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Genghis Grill

March 10th, 2011

Genghis grill is a new Mongolian stir fry restaurant which has recently opened a location here in Tyler at 3709 Troup Highway. This is a buffet style restaurant where you make your own bowl by choosing from a very large selection of vegetables, spices and protein such as chicken, beef or even tofu. Each customer is given a small metal bowl and a challenge to fit as many vegetables into it as physically possible.

The vegetable selection is wide and therefore it is important to carefully browse your options before getting carried away with your selections after only seeing some of the variety of ingredients. If you are more comfortable doing so there are small instructional cards to guide your bowl to a traditional style or feel free to be creative and do what looks best to you.

After piling your vegetables up high move on to choose your seasoning spices and sauteing sauce for your meal to be prepared in. Now you are ready to exchange this heaping mound of personalized stir fry for a number.

Take a seat and await for the traditional Mongolian style cooking method developed originally for use in battle on the warriors shields. After a fiery display of vegetable grilling and a few gong rings your food will be brought to you and you will be able to experience your creation.

One piece of advice some might appreciate would be to go easy on the sauce when preparing your selection, it is much stronger than one might expect. Genghis Grill also has a bar and even a selection of wine as do most restaurants in Tyler’s pseudo-dry community.

Genghis Grill is a new restaurant and the service is enthusiastic as you might expect from a fresh crew and place. It has a enjoyable atmosphere with no overbearing music or stressful crowds.The showmanship of the cooking provides a subtle entertainment for while you wait for your food.

Genghis Grill also provides the self proclaimed healthy options, in fact they are so confident in the benefit of their health options they’re currently hosting a subway style exclusive diet contest between three contestants who will eat nothing but this menu for three months, while following a hospital recommended exercise and nutrition plan to demonstrate exactly how life changing eating healthy and eating at Genghis Grill can be.

The prize will be ten thousand dollars awarded by the public’s choice of their favorite contestant, a somewhat confusing judgment process that doesn’t necessarily directly account for the relative health or improvement of the contest participants. But no matter how this riveting contest ends it is good to know that Genghis Grill is a responsible as well as delicious source for Mongolian stir fry in Tyler.

Juanita’s Mexican Buffet

January 18th, 2010

Juanita’s Mexican Buffet is located on Hwy 110 in Lindale, which is close to Tyler. My friends took me there once for lunch and I thought the food was pretty good. It is buffet style restaurant which I prefer most of the time because you can choose how much you eat and when to stop. The menu selection was good…Spanish rice, fajita meat with onions and bell pepper, chicken fingers, some type of stew, rolls, muffins, salad stuff and peach cobbler for dessert.

Our waitress wasn’t that great but I think she was busy with all the other tables. Like an attentive waitress, she did stop several times at our table to ask if we were OK…but did not take our plates away very quickly. Not a big deal…I still enjoyed my meal and I would do it over again if I had another opportunity. As long as the food is okay and the company great I can overlook some of the other stuff. The restaurant is on the small side and you can tell they probably had some regulars who often like to go have lunch there. We took my 21 month old daughter and of course she draws attention everywhere we go.

People love baby’s for the most part. It makes for a great conversation starter to have a child go out to eat with you, especially if you are shy and have a hard time saying something worth while your children always have something funny or smart to say. Never a dull moment. Juanita’s is a great place for a buffet style mexican restaurant and the price is reasonable. It is not gourmet food…but good reasonable quality and price. For what you pay…this is worth it

China King Tyler Texas

January 16th, 2010

China King, Tyler, Texas is located at 4542 S Broadway Ave and it’s a Chinese Restaurant buffet style. If you enjoy Asian food and you like lots of varieties, then you should go to China King. Going there for me is easy and convenient and I enjoy being able to select all kinds of food choices. They have a salad bar that boasts lots of good salad selections. They have a meat and veggie table that has fried rice, noodles, shrimp, sushi and a good selection of desserts. Soft drinks are also available for you for a small price. Anytime you are in a hurry, but enjoy trying new foods, then the China King is the place for you.

The quality of service and price will fit your budget. From my experience $25.00 will feed two people easily. I love the idea of not having to wait for your food to get prepared and just being able to go and eat right away…especially if you are starved. There is no limit on how much you can eat while you are there. You can go back as many times as you want.

The best thing is at the end of the meal when you get one of those fortune cookies. Those are always fun but of course, I don’t take it seriously, I just enjoy seeing what I get and then add something at the end of the saying and that makes it funnier.