Restaurant Review - Rideau-Carleton Raceway
Tuesday night I headed out to the Rideau-Carleton Raceway for the first time to check out their all-you-can-eat buffet. Now, I know what you are thinking: "But Dish, you hate the buffet." And yes, while I admit that buffets are not my favourite thing (hot foods hot and cold foods cold, people!), this one was actually decent. Plus, maybe it is time to shake things up a bit. Whatever happened to the carefree dish who would stretch her stomach with water so that she could fit in more food at the all-you-can-eater? Let's bring her back!
Things were clean and their was a lot of people so there was a high turnover of food. That means less chance for food borne illnesses because the food is not sitting out at prime bacteria growing temperatures for long periods of time.
On that note, let me describe the deal for you. From Monday to Wednesday the buffet is only $9.99 (the price goes up Thursdays and on the weekend to $19.99...although supposedly they add prime rib).
Granted the food is not the BEST EVER, but you don’t go to a buffet for quality. It’s quantity all the way. And quantity there is. These are all the dishes that I can remember:
Tons of make your own green salad fixings
Pasta salad
A couple of different kinds of soup
Fried shrimp
Chicken fingers
Pasta in a bolognaise sauce
Steamed veggies
French fries
Rice
Garlic rosemary potatoes
Meatballs
Sausage
Ham (with a servant boy to slice it)
Roast beef (same deal)
Then for dessert:
Apple crisp
A sundae bar where another servant boy will make you a banana split type deal (strawberry and vanilla ice cream; strawberry, chocolate (delicious!), and caramel sauces, whipped cream, bananas)
Peanut butter squares
Chocolate cake
Chocolate mousse
Some kind of pecan square
Fruit trifle
Cheesecake tarts
Butter tarts
About 5 kinds of cookies.
Really, for $9.99, you can't go wrong. As for atmosphere, well, don’t expect anything too fancy. The place is big. And crowded. And full of senior citizens. And they were pushy. Really. Don’t get in the way of grandma and her dinner!
In terms of buffets, this place gets 3.5 out of 5 plates of food. Definitely worth at least one trip to try it.
posted by Dish @ 7:29 PM
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