tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636159147473187753.post2380918092426157077..comments2024-03-04T20:13:38.495-08:00Comments on Get Out North Idaho: Chow List: Buffets & BrunchesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636159147473187753.post-6460356676825327012018-09-22T02:34:14.600-07:002018-09-22T02:34:14.600-07:00Buffets are always best. The buffets can be truly ...Buffets are always best. The buffets can be truly good for saving money when you are hosting the party. At one of the <a href="https://eventup.com/venues/los-angeles-ca/" rel="nofollow">Los Angeles event venues</a>, I also would be hosting the grand party for our blog launch and will go for buffet luncheon. Hope everything goes quit smoothly.Drew Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187808483145982017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636159147473187753.post-70139508566647148742008-09-14T17:09:00.000-07:002008-09-14T17:09:00.000-07:00hey Patrick, I loved your response because as we ...hey Patrick, I loved your response because as we drove out of town after a lovely dinner at the Beach House, I thought, wonder how their Pho is? In December, I rode my bike from Ho Chi Minh City to Saigon and became smitten with Viet Namese food. So I will follow up on your suggestion ASAP. By the way? in Viet Nam, it's pronounced fa, as in do re mi, and as a question, FA? If you look them in the eye, smile and order FOE, they have absolutely no idea. none. And believe me, it takes awhile to get from FOE to fa? :) Thanks for your help. I don't make a move without consulting you first!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889221571855398491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636159147473187753.post-43694170975052601142008-09-12T21:58:00.000-07:002008-09-12T21:58:00.000-07:00JBelle - I just caught your question and it's prob...JBelle - I just caught your question and it's probably too late, but if I HAD to recommend just one place (and this always changes with mood), right now I'd say...uhh...hmmm...how about Pho Thanh Vietnamese Restaurant on N. 4th St. Just visited the other day, first time in a long while, and the pho was terrific as ever - fresh, steamy and sinus-clearingly spicy with lots of Sriracha (aka cock sauce). O yea.OrangeTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510345570999695582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636159147473187753.post-10202933743678677072008-09-12T21:51:00.000-07:002008-09-12T21:51:00.000-07:00From HBO:Question: Which business offers the best ...From HBO:<BR/><BR/>Question: Which business offers the best brunch or buffet in the Inland Northwest? Which offers the worst?<BR/>Posted by DFO | 11 Sep 1:13 PM<BR/><BR/>There are 10 comments on this post. (XML Subscribe to comments on this post)<BR/><BR/>I agree with High Mountain Buffet - love it.<BR/><BR/>Orange - have you reviewed Blue Plate in Hayden? Love that place.<BR/>Posted by Me | 11 Sep 1:26 PM<BR/><BR/>Golden Corral is the best, followed by the Top of China up by Northtown.<BR/>Posted by Shannon | 11 Sep 2:13 PM<BR/><BR/>Shannon! NO, not Top O' China. Icky! I'm still queasy from my sister-in-law's 40th BD bash, there. And it was two years ago.<BR/>As a parent of four boys with big appetites I appreciate the value of buffet dining, but I hate the whole experience.<BR/>(Move along if you don't want to read the rant.)<BR/>I hate following hordes of seniors with shaking hands slopping jello into the wilted iceberg lettuce salad mix. I always end up being stalked through the line by some 300 pound dude in baggy sweats who wants to TALK to me about the FOOD.<BR/>I hate the unholy conglomeration of foods. Chow Mein next to lasagna. California rolls by the mac and cheese. Could we maybe segregate the foods by color? Green foods on one station. White on another... etc? Or maybe fried foods here, fresh foods there? A little thought to appetizing displays wouldn't hurt.<BR/>And is it me, are do the guys they always have carving the meats seem a little bit edgy with their glittery eyes rather unfocused as they hack away at pounds of pig?<BR/>I hate cafeteria eating. Is it too much to ask for a table cloth?<BR/>And the waste! We could feed an entire third world nation on the amount of food thrown away because somebody's eyes were bigger than their tummy. (You know who you are.)<BR/>OK. I think I'm done now.<BR/>But if I am forced to choose a buffet, I'll pick Moon's Mongolian on N. Division.<BR/>Posted by Cindy H. | 11 Sep 2:36 PM<BR/><BR/>I'm with you Cindy even if you are an elitist.;-)<BR/>Posted by Sisyphus | 11 Sep 2:45 PM<BR/><BR/>Don't get me started on white wine vs. red :-)<BR/>Posted by Cindy H. | 11 Sep 2:46 PM<BR/><BR/>I've eaten 3 times at Top Of China. The first time was very good. The second time was so-so. The third time was bad b/c everything tasted the same -- so bad that I apologized to my wife more than once during the meal. I don't know if/when there'll be a fourth time. But I know that my wife won't be with me.<BR/>Posted by DFO | 11 Sep 2:58 PM<BR/><BR/>Funny, Cindy - I am such a horrible cook that my family has made it a routine to have a dinner at least once a week at the Old Country Buffet on Pines. I feel sorry for the staff when we arrive. I'm not saying I'm fat or anything - but have you looked at all the people there? The majority of them are HUGE. Here's my significant other at 300 pounds and he zeroes right in on the steak, ham, turkey. . . He could give lessons on how to load 30 different substantially portioned splotches of food items on one plate. It's called the "layer" look. Then there's me - I have my plate (and I hunt for one that looks really clean) and I prowl and graze through the different food islands. I feel guilty that I haven't amassed huge quantities of every kind of food available – it's called the "anti-gag-reflex" mode. A little potato something here, a little mystery meat there, lots of fruit, and veggies that appear to be cooked just right – not over, not under. Then I sit at the table with my head down, focusing totally on my plate and not on HIS which is just waiting to tip over or something – all meshed together, gravy on fruit on meat on macaroni on jalapeño peppers. Eeeeeeuuuuuuuu. But it beats me cooking. My least lowest skill level. I could build a computer faster.<BR/>Posted by JeanieSpokane | 11 Sep 3:02 PM<BR/><BR/>Jeanie, when I motioned being stalked by 300 pound men I assure I wasn't referring to your SO!<BR/>But you do bring up another point. All those tables smushed together in under the sickly glow of fluorescent lights. No dimly lit booths in cozy corners for people to over-indulge in relative privacy.<BR/>Nope it's all pigs to the troughs.<BR/>No offense to my legions of buffet- loving friends :-)<BR/>Posted by Cindy H. | 11 Sep 3:10 PM<BR/><BR/>Cindy-seriously, that Top of China on North Division is WAY better than the one we have here in town! The food is fresher and they have a lot of items that the one in Cd'A doesn't serve.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a big Moon's Mongolian fan because the last time we tried it they didn't let you take any home. One of their medium sized bowls is 4 meals for me, so I'll stick with the local Mongolian BBQ where I can get my money's worth.<BR/>Posted by Shannon | 11 Sep 3:28 PM<BR/><BR/>The Circus, Circus buffet is the buffet that I judge all buffets against. Some are better, some are not.<BR/>Posted by MikeS | 11 Sep 7:36 PMOrangeTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510345570999695582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636159147473187753.post-8682372798636037572008-09-12T08:54:00.000-07:002008-09-12T08:54:00.000-07:00hi Patrick,We will be in Coeur d'Alene tonight and...hi Patrick,<BR/><BR/>We will be in Coeur d'Alene tonight and after cocktails, will want to go have a nice dinner somewhere. What's the best place, really? for a nice dinner?JBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058881790600891805noreply@blogger.com