Yummy Buffet
Fort Worth, TX
Likely 215 NE 28th St, Fort Worth, TX 76164 (he tagged only Fort Worth; we matched the address)
His first Texas buffet: neon, glass and not one label. Brown-shaded goons and a mystery chicken tender won; sweet corn and cheese, a bony whole fish and tired mac didn't. 'An average buffet': 2.5.
2.5His ratingYelp said 2.8- Rangoons Goonin'
- Pizza YesHis first Texas Chinese buffet pizza. Doesn't look amazing but certainly looks like a pizza; he likes the sauce, not the hard cheese on top.
- Desserts Jello, Cheesecake, Fortune cookie
- Price $13.63/person ($27.26 for 2)
Dishes
- Sauced chicken tenderHe doesn't know what it is: a chicken tender with a little something on it. Pretty good, and he's really into it.02:27
- Crab rangoonA bit brown, but definitely gooning (see Rangoons).04:39
- General Tso's chickenSeemingly '100 General Tso's chickens' on the buffet. Tastes like every General Tso's he's ever had.03:07
- Mac and cheeseLooked a little crusty, like it had been there since opening. Not terrible, but doesn't taste like much.01:41
- Sweet corn and cheese'Is this a delicacy here in Texas?' No, thank you: like eating sugar and cheese. Regular corn might have worked.01:29
- Whole fishA whole spicy fish, scales seemingly left on, with so many bones that one bite meant picking out four.04:00
- Chicken wingsLooked a little dry, like they'd been out through lunch and dinner.02:33
Halls
What he said
“Does the yummy buffet deserve 2.8 stars? I'm gonna have to say no. I think they deserve two and a half stars. I mean, it's. It's an average buffet if I've ever seen one.”
“The goons down here in Texas have a different shade to them. Usually they're bright yellow, but here they're a bit brown.”
“I thought the Chinese buffets would be bigger in Texas, but they do have a lot of neon lights, so that's pretty cool.”
“I really like the sauce on that, but you know, the hard cheese on top is not given pizza.”
“This is sweet corn and cheese. They could have used just regular corn, and this might have did something for me.”
“I love going to different states and just seeing how the Chinese buffets adapt to the people around it.”
What he didn't love
- No labels: Not a single dish was labeled, so he had to guess his way through on experience alone. 02:11
Also noticed
- Lots of glass and neon; smaller than he expected for Texas ('guess they were wrong about everything being bigger'), but 'fancy', with plates stacked to the ceiling. Oddly dark in spots, but overall pretty nice. 00:12
- A Valentina hot-sauce pump right next to the ketchup pump. 02:47
- A panda figure standing on another panda. 04:14
Cleanliness
What he said about it, in the video:
- Grease built up on top of the buffet, which he figures never gets scrubbed. 03:46