# Chinese Buffet Restaurants: An American Classic. By Tripler

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 27, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-buffet-restaurants-an-american-classic-by-tripler/52026 "2001-01-27T19:38:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-buffet-restaurants-an-american-classic-by-tripler/52026/21 "2001-01-29T00:59:07Z")

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Along with the Chinese food, you’d expect some kind of Chinese dessert, right? I mean, besides the fortune cookie.  
In the one or two I’ve been to in DE, they had these 1950s- or 60s-era desserts, like something with jello, or I think I remember unwrapped Twinkies there too. Got a HUGE kick out of it.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-buffet-restaurants-an-american-classic-by-tripler/52026/22 "2001-01-29T03:39:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by particlewill \*  
> \*\ ***$3.95?!? $3 freekin’ .95?**
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> Yeesh. Here in The Frozen North, most of our Chinese Buffets cost around $10! (And we must have a dozen here in Fargo.) If they were $3.95, I wouldn’t eat anything else.  
> _sigh_ \*\*

Well, I’m alongside you here in Minot, and we have no less than 4 places I’ve discovered. The Happy Panda (~$5.50) and New China Buffet (~$7.00) are the most popular. I haven’t exactly found the other two yet. But they are a Godsend.

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> \*Originally posted by tomndebb \*  
> **You have GOT to be kidding. Holding those places up as the salvation of penurious, starving, college kids is one thing. Claiming that they serve anything resembling good food is absurd.**

Well, #1 I’m not in college anymore. I’m all grown up now, and even if I was still in college, I’d still love these places. #2, I didn’t necessarily say it was _perfectly healthy_, but you can’t deny that them’s some good vittles. . .

Work with me here people. . .

Tripler  
And the place did save my life.

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**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-buffet-restaurants-an-american-classic-by-tripler/52026/23 "2001-01-31T00:48:56Z")

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Large sign I observed on the soon to open new Chinese buffet: “Coming Now”

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