happy thanksgiving stuffing!
Nov. 29th, 2019 12:31 pmwe got stuffed the french-named hotel, which has an excellent thanksgiving buffet. the buffet ran at odd times this year, as part of interleaving it with the hotel's five-course thanksgiving meals.
so: the buffet ran at 11am and 2pm, while the five-coursers were at 1 and 4. the last two made perfect sense: lunch, possibly on the late side, and an early dinner. but the first two left us puzzled.¹
since we wanted the buffet, we had thanksgiving brunch at 11. that started with a risotto chef cooking to order, followed by taking full advantage of the buffet. each of us had a little chicken, salmon, and roast beast, with the huge array of veggies, both typical and unusual. i went back for seconds, as is my habit. all excellent; the roast beast was especially tender and tasty.
the buffet also comes with a dessert buffet: slivers of pie, tiny tarts, miniature chocolate confections. it's my favorite part, and i saw no reason not to indulge. i think i had eight different things. we waddled back to our car, happily sated.
1: and apparently left everybody else puzzled, too. there were only nine tables occupied for brunch, all but one for small groups, but they had about forty tables set for the 2pm buffet, including some set for parties of ten or more.
so: the buffet ran at 11am and 2pm, while the five-coursers were at 1 and 4. the last two made perfect sense: lunch, possibly on the late side, and an early dinner. but the first two left us puzzled.¹
since we wanted the buffet, we had thanksgiving brunch at 11. that started with a risotto chef cooking to order, followed by taking full advantage of the buffet. each of us had a little chicken, salmon, and roast beast, with the huge array of veggies, both typical and unusual. i went back for seconds, as is my habit. all excellent; the roast beast was especially tender and tasty.
the buffet also comes with a dessert buffet: slivers of pie, tiny tarts, miniature chocolate confections. it's my favorite part, and i saw no reason not to indulge. i think i had eight different things. we waddled back to our car, happily sated.
1: and apparently left everybody else puzzled, too. there were only nine tables occupied for brunch, all but one for small groups, but they had about forty tables set for the 2pm buffet, including some set for parties of ten or more.