Buffet's Buffets
An AYCE Tier List
Some people are confused when I tell them that our social connection app is called Buffet. Usually however when I say our cute little tagline – “There’s something for everyone”, their slight confusion turns to a chuckle & a smile. Not to pat ourselves on the back, but c’mon it’s a cool name – & it makes just the right amount of sense. Like Twitter? Iconic name; doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Hinge? Sure, cool name, but does it mean something? Not too sure. Tinder? Cool name for an app designed for lumberjacks – oh wait it’s a dating app?? Hmm seems like there is a little precedent for app names that are a bit out there…
So all that to say – I am going to purposely misunderstand our app name & take it literally – call it our lumberjack moment. Today I will be providing you a tier list of the different brands & types of endless food consumption (otherwise known as Buffets).
Because who else would you go to for this crucial information other than THE BuffetApp??
Any KBBQ establishment
S Tier. I will not be taking any feedback on this one. Absolutely unparalleled endless food experience. Kimchi, rice, & delicious marinated meats of all kinds – simply what more could you want? Not to mention the social & borderline evangelical nature of the KBBQ – Social: hanging around the table with friends, cooking the food in the center & eating as you cook. Evangelical: could potentially be the only negative to the KBBQ experience, however the optimist that I am – I choose to see it as a positive. When you go to a KBBQ, the cooking is on you – so you really can’t all be first time KBBQ’ers, you need that one veteran to show all the initiates the way. But once your boy has educated you in the art of the BBQ – Boom. Evangelized. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. You now will rave to all your friends about KBBQ that have never had it & you will continue to spread the good news that is KBBQ.
Sizzler
B Tier. Truthfully, I do not remember the food. I had my steaks medium well, embarrassing I know, but I have fond memories of going here as a child but that location closed. RIP Sizzler, you will be missed.
Fogo de Chao
A Tier. I struggled with this one, I really wanted to say S-Tier but I just couldn’t. My first experience at the Beverly Hills Fogo De Chao was incredible. The servers continuously coming around with different cuts, & not to mention a decent salad bar too? I was quite satisfied. The Bottom Sirloin? To die for, just leave the whole skewer at the table. You might be thinking, intern writing this article, this sounds pretty S-tier – & you would be right. It WAS S-Tier. However, this was 4 years ago. I recently returned to Fogo but this time to the El Segundo location & the quality was simply not the same. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. A Tier.
Golden Corral
Now this may or may not be a hot take, but I’m gonna have to go with B Tier. This is not to invalidate your own Golden Corral horror story but… well, maybe it is. I’ll be darned but Golden Corral is an American staple! What’s more American than unlimited “just-passable-enough” food that will surely erode your physical & mental health in the long term?? My goodness – I need to close the book on this one before I bring it up to A Tier. Man, I love America!
Endless Sushi & Sake
Oh man this one takes me back. There is nothing more fun than heading to a little hole in the wall in Upland, CA with AYCE sushi & sake with a couple buddies. Sharing stories & sake-bombing & absolutely stuffing your face with varying qualities of sushi – there’s nothing better. BUT the quality of Upland, CA endless sushi just does not match up to a sit down, non buffet in LA like Katsuya or Catch LA. For that reason, it makes it difficult to place in S Tier. But at Buffet we love doing difficult things (like meeting new people for the first time :), so S Tier it is!
Thank you for coming to my TED talk, that concludes our lumberjack moment. If you stuck around this long, thank you & I hope you got a chuckle or two out of it. If you did, please let my boss know (info@buffetapp.co) because I’m kinda going off-script here…
Oh, & last thing: download Buffet now!
