Min Du Buffet - Appleton, WI
Jeff Lindsay refers to this little buffet as one of the best values in the area, because the supper buffet is less than $7 a pop and there is a sushi bar. There is also a banner outside the little restaurant that proudly claims to have 88 buffet items (I didn't count nearly that many - maybe 20 entrees at best).
My wife and I entered the establishment around 6pm on Friday, May 19th, and we were seated right away. After a brief word of prayer, we went to work. There is a fruit bar with canned pineapple, canned apricots, canned peaches, etc. Then to the hot buffet. The Shanghai Beef was mostly good, some pieces were a bit on the rubbery side. The small fried cocunut shrimp were delicious, one of the best items on the buffet. The fried rice was an improvement over what we had at Asian Garden Buffet, but still lacking the robust flavor I have come to expect from good fried rice.
The small eggrolls were great: Crunchy skin with pork on the inside, just the way I like it. They also had barbecue chicken on a stick - very tasty! There was also a sauteed shrimp dish that was very good. Other dishes look liked they had been on the buffet for some time, and I was not quite as enticed by those items. There was also some chinese fried chicken wings and drummies that looked good. My wife liked the chicken with garlic sauce. It looked good.
This is a much smaller buffet than the China Buffet on OO on the north side of Appleton, and way smaller than the Asian Garden Buffet by the Fox River Mall. If you're looking for a large buffet with crab legs, a salad bar, salmon, lots of different dishes, an ice cream bar, and a Mongolian Barbecue, then keep driving: This is a budget buffet, right down to the canned fruit. If you choose this over the China Buffet or the Asian Garden Buffet, you are making a mistake, it's not that good.
But this was still a nice, cozy little eating experience, and I can't remember the last time my wife and I ate in a nice restaurant with all you can eat for $14.45. So I recommend this restaurant if you are in the area, and you are on a budget (I understand the lunch buffet is $5.85), but it is not a first choice, and is not likely to win over patrons used to the mighty aforementioned buffets.
I give this restaurant a B. You'll find it at 100 West Wisconsin Avenue, about 2 blocks west of Richmond Street, in a strip mall on the north side of Wisconsin.
My wife and I entered the establishment around 6pm on Friday, May 19th, and we were seated right away. After a brief word of prayer, we went to work. There is a fruit bar with canned pineapple, canned apricots, canned peaches, etc. Then to the hot buffet. The Shanghai Beef was mostly good, some pieces were a bit on the rubbery side. The small fried cocunut shrimp were delicious, one of the best items on the buffet. The fried rice was an improvement over what we had at Asian Garden Buffet, but still lacking the robust flavor I have come to expect from good fried rice.
The small eggrolls were great: Crunchy skin with pork on the inside, just the way I like it. They also had barbecue chicken on a stick - very tasty! There was also a sauteed shrimp dish that was very good. Other dishes look liked they had been on the buffet for some time, and I was not quite as enticed by those items. There was also some chinese fried chicken wings and drummies that looked good. My wife liked the chicken with garlic sauce. It looked good.
This is a much smaller buffet than the China Buffet on OO on the north side of Appleton, and way smaller than the Asian Garden Buffet by the Fox River Mall. If you're looking for a large buffet with crab legs, a salad bar, salmon, lots of different dishes, an ice cream bar, and a Mongolian Barbecue, then keep driving: This is a budget buffet, right down to the canned fruit. If you choose this over the China Buffet or the Asian Garden Buffet, you are making a mistake, it's not that good.
But this was still a nice, cozy little eating experience, and I can't remember the last time my wife and I ate in a nice restaurant with all you can eat for $14.45. So I recommend this restaurant if you are in the area, and you are on a budget (I understand the lunch buffet is $5.85), but it is not a first choice, and is not likely to win over patrons used to the mighty aforementioned buffets.
I give this restaurant a B. You'll find it at 100 West Wisconsin Avenue, about 2 blocks west of Richmond Street, in a strip mall on the north side of Wisconsin.
posted by Marc Axelrod | 5:48 AM
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