BUFFETS
The buffet table originated
back in the 16th century in Sweden. It
became internationally known at the 1939 New York World's Fair where the Sweds
showed off a new way to display their food to such a big crowd and was known as
a Smorgasbord. The term buffet comes
from the French for sideboard which is a piece of furniture on which the food
was displayed and dates back to the 17th Century.
Not surprisingly, the
all you can eat buffet was the brainstorm of a Las Vegas entertainment manager,
named Herb McDonald back in 1946 at the El Rancho. These were late night extravaganzas served at
midnight for $1.50.
While in St. Louis, we
stayed at The Hollywood Casino with a comp room for two nights. The offer also included a voucher for breakfast
for two at Eat Up Buffet. I'm not that
big of a breakfast eater and would much rather have a sit down meal but Gary
always says just get what you want, you can still eat light even though it's a
buffet.
When we got upstairs a
hostess advised us breakfast was table service.
We noticed this happening in Tunica that the casinos are no longer
having buffet breakfasts. Maybe not as
many people are getting up early for breakfast or they eat too much at a
breakfast buffet … I don't know the reason behind it, but I was glad I was
going to be served.
We were the only ones
in line but we were told by the less than enthusiastic hostess that we'd have
to wait. A couple of minutes later
another hostess ask us if we'd been taken care of and we repeated what we were
told and she took us immediately to a table.
As we were walking to our table, we passed an area that had some
breakfast pastries and fruit and saw later on the menu, you could add this to
your selection for an addition five bucks.
We also passed a table of a gentleman who had ordered the Colossal
Pancake, which looked to be the size of
a medium pizza. Everything was starting
to seem huge. The breakfast special was
Eggs with a 16oz ham steak for $7.77. We
passed. I had the King Kong omelet which
was a three egg omlet with bacon, ham, sausage and cheese. It was quite good but the omelet itself could
have been a little fluffier. The biscuit weren't fluffy either and I only had 1/2 of it. The breakfast itself,
however, was way too much to eat. You
will never go away hungry from this place.
Gary mentioned to the
server that he'd just like one donut while he placed his order but didn't want
full reign to the bar and she was nice enough to bring him a chocolate glazed
donut. The service was outstanding. We never had to wait on refills and the
waitress was back several times asking if there was anything we needed. We definitely want to try lunch or dinner here.
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