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| - I'm often not a fan of buffets.
The idea of stuffing my body with as much food in ratio to the price I paid - the idea is appalling and quite disgusting. Chalk up to the mediocre if not downright abysmal quality of buffets in the Toronto area and that's the reason for my pessimistic appraisal of what a buffet is really all about.
However, having been to The Bacchanal twice in one week - I can safely say that all my life, I have been going to the wrong buffet!
Bacchanal blows every single buffet experience I have had out of the water! The selection is gargantuan, ranging from fresh shellfish to Asian, to Mexican and the biggest dessert selection I have ever seen!
While pricy, it is 100% worth the value and the money you pay. After all, the strip is America's playground if not one of the world's - when on vacation, you can't doubt yourself when spending money. You can save yourself $1 by signing up for Total Rewards however.
The first night for dinner, we arrived around 7:00pm and was promptly seated by 7:15pm. Surprising as I've heard that it can be as long as a 2 hour wait! For the next 3 hours, we stuffed ourselves with nothing but shucked oysters, crab claws and king crab legs. We hardly tried the other items that were available. Service was great, as our waters were continually refilled, as was the pop. We didn't have to ask for more!
Our second visit was two days later for lunch at around 12:30pm, again, hardly a wait. If anything, this time the line moved even faster. No king crab legs, so we got to trying everything else we missed last time! I was surprise they had Vietnamese pho, and even Japanese ramen! While not the best pho or ramen I ever had, it was a decent try given the environment. It won't leave you disgusted, but the soup base for both will leave you satisfied - at least until the real thing!
Notable items other than the aforementioned shellfishes to try are:
- the chocolate mousse
- crayfish, very spicy and sweet!
- the cheeseboard items
- the roasted duck in the Chinese food section
- the fresh cerviche
- the prime rib and lamb chops
Bacchanal is truly an EPIC feast!
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