RAVE: Old Country Buffet. Yes, really!

[TabascoElvis]

A little background before getting into my rave.

Me
yesterday 6AM awaken
shower
drive to elementary school
board 1 of 2 buses containing approximately 10,000 5th graders
arrive Detroit 3.25 hours later

I was one of the adults for my oldest daughter's field trip to The Henry Ford, which is the cumulative moniker of the complex consisting of Greenfield Village, The Henry Ford Museum, Ford Rouge Factory tour and IMAX. Highly recommended if you're ever in the Dearborn area with some time to kill; just don't try to do it in a sum total of 6 hours and expect to do any of it justice.

My wife had packed a normal field trip lunch for TE and TE v1alpha: sandwich, chips, veggies, hard boiled egg, brownie, which we ate around 11:30. Then spent the rest of the day wandering and headed home.

5:30 arrive Jackson, MI - Old Country Buffet. Obviously, we'd called ahead, but handling 67 5th graders in a buffet is still no mean feat.

I had an awesome meal. BBQ brisket, nice chunk of grilled sirloin, very good fried chicken, sliced ham w/ horseradish sauce, hot veg and potatoes, and I love a salad bar where you can pile up layer after layer of crunchy, pickled, juicy, sweet, creamy, cool, spicy goodness. (Think lettuce, tomato, 3 bean salad, pickled beets, cottage cheese, croutons, hard boiled egg, pepperoncino, onion layer salad)

And TE v1alpha did me proud too, 3 plates= mac & cheese, fried chicken, chicken fried steak, peas, spaghetti, mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, nachos, brisket, and a flurry dessert. All 80 lbs of her.

Was it a great dinner? Nope. What is exactly what we both needed when we needed it? Abso-posi-lutely.

And home by 9 to a cold one, and asleep by 11.

[omaha_red]

my wife won't let me go to buffets

[Cronos]

my wife won't let me go to buffets

Paging divorce court.

[omaha_red]

my wife won't let me go to buffets

Paging divorce court.

i know.. it's bull [expletive]

[StatmanCrothers]

I agree old country Buffet is better... "Come Monday" is a classic, as is "Son of the Son of a Sailor". I think he first jumped the shark with "Cheeseburger" and the whole beach party persona is over the top.

[thrill]

my wife won't let me go to buffets

Paging divorce court.

i know.. it's bull [expletive]

That's messed up, man.

[JCShutout]

my wife won't let me go to buffets

Paging divorce court.

i know.. it's bull [expletive]

So did she bronze your balls before putting them on the mantle, or are they in a jar?

[sighyoung]

my wife won't let me go to buffets

Paging divorce court.

i know.. it's bull [expletive]

So did she bronze your balls before putting them on the mantle, or are they in a jar?

OUCH!

[TheoSqua]

Golden Corral is where it's at.

[Michael]

A few years ago my buddies and I discussed over a beer the worst restaurant you could take a date. Here's what we came up with:

Cheap:

1) New China Buffet
2) Old Country Buffet


Expensive:

1) fogo de chao


Feel free to add your suggestions.