We ate here on Christmas Day and it exceeded our expectations. To tell you the truth, i secretly had a thought that being a casino where the emphasis is on gambling and not the quality of the food (just the quantity and availability); that the Festa Buffet would be a notch abova Golden Corral. But i was so very wrong.
The selections were vast and everything both Bill and I had was excellent. Here's a sampling of what was on my plate: mongolian beef (i never get beef in a Thai or Vietnamese restaurant or at a Chinese all-you-can eat place, because the beef is never tender enough for me; well, this beef was wafer thin and very tender in a rich, dark, spicy onion laden sauce.), orange chicken, an assortment of tiny fingerling potatoes (Peruvian purple, white, red, yukon, russet, dutch baby butter's) sauteed in herbs and olive oil, fruit salad, some vegetables with 1000 Island dressing (the dressing was exactly to my picky specifications). oh, and on my first plate, i had some skinny long green beans which were very good; crisp but cooked; UNTIL i looked closely and saw they were asparagus spears which i don't like so all of a sudden, i wasn't interested anymore in praising them or having them on my plate and gave Bill what was left. Sort of a funny, odd, power of the mind gustatory blip.
The service was good and i was surprised that the place was pretty empty though the gaming tables were packed.
The only disappointment was the desserts. There was a lot of them and i tried some pudding cups, and a tiny mousse packet in a choc. cookie and some bananas foster with warm vanilla sauce but none of them were memorable.
This was a perfectly delightful ending to our Merry Festivus celebration weekend.
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