International Buffet in Provo, Not so International

I love going to buffets since I have two small toddlers. Toddlers need variety if they are picky and if you are actually taking them out to eat, there is something you should really take into consideration, patience is not one of your babies best qualities.

We usually like to go to Chuckarama buffet since it has the all American dishes babies enjoy like good mac and cheese, plenty of vegetables, and free drinks. If we crave Asian we drive all the way to American Fork to the Asian Buffet which I love since they have fresh made sushi rolls.

Even though we have our favorites we like to explore new places. One of my friends recommended the International Buffet and she got me excited when she told me they had crab legs and ribs.

I convinced my husband to take me there and I have to say we where happily surprised when we arrived. I loved the clean feel when you get to the door and the lights are bright and cheery. I thought it was a good change since I was expecting the dim lighting Asian restaurants usually have.

I was excited, a good first impression usually means good food. I went in to check the variety before deciding weather we wanted to stay or not and then I saw the crab legs and the huge variety of ice cream, and after getting extra hungry at the sight of good food we stayed.

I grabbed my plate and filled it with a good looking pizza for my boy, and for me I got some ribs and crab legs. I could hardly wait to get to my table. When I finally got to sink my teeth into the juicy ribs my taste buds yelled disappointed. They looked like American ribs but they tasted Asian, meaning smothered with a sweet red sauce, which was kind of good but lacked the natural spice from a good BBQ sauce. I glanced at the pizza and I noticed a different texture on top. It had yellow Cheddar cheese instead of mozzarella and when I tasted it I noticed the same sweet sauce from the ribs and some other thick sauce. I hated it.

After that I looked at my crab legs and they looked good. How can you screw up on crab legs? I don't know how but they did. My crab legs had a weird taste. I have never tasted a cockroach but they reminded me of it.
I fell bad for such a bad review but if they are charging me money I expect good food, at least good enough for a buffet.

I was so sad to have wasted money on such an awful place but then my husband went to the grill they had and brought some New York steaks, they only allow one per person but they are really good. I was happy I got to eat at least one good thing.

Overall I wouldn't call this restaurant "International" , it is just a bad a place with bad copies of good American food. If they wont do a good job at it, they should just stick to cooking Asian food.

To those who crave crab legs, I recommend you to go to the grocery store and buy a pound or two of snow crab legs. They are usually cheaper in Smith's and you can get enough for about ten dollars. Then go home, put them in the oven for about 5 minutes or until they reached the desired temperature ( I like 5 minutes so they don't lose too much moisture), then serve them with some melted butter. To reach that good buttery taste from restaurants, add a half of lemon to your butter and enjoy.

Seriously, you will be more satisfied eating the grocery store crab legs than roach tasting crab legs from the International buffet.