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Buffet At Asia is an Asian buffet restaurant, priced cheaper than most casino buffets (around $16 for dinner) though there are Asian buffets that are cheaper still.
There is decent variety of foods and there is also a Mongolian grill (or bbq) where you can select the ingredients you want and they're cooked live in front of you.
I won't comment on the seafood as I don't eat any but there were crab legs and sushi options.
For meat lovers there was pork, chicken and beef, around 3 choices for each. All were decent tasting though they were a bit oil/fat-heavy. All of them tasted average, not bad but also not special, about the same you'd expect from any takeout.
I really enjoyed the sweet sesame balls (essentially dough balls covered in sesame and deep fried) though they were kind of heavy on the stomach.
There's also a large variety of vegetables, steamed or fried and I also saw frog legs! (for those who consider it a delicacy, I don't)
The desserts station had a large variety of fruit (quite refreshing from the usual buffet "cheesecake and carrotcake" staples) as well as soft serve ice cream, donuts (not the usual style but a deep fried style I didn't really enjoy, too oily and crispy with a sour/stale taste) and cakes.
Something that I found odd (even mildly annoying) was that there weren't descriptions/names in all of the foods, and those that had any description it was just written with a permanent marker on the glass above. It would cost nothing to print some nice readable labels and it would really change the image of the buffet and inform customers what every food is.
Service was fast (the place was not crowded at all when I visited) but one of the servers was.. weird (in a good way). She didn't speak much, she would just stand in front of you looking down instead of asking if you wanted a refill. Now that led to somewhat eerie moments of silence while attempting to establish communication (having someone stand silently in front of you and you saying "coke please" just seemed weird and rude). I assume she was just shy and maybe new at the job and I'm not going to mark them down for that.
There's also a sign on the wall that says there's an extra charge for wasted food. While this is understandable in a manner that someone who fills their plate with one type of food and doesn't eat it will cause the restaurant to throw it away, it may also put off people from trying new things thinking that if they don't like something or can't eat it they'll have to pay extra. I haven't encountered such a situation and hopefully the restaurant will be prudent but still the sign on the wall exudes a passive threat.
Overall, Buffet At Asia manages to be slightly above average in everything: price, food selection, taste (some foods tend to be heavy/oily), service. Hence 3/5
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