25th August 2012: Day's Chinese Buffet
August 27, 2012
We went to Day's Chinese Buffet for dinner to celebrate my mother in law's birthday. There was quite a few of us as a load of our family from London happened to have come down for the weekend. It was lovely to see everybody and to get together, but the buffet experience was a little odd... The restaurant was run with military precision. You are limited to 2 hours at your table (they came and gave us a five minute warning when we approached our 2 hours) and you have to pay upfront. I dropped my family off and went to park the car, so turned up later than everyone else and didn't know you had to pay first, I thought I was joining my family at their table, so jumped the long queue only to get into trouble for doing so. As for the buffet it was an experience in itself - about 150 dishes but getting to it and carrying it back to your table was pretty crazy as it was really busy - not your usual relaxing dining experience. The food was tasty but not very hot, but it was great to see everyone.