Buffets

Wednesday morning Ali and I woke up early to try to get to the Pearl Harbor memorial. We promptly got ready and went to the breakfast buffet before heading out (as suggested by my mom who told us to go to the buffet about 7 times though phone as well as text messages). When we got there I thought to myself: Now THIS is what a buffet should be.

You see in Korea our friend Christina took us to several buffets including one where the server would bring a dish out and then ring a bell. I swear that as soon as that bell would ring people would literally throw down their forks and run to the buffet counter to get what was brought out. It was sorta funny- you would hear everyone's forks drop in unison and make a mad run for it like there were free diamonds for the taking if you got up there in time. Then you'd see people pushing and shoving each other to get pizza or some Alfredo pasta. Ali and Christina were the most successful people in the place. It was as though Christina knew when that bell would be rung (it also helped that we were seated by the kitchen). Christina may be small but jeez! The girl can run fast. She has no problem being aggressive in the food counter area. It also helped to have Ali tower over everyone. He has long legs so he was able to dash and be the first in the line many times. It was comical how he stood over the others and people would have to look around his body to see what was available. It was like dinner and a movie all in one.

As Erin and I just watched this scene be repeated over and over I though in amusement of what it would be like if the US did the same thing. Think about it... There would at least be a mass murder being committed over a plate of fried chicken. A couple of stabbings over the mac and cheese. In the US the idea of a bowl of food for one restaurant is ludicrous. No serious buffet restaurant would even bother with the idea of a little of this and a dash of that. It goes against the idea of what a buffet is about: consumption of a large quantity and variety of food.

Back to the buffet at the hotel. It was a massive waste of money on us only because I could only eat a little bit and Ali ate only 4 tiny waffles. We were def. food coma'ing. The juice though is heaven sent. They had this passion fruit, orange, and guava juice that is the greatest concoction know to human kind. It was so good in fact that our server had to bring Ali a fish bowl sized glass because she had to keep refilling his other glass way too often.

So I am heading out to see the sights. Aloha!