Chinese Buffet In Dallas

This article is strictly about Chinese buffet. There is not a single doubt that this particular 'to die for' type of food is popular now days. Chinese food has won the hearts of various kinds of people all over the world and it is still seeping into the taste buds of those who haven't had the luxury of tasting this food that is fit only for a Chinese emperor.

A little bit of definition before I continue on with my ramblings on this delicious topic. Chinese buffet simply means a breakfast, lunch or dinner that consists of various kinds of delicious Chinese dishes that is self served. Don't bother waiting or whistling for the waiter or waitress to waddle to your table now. Usually, this buffet starts off with the appetizers, main dish and finally the desserts! Anyway, you don't have to go according to that order if you want to. Well what do you know? I am beginning to feel hungry because of this!

All right, all you Chinese Buffet lovers here in Dallas are you ready for this mini tour? I guess you are, right? Now, there are three top Chinese restaurants (two at McKinney Ave and one at Bryan Street) here in Dallas according to my research. How do I know about them? Well, obviously they managed to accumulate quite a number of positive reviews from their satisfied customers through Google places listing reviews. Good job to those restaurant owners for their excellent services! However, I believe that there are still a lot of hidden gems in Dallas that are able to prepare heavenly Chinese buffet that are yet to be discovered! *This is an update to my findings concerning the hidden gems in Dallas. I've managed to fish out another 198 restaurants located all over Dallas! Isn't that good news?

I’ll stop beating around the bush now and get down to business! Now, just as I have promised you guys, here are some of the other restaurants that are making quite a stir in their hot soup! I’ve listed them down in non particular order.

*New New Buffet - 3822 Belt Line Rd, Addison, TX

*Mei Mei Buffet - 10455 N Central Expy # 123, Dallas, TX

*Chef Hsu Chinese Super Buffet – 11180 Harry Hines Blvd # 108, Dallas, TX

*Win Buffet - 3434 W Illinois Ave # 400, Dallas, TX

*VIP Buffet - 1927 E Belt Line Rd # 138, Carrollton, TX

Folks, as I have mentioned earlier, these are not the only restaurants that are serving Chinese buffet in Dallas. There are still more of them out there to be located and identified! Since I have started this mini tour on this topic, I feel that it is my responsibility to keep you all updated with it.

Let's talk about eight of the most popular Chinese dishes that are a must in every Chinese restaurant that serves buffet style meals. These eight dishes are ma po tofu, wontons, sweet and sour pork/chicken, gong bao chicken, spring rolls, dumplings, peking duck and chow mein. These dishes are available in most of the Chinese restaurants in Dallas. If they don't have it, then they might as well scrap this off their menu or just consider these restaurants as a watered down version of the authentic ones.

Ma po tofu is one of the most famous dishes with a history that spanned off more than 100 years. This is a hot and spicy dish which consists of tofu with brownish red ground beef and chopped green onion. This dish happens to be one of my favorite. I just won't miss it whenever I'm having Chinese buffet.

Wontons are shaped like a right triangle. Usually, they are boiled and served in soup or sometimes deep-fried. You can have either diced shrimp or minced pork filled wontons. Not really my favorite, but I'll still have it if I was served with one.

It is orange-red in color and a heavenly sweet and sour taste. Initially, this dish only uses pork. However, to meet the demands of other types of taste buds they started using chicken and moved on to other ingredients.

Gong Bao Chicken is a well-known Sichuan dish and it is popular among Asians and westerners. It is prepared using diced chicken, dried chili and fried peanuts.

These spring rolls are filled either with vegetables or meat. The taste can be sweet or savory. These spring rolls are deep-fried till they are golden yellow in color before they are served to the hungry customers.

Dumplings are made of minced meat and finely-chopped vegetables wrapped into a thin and elastic piece of dough skin. Dumplings are usually eaten with a dip of soy sauce.

This is another one of my favorite Chinese dish. You should not miss this brownish roasted imperial duck because if you do, your Chinese buffet will not be complete! This is a must in every Chinese Buffet in Dallas.

This noodle stir-fried dish comes in different varieties. You can get different types of Chow Mein which is of course, if they are available at that particular restaurant. Such as Chicken Chow Mein, Beef Chow Mein, Seafood Chow Mein and the list goes on.

We all know that eating a buffet style meal is quite challenging because of the overwhelming selections that we are presented with! Here are some tips that I have thought of from the countless experiences that I have gone through and I hope that these tips will be of some help to all you buffet goers out there. But, before that, I would like you to know that these tips greatly depends on your size, current hunger status (hungry to I could eat a horse), health and anything that might hamper your ability to enjoy these food to the fullest.

How to Eat Buffet Style Meal

1. Plan ahead of time so that you will have lots of food space for this event. What I mean is to try not to eat too much before going for the buffet.
2. Always if you could, eat with your buddies. This is very important because their presence allows a lot of time for you to chit chat with them and it will prevent you from gobbling up your food continuously. (This is a good strategy!)
3. Never rely on your eyes to decide how much you can eat! (Remember the phrase "big eyes")
4. Browse over the food and decide on what you really feel like eating that time.
5. Take only small portions of the food that you really want to eat so that you will not be stuffed later.
6. Leave some space for desserts later.

I hope these tips will be helpful to all of you and like I said earlier, be wise in making your decision according to your well-being at that particular time. Eat smart folks!