The
Golden Corral is a buffet restaurant that you go to in order to fill up
on cheap, high carb comfort food for a reasonable price. Yes they have
an assortment of salads but you will see the people going for lasagna,
meatloaf, fried chicken, Chinese fried rice, Mexican rice, beans, chips , along
with hot dogs, hamburgers and, depending what time you get there, steak
and/or ribs. There is macaroni and cheese, pizza, roast chicken, all
sorts of hot vegetables and various styles of potatoes . They have skillet cornbread , Jalapeno
corn muffins and regular roles. Then there is the never ending desert
station filled with cookies, various cakes, puddings, jello and soft
serve ice cream, with assorted toppings , that can be put into cones or dishes .

Most of
the dishes are too salty and very few would even come close to be
gourmet caliber but, and these are the selling points, there is a lot of
it, a big variety and it is cheap!

The
majority of customers are overweight but every once in awhile you will
see a skinny person--they are the ones carrying plates of fresh
strawberries and blueberries, who go to the dessert section and have
jello--then there is me and here are just a few of the plates I had:

Don't
know how many servings of peccadillo with rice that had but I do recall
3 servings of the lasagna and, yes, a fair tasting of the cakes and
pies plus the vanilla and chocolate soft ice cream.

We
had come out of the movie around 3 PM and walked into the Golden Corral
for a late lunch but it seems 'early bird' prices were in effect and,
including soda, tax and tip the price comes to $8.41 a person. Certainly
a good deal but one that you wouldn't indulge in too often not if you
want good food, to keep your weight down or care about your health.

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