Went to Chinese buffet with my folks last night. They have everything behind a plexi shield and you go through and tell the server what you want. I LOVE this! No slobs digging through the chow.
The only problem is that I like a couple bites of a lot of things, and they want to ladle up these enormous portions. "I'd like just a bit of lo mein......no, no, not half the damn pan...."
Plus they can't hear you behind your mask and the plexi, so communication is pretty much a no-go. "Can I get some dumpling sauce?"
"Oh, you want duck sauce?" "No, dumpling sauce - like teriyaki."
"Oh, we don't have sake here." "NO. DUMPLING sauce.
" Finally some brave soul came out from behind the barricade, asked what I wanted, and returned with what I asked for.
My mom:
"Is that shrimp?"
"It's fish."
"What kind of fish?"
"Shrimp."