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Midtown Lunch on Midtown Buffet

Carey Jones
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Published: September 29, 2009 Last Updated: August 9, 2018
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If Zach Brooks knows two things, they'd be street vendor wars and Chinese buffets, and today, Midtown Lunch gives us the definitive review of Midtown Buffet. Come hungry:

Following my own buffet advice, I started off with a feeler plate to see what was going on. A little taste of everything that looked good: peking duck, sesame chicken, a little bit of pork fried rice (I dug around to get as much pork as possible), salt and pepper shrimp, eggplant, a few string beans, some red roast pork, a few pan fried dumplings, some sort of chicken dish with zucchini, and the obligatory onion ring (a habit formed during my Sizzler buffet eating childhood.)

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I've been a part of Serious Eats since 2006, when I was Ed Levine's first intern. After years as the New York editor and then the Senior Managing Editor, I'm now a freelance writer and author of Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits.

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