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What
does Super mean?
Evergreen Buffet
Price Guide: $6-8
11/16/04
by
Kevin
Roden
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All
you can eat buffets have always held a special place in
my heart. All of you ladies would be amused by knowing that
one of the main reasons that I picked my honeymoon spot
- Mrytle Beach, SC - was because of their omnipresent assortment
of all-you-can-eat seafood buffets. One we got to
the beach, I unveiled my plans to my new wife Emily: we
would get up and go to a buffet each morning and stuff ourselves
enough so we could lay on the beach all day (without a lunch
break) and hit another buffet each evening. Like so many
of my "plans" early on in our marriage, this one
would meet an early death. Not only did she not want to
go to a buffet twice a day, she never wanted to step foot
in one our entire time during the honeymoon. When I asked
her why she kept referring back to the lack of romance that
occured at all-you-can-eat seafood buffets. Her fears of
such establishments included:
-
greasy
fingerprints all over the sneeze guards
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the
fact of the presence of sneeze guards
-
little
kids bumping into you with their greasy fingers
-
the
fact that fish dishes at a normal restaurant
can be pretty pricey, yet somehow these dives
can give you all you want of it for $10.95
Needless
to say, my love of all-you-can-eat buffets goes
largely unsatisfied now that I am married. So, when
it came my turn to choose this week's lunch spot,
I took my three friends to a place where I wouldn't
even take my wife - Evergreen Super Buffet!
Located
on University Drive, between Fulton and Alice in the same
shopping area as Kroger's, this place is remarkable only in
the fact that it has remained in business this long. I like
all types of Asian food and have tried out most places around
Denton, even those that have foul reputations among most people,
and I see no reason to ever go back to this buffet again (and
it seems my colleagues would agree). So why is it called a
"Super Buffet"? What is so "Super" about
it? Here are some options:
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Perhaps
super simply refers to the mere quantity
of offerings at the buffet and is not meant to be
any sort of adjectival description of its quality.
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Henry
commented on the impressiveness of what he called
the "grease skating" floors. Because
of the buildup, a patron can effortlessly glide
from one buffet bar to the next withou exerting
energy. This is unique and may, in fact, earn
it the name super, those this one would
be a stretch.
-
Gloria
was quite enamored with the marshmallows. Perhaps
super is meant to be a reference to the
best selection of sugar-filled puffy candy thingys
in Denton?
- The term
super is often used in reference to something that
is physically above something (also is seen as supra).
Since the buffet was not on the ground, it could be that there
is to be an understood "ground" in the title that
is left unwritten. Trying to point out that there food is not
on the ground, they sought to call themselves the "Super
[Ground] Buffet".
- It is possible
that the sign was simply misspelled. Perhaps the owners initially
wanted to only be open for dinner, so they requested that the
sign company make a sign that read "Supper Buffet."
Seeing that the removal of one of those p's changed everything,
they were forced to open up all day long, but were left with
the ambiguous super in the title.
 I'll
give you a run-down on the selections and let you decide. I had
an assortment of random asian stir fries
along with a couple different kinds of egg rolls. Gloria apparently
has some stuff and some marshmallows
on the side. Russ had an egg and other
delights. Henry opted for the ever-so-present-at-a-buffet macaroni
and cheese. They also had a wide-array of desserts
to choose from.
Some positive
things - the staff was friendly and we all had exposure to religious
diversity on our way out. Near the door there was a bit of a shrine
with candles and some sort of food sacrifices. Oh, and the napkins
were OK too.
Unfortunately,
this buffet experience will not help my case for buffets with
my wife.
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