One of the nice things about where we are staying this winter is the Fort McDowell Casino which is right across the road. And one of the nicest things about that is the Red Rock Buffet and its Snow Crab Wednesday and Thursday nights. We didn't go over this week until almost seven o'clock and the line was still long. The hostess said that people start lining up at 2:30 for the buffet that opens at 3!
It is an incredible people-watching place. They have a large deep (6 inch) pan (12x18 inches) full of snow crab halves on their steam table. The attendant lady will take out an almost empty pan, set it aside, then pull another one out of the stainless cupboard behind her and set it on the table. Tonight she replaced the pan of snow crab halves three times while we were in the short line in front of it. There was one fellow in front of us that had two plates. He loaded each of them with five to six halves piled high enough that they looked ready to topple at any moment. I wonder how many pounds of snow crab they go through in an evening? Our waitress didn't seem to know.
Forry and I felt a bit like pikers with our 2-3 halves a piece. I still like our NW Dungeness Crab the best, but this snow crab has been very good, even if it is much more tedious to pick out the meat. The buffet offers chicken and enchiladas and a bunch of other stuff, but you don't see much of that being loaded on plates. However, the dessert tables seem to get a lot of business!
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