| rev:text
| - Solid Asian buffet with standard dishes that taste decent enough to warrant coming back once in a while but not often. I like to think of it as a cheaper Mandarin, especially if you use the BOGO coupon they send you in the mail. It works out to around $11/person, which isn't bad at all since a lunch special can easily run you $10 anywhere in Mississauga.
I've only ever had lunch here, I've never seen the chocolate fountain turned on, and this time was my first visit in a couple of years. The dishes offered and the taste of the food hasn't changed much, so there is a high level of consistency here.
Salad - I'm a huge salad fan; some people eat salad to be healthy, I eat salad because I genuinely LOVE salad. Anyways, the salad bar here is good. There's enough sauces, enough toppings, and the greens are fresh (that's super important for me). You can be sure to satisfy your salad fix if you come here.
Hot Foods - A wide selection of Asian and regular buffet foods like black pepper beef, fried rice, tempura yam, sweet and sour pork/chicken, stir fried vegetables, stir fried shrimps, oysters, mashed potatoes, chicken wings, chicken nuggets, pizza, fried-this-and-that, etc. Personally though, I find that although there is a wide selection, there's nothing that I particularly am excited about eating. I eat a lot of Asian food though, so that might just be me. I find a lot of the hot foods satisfactory but not so mind-blowingly good that I look forward to coming again or will crave even after I've left the venue (I feel this way when I go eat sushi).
Sushi Bar - Again, solid selection and taste. I really like the cold tofu here. I enjoy the yam roll. As to be expected, the sushi here isn't "real" sushi so its just basic rolls like california, cucumber, crab meat, etc, but it's a nice change for your palate mid meal in case you get sick of eating too much fried food.
Desserts - Not bad, but I consider the desserts the weakest part of the selection here. A lot of their cakes I believe they buy; no complaints about that, but all of them taste kind of mediocre. I wouldn't spit it out, but I'd rather eat another salad instead if I had the appetite. Whenever I come here, I rarely ever touch the cakes, cupcakes, etc. There's a wide range of cakes, but they aren't done very well and the types of cakes they offer aren't anything to get excited about. The ice cream section is good, but my favourite is the crepe station. I usually take the crepe, fill it with ice cream, and then add toppings to it.
All in all, Imperial Buffet is a place I enjoy visiting once in a blue moon. It's solid; good selection, good quality of food, good taste. A 6 or 7 of 10 in my books. However, there's nothing really special about the food here that makes you want to come back. There's nothing particular that is done so well I'll remember it after I leave the restaurant. You can always count on Imperial Buffet for a decent meal at a good price. But is it fantastic? Not by far.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)