Eat Together Buffet — Restaurant in Taichung

Hey nerds. So today I came here with my mom and dad. We ended up waiting almost 2 hours before being seated. The clown in the front said to come at 16:30 to get in line and we werent seated until ~18:30 when clearly there were plenty of tables open. At 17:30, i decided i would not stop waiting because i really wanted to eat there and then write this review. So here we go.

The food is pretty good. If you go, make sure you get a ton of the sizzling beef cubes hidden in the corner. It is actually filet mignon, the most expensive item they have by weight, followed by the korean short ribs. Dont get fooled by the other meats that are exponentially cheaper, such as the roast beef and german pork hock.

Then i got excited when i saw watermelon juice. Who wouldnt like fresh watermelon juice? When i tasted it, my heart sank. They ADDED SUGAR to the watermelon juice!!! Why would you do this??? At least give people the option to add sugar to their drinks if they really want it?? Its bad enough that diabetes is becoming a massive problem in taiwan, and here they cant just enjoy fresh watermelon juice.. which ALREADY HAS SUGAR IN IT. Super disappointing.

From there, i went to a station where they were serving duck. The worker makes 2 peking style duck wraps and serves it to you, you cant actually get any duck yourself. Well i obviously dont want the wrap, sauce, green onion or anything.. I just want duck. So i asked the worker if i could just have a few slices of duck. He tells me that he cant just give me pieces of duck, he has to give me the duck in the wrap. I asked again, saying that i dont want to waste food, i just want roasted duck with none of the other garbage. He proceeds to tell me to not get the duck then! LOL!!!! THIS IS WHEN I GOT REALLY EXCITED. Ive never met someone so confused about their job, which is serving food. Was he getting paid for each wrap he made? Is that why he refused? Who knows. So I told him, its okay, just give me the peking duck wrap, and when i go back to my seat, ill simply take the duck out of the wrap, eat it, and throw the rest away. HE THEN STARED AT ME, AND I STARED RIGHT BACK. I said hello, I'd like my duck please. He just kept looking at me like the devil was standing right in front of him, making his life a living hell. When one of his coworkers walked by, he began reluctantly making the wraps for me. And when he handed them to me, i didnt wait to return to my seat. I used my hands and picked the duck out of both wraps right in front of him and ate them both. I tried to keep making eye contact with him as i was doing this, but he was already serving another customer. But i know he saw me do it 100%.

The question remains... Why did duck bro care so much about serving the duck in the wrap? We're at a buffet for godsake. If i wasnt there with my parents and wanting to spend time with them, i wouldve happily returned to duck bro over and over again doing the same thing just to see what would happen. At that point, duck bro would probably think i was the antichrist. But give me a break. If you're going to serve certain dishes, just listen to your customers so they wont try to show you how silly these rules are. In the end, no one wins. They got an unhappy customer that got a bunch of duck they didnt even want, and so many ingredients were simply wasted.

Duck bro, if you're reading this, just know that I'll definitely be back, and if the same policy stands, I'm going to make it my mission for the night to eat as much duck as i can while throwing away every wrap. Get punished for bad rules and decisions.

In conclusion: don't be like duck bro. Keep it real.

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