIDE
>as I take it to the front door, it splashes and hits the carpet
>THE BRAND NEW CARPET
>set the oil outside on the porch as it smokes and burns

So there were these burnt, melted spots on the new carpet and a saucepan of trash oil by the front door. My mom was... well, she was not happy.

I might invest in a little personal fryer and avoid all of that. For now, I just don't fry anything.
Ridiculous... I generally like to experiment in cooking, went to school to learn the techniques, and I'm a little bitch when it comes to frying.