The awesome of Golden Corral…
April 14th, 2006 by AtomictumorDinnertime, and holy freaking crap how did I go this long without eating at a Golden Corral?
Its like a food Kmart that I get to loot…
And I totally got away with chucking a candy corn at my Mom and blaming it on Nodbob…
60 miles to go.
April 14th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Is that anything like a Ryan’s? We should have an atomictumor club meeting at ryan’s sometime soon.
April 14th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
Like a Ryans, but with grilled-to-order steak on the buffet…
April 14th, 2006 at 8:50 pm
I used to work 60 hrs/week in a dishroom at Ryans, so thanks, no thanks.
April 14th, 2006 at 10:10 pm
Golden Corral is just like a big “fancy” Ryans. There may be more food to choose from but the quality of the food is horrible. Just like Ryans.
April 14th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
whoo, hoo… sounds like a party to me!
April 14th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Daco… Thems fightin words
April 16th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Mom knew who it was…
April 16th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
I have to say the food- trough biz is a form of chow I’ll have to by-pass,
thanks anyway. When I was working in Prison Forge (trapped, i say!) some
of my co-workers urged dining at the Corral and they loved it.
I felt less impressed.
However, no matter where you dine out, there is that question of just
who is making the food and how long it was sitting in the open and
other variables concerning food prep.
April 16th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Yeah, but what we eat in resturants has to be cleaner than what I cook these people here, what with their stainless steel and their commercial cleaners.
April 17th, 2006 at 9:26 am
Just thinking about eating pudding or any food of similar viscosity from a buffet makes me gag. I did feel comfortable, however, eating the hush puppies, rotisserie chicken (I saw them bring it out of the oven straight to the line) and the awesomest steak evar (a very jovial fella was cooking it to order right in front of you).
The way I see it, the food had to be at least as clean as Waffle House or Vic & Bill’s and I’ve never gotten sick at those places.
I cannot, however, eat at Ryan’s ever again after AT’s stint there. He’d come home smelling like vomit and greasy as all get-out. I’d make him take a shower before I’d even hug him.
April 17th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
Ugh. Really, the last time we ate at Ryan’s had to be about 7 years ago, because eldest was still a baby. We were still smokers at the time, and made the foolish choice to sit in the smoking section. It was pretty appalling watching the folks alternate between taking a drag and taking a bite. I don’t really even remember anything about the food we ate, but I’ve never had the desire to make a return visit.
April 17th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
No kidding. That was terrible. Do you remember that time, missus eaves, when we went to the O.R. Shoney’s and sat in the smoking section. I remember there was one old man sitting across from us with his fork in one hand and a lit cigarette in the other.
April 18th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
I think there should be a name or phrase to accurately capture the
ambience of certain food prep smells, such as when you go into one
of those little convience store or non-chain diners and you walk out the
door (no matter how long you were inside) and you can smell that odd
stale grease-and-french-fry aroma. Hangs onto yer clothes with tenacity.