Is gluttony a sin? If so, I may be in trouble. But you know what? Spending a little time with family on Easter can overcome that. Especially if the gluttony is in the name of quality family time. More on this subject a little later on.
First, I woke up to a perfectly non-gluttonous breakfast. My mom made a delicious blueberry coffee cake. And though I don't drink coffee, I do eat cake!
She suggested spreading a little butter on it, so I did.
I can confirm: it was delicious. For dinner, we learned of a special Easter Buffet at Ameristar's famous buffet. Before today, it had been such a long time since I had been there, so I was excited not only for the food but also to see the inside of the casino.
Quantified perfectly by Sidney, it's "an adult version of Disney World!" I just love the inside of this place. What with the sky on the ceiling, the buildings, the decor. It's just so cool to me. My dad related the inside of this place to the dome in which Truman Burbank lived in the movie "The Truman Show." Aside from some blatant seams in the ceiling, I agree!
On to the buffet now. This buffet is divided into sections. There are different sections for different styles of cuisine.
There was an Italian section featuring pastas and pizzas.
There was a giant salad bar.
There was a section featuring classic comfort foods.
There was a section serving up country classics, like fried and roasted chicken, kiolbassa, scalloped potatoes, ribs, mac and cheese, and, as an Easter special, Prime rib.
There was also a Chinese food section featuring classics such as crab rangoons and Orange chicken.
My first plate consisted of a giant slice of prime rib, a piece of fried chicken, a rib, some scalloped potatoes, and some macaroni and cheese.
Also, hiding under the prime rib were some pieces of kiolbassa.
Everything was really pretty good. After finishing that first plate, I went back for a different variety. I got a slice of cheese pizza, a cheesy breadstick, some chicken Alfredo pasta, some fried rice, a couple crab rangoons, and a few pieces of Orange chicken. I got one more piece of kiolbassa and headed back to the table.
It's not often that you find pizza next to orange chicken and kiolbassa on the same plate. It was glorious.
As I was eating through this plate, I started experiencing twinges of satiety. Only slightly unnerved, I marginally quickened my rate of consumption. When I had finished this plate, I sat back in my chair for a minute or two. I let the food settle a bit, and then I felt fine. I was ready to tackle the dessert buffet.
Disclaimer: The following pictorial contains disturbing images that some viewers may find shocking and offensive. What you are about to witness is true.
My parents and Sidney had already been to the dessert buffet before I had had the chance, so I had some idea of what to expect. But nothing could have truly prepared me for what I was about to do. As I approached the buffet with my father as a guide, the first thing we searched for was the molten chocolate cake. They were temporarily out, so I moved on. I found a delicious-looking chocolate mousse cake, an interesting, ensprinkled cannolo, a lemon meringue pie, a big chocolate chip cookie pizza thing, and another chocolate cream dessert thing. I also found some cotton candy mousse and some ice cream. We waited a couple minutes for them to replace the molten chocolate cake, and then we headed back to the table. I wasn't fully aware of the ridiculousness of what I was about to do until I saw it there on the table.
Yes, that's right. ALL of those desserts on the table were mine. And yes, I ate them all. Sidney did help finish my chocolate cream thingy. But let's go through a rundown of what I got.
Up first is the molten chocolate cake. This was the best dessert they had. And when paired with vanilla ice cream, it was incredible.
Next is the chocolate mousse cake and cannolo. The mousse cake was also very good. The cannolo was soft, which is unusual in my experiences. But it was still pretty good.
Next we have the lemon meringue pie and the chocolate chip cookie pizza thingy. The pie was good, but the crust was a little soft. The chocolate chip cookie pizza thingy was excellent.
Here we have the chocolate cream thingy. It was drizzled with caramel sauce and tasted a lot like a fine, caramel-filled Swiss dark chocolate. It was super rich and delicious, but since I saved it for the end, I enlisted Sidney to assist in finishing it off.
Next is the cotton candy mousse. The dessert chef guy claimed that it wasn't as sweet as it sounded, and he was right. It had the consistency almost of whipped butter with a strawberry flavor.
Last is the ice cream. This was used to complement the many chocolate desserts I had. It was good, and it served its purpose spectacularly.
All in all, this was the most food I've eaten in a long time, and by far the most dessert I've eaten at a single time in probably forever, including the 12 gulab jamuns I ate at Korma Sutra. The only other time that I can think of where I may have eaten more sweets than this is when I attempted the 3-pound cinnamon roll in San Antonio a couple years back. But as full as I was, I didn't feel that bad. But like the night I conquered the Everest challenge, it got worse as the night went on. Round about 2130, after Sidney and I returned to her parents' house, I started feeling pretty bad. Like my stomach was ripping and my food didn't want to stay down bad. I laid motionless in bed in an upright position for a while, and when I began to feel a little better, I leaned over onto Sidney's shoulder and took a very short nap. With my brain shut down for this period of time, even more of my blood could be rerouted to my gastrointestinal tract to aid in the digestion of all this food. I awoke probably an hour later feeling much better.
And I have no regrets. I would do it all again.
Also, I should note that since this buffet featured so many different selections, standard Buffetology practice of sample then selection was impractical to implement. With a selection this large, it is more beneficial to simply sample as many options as possible before getting full. Otherwise, you'll leave the buffet without ever trying a vast majority of what they offer.
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