Yummy Buffet, Chicago

The cuisine at Yummy Buffet takes guests on a gustatory journey from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean dishes to Mexican fare, pizza, and barbecue. Visitors pass a fountain brimming with rocks, plants, and the orange glints of fish scales as they enter a dining room where ornate lanterns hang over buffets longer than Pinocchio's nose after he stole his father's iPod. After piling plates high with egg rolls, sushi, Asian entrees, and fresh fruit, patrons settle at dark wood tables. White cylindrical lights etched with the Chinese character for either "happiness" or "green gumdrop" hang overhead, illuminating each plate. Return trips to the buffet may yield bowls of soup and slices of pizza, punctuated by frosty mounds of ice cream.