So apparently there's a wrong way to eat at a Chinese buffet and it offended my friend

[OriginalGeek]

37. Yeah they are great

the ones here are buffet style - all you care to eat - just keep going through the line. They have a freezer with thinly sliced beef and chicken (maybe pork too but I never got that) and then a section with noodles and veggies (broccoli, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, green peppers, carrots, celery, bok choi (if it's really nice or just plain cabbage) and other standard Asian type veggies (At least, when I say that, I mean what Americans are used to in Chinese/Asian food - I wouldn't presume to know what real Asians eat on a daily basis). Then there's a section that usually has several broth type mixtures - sesame oil, garlic broth, brown stuff (lol) and at least one or two broths of varying degrees of chili pepper hotness. You go through and put what you like in the bowl and hand it to the BBQ chef who has a giant flat griddle and he cooks up your selected ingredients while you watch - it only takes a minute or two as everything is sliced very thin - and he hands it back to you on a plate and you go stuff your face. I loved that. He usually has several plates going in different spots on the griddle top and cleans off the spot every time in between plates.

There is usually a tip jar at the BBQ station and I always throw a buck in per plate so I try to make sure I stuff my plate as full as possible to lessen the trips through the line. Not saying you have to do that but that's what I expect when I go so I know up front to have some dollars for the chef.