Super Bowl Cuisine（Buffet） — Restaurant in City of Kingston

I am writing this review in hopes the new owners will improve upon the new buffet. We had been loyal customers for the past 7 years- we are SO sad to see they discontinued hot pot which we felt was the most unique part of this restaurant and is what kept us coming here for 7 years. Tonight we tried the new buffet after seeing it was under new ownership. We were really dissapointed and there is a lot that could be improved upon. Here are some of the things we noticed: -Did not see chopsticks anywhere, only forks and knives. While this isn't a big deal, chopsticks would be nice. If they were there, they were not near the regular utensil tray. -A lot of space at the buffet is taken up by fruit and a salad bar. These are nice options but when we go to a Chinese buffet we are there for Chinese food primarily, not fruit or salad. These items could be more limited to make room for more types of chinese dishes. -There was not a lot of variety. Almost no vegetarian options other than green beans, bok choy, and mushrooms. No tofu, no vegetable delight, eggplant etc. -Most of the pans were 3/4 of the way empty. Only a few were refilled while we were there and we got there around 6:30. Many of the options remained mostly empty and picked through for the duration of our meal. When they did bring out new trays, there was not nearly enough food in them to go around. -Too much fried food and not enough Chinese dishes. -No traditional condiments offered like spicy mustard, soy sauce, or duck sauce. There was chili oil at the salad bar but the chilis and oil tasted and looked VERY burnt. -Most things had little to no flavor. Almost everything was bland and could have used more seasoning like the Lo Mein and "fried" rice which was pretty much just plain rice. -All of the meat options had meat pieces cut so tiny, it would be nice to have pieces of meat larger than a penny.

The pros are that it was very clean inside which I hope is something they keep up on. The other chinese buffet in Kingston is very dirty so we appreciated the cleanliness.

We hope that they change some things and add more variety. We will try again in a few months with hopes that some things are improved! If not, then we probably won't be stopping here again which makes us sad! We are also sad that the closest hot pot option is now in Wappingers.

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Stumbled upon this place when the family was upstate for a weekend and it was already 8:30p- not much open and we thought this was only a hotpot place. We noted they had a veg/vegan option or two and thought- ok better than other options at the moment.

Located in a strip mall, the parking lot in front of this place had one car, yes just one. Uh oh. As we walked in, we were shocked at the sheer size of the place- dozens upon dozens of booths and tables. Our host asked which menu- to which we guessed and clumsily said “Vegetarian or Vegan?”

They had one, and oh boy were we pleasantly surprised! Rows and rows of all vegetarian and vegan options. This place had potential by the menu alone. We ended up ordering spring rolls, veg drumsticks, home style tofu, general’s tofu and Mongolian veg beef along with veg fried rice.

When I tell you this food came out fast, I mean DC comics Flash fast (the tv show version- which we all know is the better Flash anyway)!

Spring Rolls- standard fare hard to mess these up

Veg Drumsticks - generous portion with 5! Perfect crisp on the outside with chewy and lightly salty inside- served with a sweet dipping sauce

Home Style Tofu - tons of fresh veggies- zucchini, mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, broccoli.

General’s Tofu- I want to back right now and order a few of these. Super crunchy tofu with a lightly sweet/savory sauce- perfect ratio!

Mongolian Veg Beef- loaded with onions but do not be deterred the flavor was enhanced by them and seasoning was just right

Veg fried rice - executed well, just wish it had a slight more salt- easily overlooked with all the other great dishes!

My guess is the empty place on a Friday night means they do a lot of carry out or delivery business. Our dine-in experience was great- kind servers and quick rollout of food!

Wish we had these types of spots...

We decided to try this place out for the first time tonight esp after reading most of the reviews, and we were interested in a hot pot dinner as neither of us have been to this kind of restaurant. Maybe it was just a bad day to go, but this place is very very weirddd. First of all we walk in, the place was completely empty except for one other couple there. No music playing or tv’s on or anything. Just dead quiet. we were seated and handed regular menus and had to ask about the hot pot options and then they switched us tables. No instructions about what to do, we were just handed a paper menu with a pen and the server walked away even tho we told her it’s our first time, and don’t know about the ordering process. Then we were invited to make our own sauces and directed around the corner to a very sketchy little service station with a few unrefrigerated and mislabeled sauces sitting out. This is in a room that felt like a huge storage closet with just random stuff strewn about. Maybe they have the buffet area open sometimes? But not today?

There was a little blurb on the paper menu about recommended times to cook each ingredient, but half of them weren’t available to order. Same with some instructions on what sauces to make, we were excited to follow the recipe only to find that half the ingredients weren’t there to use? Seems like the menu needs updating and new menus printed.

Anyway, the food seemed pretty fresh, but it was just okay. The noodles were the best part. The table we were at was completely chipped and broken, which was off putting.

If we ever try this place again, we won’t be doing the hot pot stuff. Maybe their regular dishes are much better. But if you’re like us and going to have a good fondue dinner experience, I’d try somewhere else. This food gave me an uneasy feeling in my stomach about 30...