HomeTown Buffet: Vegetarian dinner

I was 2 days into my vegetarian attempt and Elizabeth and I decided to go out to dinner. We headed over to Clackamas, as Elizabeth wanted to buy something for Emma's room. After we took care of her stuff, we headed to dinner. We found a buffet up the road called HomeTown Buffet. I thought that since they were a buffet, it would have some choices for everyone, so that is where we went.

I started with a salad. I was happy that they had a nice mixed greens, as well as the normal iceberg. The rest of the bar was lacking. They did have my favorite part: Mushrooms. But it was a short bar with little variety. They did not even have honey mustard dressing. I got blue cheese, which I enjoy as well. I did manage to make a good salad.

I wanted a little soup to go with it. Chicken Noodle and black bean. Black bean sounds good. Stir it up and up floats a piece of pork fat. Skip the soup I guess.

Next I headed for the main course. I had seen the taco bar. A bean burrito or taco sounded nice. Then I looked at the sign for the beans. "Pinto beans and pork." Pork and beans on a taco? Yuck. I don't really like pork and beans to begin with, but it really does not sound right on a taco. Looking around the main food bar I found some BBQ beans. Not really what I had in mind, but it would do.

That was not enough. What else can I get? A baked potato sounds good... they had bacon on them. Looking around I found starch and some veggies. When I saw the green beans, I expected them to have pork in them. They did not, but like most of the rest of the veggies they were over cooked. The mashed potatoes were acceptable.

Now on to desert. They had a great desert bar. I was really impressed by how much this restaurant caters to the typical American. Lots of meat, lots of fat, lots of sugar, a little veggies. I guess that is what people expect in an American restaurant, so that is what they have to serve. Quick, greasy, fattening slop. I will probably not eat there again.