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draconis
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response 75 of 130:
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Sep 1 14:26 UTC 1998 |
I live in the metro detroit area but go to ann arbor alot one of the
intresting things in Orental Resterants I have noticed is that The Chinesse
Buffet Style resturants. You can have fun mixing and matching what you want
to eat. In down town detroit There is a restrunt called Tai Chi's They are
cool they have tai food and chinessse food and have jazz and blues music.
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valerie
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response 76 of 130:
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Sep 2 13:02 UTC 1998 |
(Re 73: I think you meant "Gourmet Garden on Stadium near Liberty".)
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i
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response 77 of 130:
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Apr 8 00:25 UTC 2002 |
Went to San Fu (A^2, South Main Market) with a friend this evening. Not
as good as i recall from a few years ago, and my friend (who eats out
Chinese much more than i) was not favorably impressed. );
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eeyore
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response 78 of 130:
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Apr 8 03:03 UTC 2002 |
San Fu remains my favorite Chinese Delivery. They're quick, reasonably
cheep, and i love their beef fried rice. What more can you ask for? :)
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jep
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response 79 of 130:
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Apr 8 03:25 UTC 2002 |
My 5 year old son and I went to Szechuan West on Saturday. He's pretty
stubborn about his Chinese restaurants and likes a buffet place in
Adrian best, but admitted the General Tso's Chicken at Szechuan West
was great. (We got it mild.) I think we're going to take my parents
there the next time they come to visit. They're just learning about
Chinese food from their new small-town Chinese/Polish/American
restaurant and the buffet I mentioned, and need to expand their
horizons.
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keesan
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response 80 of 130:
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Apr 8 14:38 UTC 2002 |
There is also a Chinese buffet place in Westgate or Maple Village, something
with the word Garden in the name. We found it singularly lacking in
garden-type foods (heavy on the meat, few vegetables). Lots of batter-fried
things.
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i
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response 81 of 130:
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Apr 18 00:15 UTC 2002 |
Went to Gourmet Garden (W. Stadium north of Liberty) with a "church" group
Sunday. Very nice service; good food, prices, & atmosphere. Many of the
(older) group though very well of the food (i'm uncultured and/or blind to
"really good" Chinese cooking...or maybe it's just not my thing). Enjoyed
a lovely walk home (~70 minutes).
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jmsaul
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response 82 of 130:
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Jul 16 15:58 UTC 2002 |
I like Great Lake -- it's very authentic (we've gotten opinions from Hong
Kong experts), and the food is great as long as you order the Hong
Kong-style stuff. Americanized and Szechuan dishes (e.g. General's
Chicken) are okay, but I don't find them exceptional.
Recommendations: Beef Tenderloin with Black Pepper, Salmon with Garlic,
Pan-Fried Noodles with Seafood (Beef is also good), Braised Noodles with
Black Mushroom (this one can be made vegetarian), Mixed Seafood with Spicy
Salt, whole fish in any sauce (for the adventurous), Roast Duck, Shrimp
with Honey Walnuts.
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keesan
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response 83 of 130:
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Jul 16 16:27 UTC 2002 |
Great Lake used frozen vegetables in their buffet. We never went back.
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jmsaul
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response 84 of 130:
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Jul 16 16:40 UTC 2002 |
I don't eat the buffet, and buffets aren't a good indication of a restaurant's
quality in my experience.
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jep
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response 85 of 130:
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Jul 16 20:59 UTC 2002 |
I don't like most Chinese buffets. They always run out of the best
items; many items are often left sitting out for too long; I'm not much
in favor of eating anything that 20 other people have poked through
anyway. Naturally my son's favorite food in the world is Chinese food
from a buffet. Darned kid...
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jaklumen
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response 86 of 130:
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Jul 17 01:38 UTC 2002 |
He's a'ight by me.. I love Chinese buffets. Granted, there are a few
places around my area that are simply buffet, and nothing but; but I
remember one in Yakima that *was* really good. The food was served on
catering dishes with Sterno burners instead of a steam table, and it
was much better quality than most buffets I've seen. I'm sure jmsaul
is right by his comments in resp:84, but from what I could tell, the
menu items looked quite a notch above the typical Chinese place, too.
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keesan
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response 87 of 130:
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Jul 17 19:50 UTC 2002 |
We like the large selection in buffets, and the fact that we can pick out the
vegetables and leave the meat behind so this also increases the selection.
Sometimes people help by picking out the meat and leaving us the vegetables.
I don't know of any good Chinese buffets in or near Ann Arbor, but Hong Kong
Inn says if we cannot find what we want in the buffet they will cook us
something extra. They did this twice when there were only meat dishes there,
and just brought our vegetables straight to the table. This is essentially
an all-you-can eat price of our choice of dishes (they know we will not pick
any of the expensive (meat) dishes).
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glenda
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response 88 of 130:
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Jul 17 20:28 UTC 2002 |
Eating dishes where the meat has been picked out and the vegetables left
behind in not eating vegetarian let alone vegan. The meat enzemes are in the
entire dish not just the pieces of meat.
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jmsaul
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response 89 of 130:
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Jul 17 23:04 UTC 2002 |
Re #87: I'm not sure there's any point in you and I swapping restaurant
recommendations, honestly. I just don't think we're from the same
planet.
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keesan
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response 90 of 130:
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Jul 18 14:11 UTC 2002 |
We are not religious vegetarians. The point is to eat low on the food chain,
not to have the restaurants throw out vegetables because they have been
'tainted' by association with dead animals and the meat eaters won't eat them
because they have no meat with them.
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jmsaul
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response 91 of 130:
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Jul 18 14:41 UTC 2002 |
At least you said "eat low on the food chain." Some friends of ours once told
us they were trying to "get lower on the food chain," and we teased them
mercilessly about what kind of predators they were planning to get munched
by.
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slynne
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response 92 of 130:
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Jul 18 18:47 UTC 2002 |
Mosquitos.
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jmsaul
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response 93 of 130:
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Jul 18 21:30 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, but that happens already.
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bmoran
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response 94 of 130:
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Feb 22 22:28 UTC 2005 |
I'll throw in a comment about Great Lake Seafood. My brother in law has eaten
in chinese places around the world, and said it was the best chinese meal he
has ever eaten. I'll go to Dynersty when I'm working downtown for a quick
lunch, but Great lake is where I go for a top quality dinner.
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keesan
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response 95 of 130:
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Feb 22 23:49 UTC 2005 |
We tried their lunch buffet several years ago and it was awful - the
vegetables were frozen, not fresh. Dynersty uses all fresh vegetables (or
dried mushrooms). Dan, I hear you are trying to start up the lunchtime
meetings for self-employed people again - is this related research?
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gelinas
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response 96 of 130:
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Feb 26 04:36 UTC 2005 |
I had lunch at Great Lake yesterday. I couldn't taste the crab in the "crab
cheese Rangoon", but the Mongolian beef and the rice were good. :)
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void
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response 97 of 130:
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Mar 18 13:33 UTC 2005 |
The one time I ate at Great Lake, I was underwhelmed. I haven't been
back, but maybe I'll try it again.
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eeyore
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response 98 of 130:
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Apr 17 12:11 UTC 2006 |
I've not been to Great Lakes in awhile (they have little to offer veggies),
but their shrimp is always perfectly done. We've always been impressed with
them!
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cmcgee
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response 99 of 130:
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Aug 31 15:02 UTC 2006 |
Ok, I'm looking for an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet in Ann Arbor/Ypsi area.
What is your recommendation?
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