Commemorating the one year passing of my father-in-law, my wife and her sisters chose this restaurant to gather our family for dinner. Our group consisted of 21 people for which we made reservations in advance and the restaurant was able to accommodate, however, we were not all able to be at the same table but we did have a section in a corner of the restaurant for our group. It ended up being three small tables of four and then one bigger table accommodating the rest.

This restaurant has been around in the town for a while now and it has become a Newark staple. It is a Chinese buffet that has an eclectic set of dishes in their selection and a fair amount of seafood options. These include various kinds of shellfish made in different ways, including mixed with mayonnaise, baked broiled, boiled fried, etc. These range from muscles to clams to crab, no lobster to be seen, at least not on this day. They even have a sushi bar section. It's probably relevant to point out that the sushi bar is relatively minimal. Their sushi rolls are mostly imitation crab and very few of them are actually made of raw fish and raw meat rolls. They do have raw fish options, but it is mostly cubed fish and focuses mainly on cubed tuna and cubed salmon which you could grab like sashimi. The quality of the fish in this state is not the highest but it is edible. If you are a connoisseur of sushi, this will not satisfy you in the least. If you're not picky, this will be absolutely fine.

The restaurant selection of other buffet items is relatively eclectic and although it is primarily a Chinese restaurant, the options are quite all over the map. They will have items such as french fries and fried chicken, barbecue, chicken skewers and then other classics such as chow, mein, broccoli, beef, white rice mixture, fried vegetables, etc. In general i think there will be something for everyone and the opinion of how good or not good a particular dish item may be will be completely up to the taster. In general the place does satisfy, but for my taste it is a mid tier buffet.

Something to note about the experience here. It is a very popular place for folks to go to to celebrate a birthday. For as many uses. I have been going here. They play the same birthday track for all birthday celebrants. You'll know when you hear it, because the main line of the song will be happy birthday my dear friend. Friend. And it will be sung by children. At least they don't have the service come around and sink to every table which would be more distracting. And at this point the recorded birthday song is almost nostalgic, but I imagine it has been recycled for so long that even the track itself sounds like it's degrading.

If you are looking for an Asian buffet and aren't hung up on all the items and selection being holy, Asian or even of a particular Asian region, this is a good option within eclectic selection to choose from. It is in no way a bad experience but it is nowhere near a mid tier to high-end experience as well. Have at it!

12/23 update crackle Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday my DEAR FRIEND... crackle Happy birthday to you! (if you've been here you know what I'm talking about!).