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3 total messages Started by John C. Ramirez Mon, 03 Aug 1992 17:40

Author: John C. Ramirez
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 17:40

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   Has anyone else tried this place?  It's at Century III Mall
in West Mifflin.  It is basically an all-you-can-eat buffet style
restaurant, but with Chinese food.  I'm surprised no one has done
this before, since the basic ritual at Chinese restaurants is for
everyone to order something different and split the dishes up anyway.
Now you just order the buffet and help yourself to whatever you like.

   There are ~10 dishes, some of them moderately spicey, basically
trying to cover all tastes.  None that I tried were outstanding, but
they were not bad, either.  They also had two soups (including Hot and
Sour, which I make a point to try everywhere -- it was pretty good),
egg rolls, wings, rice, shrimp toast, fresh fruit and other stuff that
I can't remember.  The price for the buffet is $10, but they give you
a 10% off card that's good for a year, so subsequent trips will be a
bit less.

   On the whole, I really like this place for an informal, filling
Chinese dinner.  Any of you others who have tried it, let me know what
you think.

John (nomad@unix.cis.pitt.edu)

Re: Mark Pi's

Author: David A Berson
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 20:51

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In article <4170@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> nomad@pitt.edu (John C. Ramirez) writes:
>   Has anyone else tried this place?  It's at Century III Mall
>in West Mifflin.  It is basically an all-you-can-eat buffet style
>restaurant, but with Chinese food.  I'm surprised no one has done
>this before,

There was a really good place near Chicago that did this about 5 years
ago.  Unfortanely they closed, it was a great place to go for Sunday
brunch.

>I can't remember.  The price for the buffet is $10, but they give you
>a 10% off card that's good for a year, so subsequent trips will be a
>bit less.

I have been there on both Saturdays and Sundays.  Saturdays from 11-2 the
buffet is only $5 or $6.  I never got a discount card, what day where you there?

>   On the whole, I really like this place for an informal, filling
>Chinese dinner.  Any of you others who have tried it, let me know what
>you think.

I agree, as long as you are looking for really good Chinese.

--
David A. Berson.
berson@cs.pitt.edu

Re: Mark Pi's

Author: John Mount
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 19:06

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In article <4170@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, nomad@pitt.edu (John C. Ramirez) writes:
|>    Has anyone else tried this place?  It's at Century III Mall
|> in West Mifflin.  It is basically an all-you-can-eat buffet style
|> restaurant, but with Chinese food.  I'm surprised no one has done
|> this before, since the basic ritual at Chinese restaurants is for
|> everyone to order something different and split the dishes up anyway.
|> Now you just order the buffet and help yourself to whatever you like.

The difference is that if you order Chinese food with friends you have
some reason to expect that it hasn't been sitting in a steam bath
for 3 hours.

-- 
--- It is kind of strange being in CS theory, given computers really do exist.
John Mount: jmount+@cs.cmu.edu               (412)268-6247
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 
5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890

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