Giant AMISH BUFFET!! Fried Chicken + Beef Brisket | $14.99 All You Can Eat American Country Food!

hey everyone hope you're having an amazing day it's mark wiens i'm in pennsylvania and today we are gonna go to the shady maple smorgasbord which is a 200 foot buffet it's literally like an entire town built around the buffet serving amish dutch style pennsylvania food they're known for their country-style comfort food we're going to hopefully eat breakfast both breakfast and lunch back-to-back the gravies the meat juices i'm going to share everything with you all of the food it doesn't even hold onto the bone it just slides out look at how tender that is and the entire experience of going to one of the best buffets on the east side of the united states all at shady maple smorgasbord right now [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay that was about a little over an hour drive from central philadelphia and when i saw that shady maple smorgasbord was just an hour drive away i had to make the drive there was no way i was going to leave pennsylvania leave philadelphia without coming out here we're in this town called east earl pennsylvania to get here the drive was beautiful you drive through just miles and miles of vast hills beautiful lush green farms farm houses there were dairies you saw horses along the way and then all of a sudden kind of in the middle of nowhere you get to this parking lot and at this time that we've arrived the entire parking lot is almost full there must be hundreds of cars here everyone here to eat at the smorgasbord buffet it's a palace it is a buffet palace in the middle of farms wow step inside it is massive jumping in line we're gonna pay before we eat but oh yeah one more pro tip and thanks to mike chen for this pro tip you get here we've got here just breakfast is going on for another 30 or so minutes and so we're gonna hopefully get in on breakfast but then lunch begins i think at 10 45 a.m so hopefully we'll be covering breakfast and lunch you got to get here at the perfect time right in between so you get both of them hello two adults and one child please a booth please you can head right over here just get the pudding thank you very much all right [Music] [Applause] oh yeah welcome to our our home for the next few hours uh she just explained to us about the whole buffet it's so organized the different uh stations and then she also said that you keep this purple side up until you surrender and then you turn it back you turn it over purple side down that signals your surrender but let's not spend any time at the booth right now let's go get some food [Music] oh man this breakfast paste it's massive it just goes all the way down the entire side of the building i think we're gonna jump in line first for the omelet the egg station where they make fresh eggs there's all different types of eggs that you can order all different types of omelets oh that looks good right yeah it looks really good can i please have two sunny-side-up eggs and then an omelet with everything okay you want more than two eggs for that two should be good thank you just a little bit a little bit of everything would be awesome let's do it let's do everything oh nice huh and then you have to whoa that flip was awesome oh man for the fried eggs can you leave it a little more a little more cooked yes thank you very much sure next door oh that omelette looks amazing thank you that is a masterpiece of an omelette i think that might be 15 toppings on this omelette huge and bulging and full of toppings thank you very much have a great day [Music] oh look at that amount of bacon nice job on the bacon perfect yes oh nice bunch of mushrooms that they just brought out yes want a whole scoop of mushrooms okay a little bit of horseradish for that omelet thank you okay i think we better take this table deliver it to our table take this plate to our table i'm gonna set this down but i wanna get uh one more plate before we actually sit down and start eating i gotta have a biscuit steaming fresh they look so soft here we go oh man it's an almost overwhelming buffet situation there's so many things to get there's so many different stations i've never seen so much breakfast in one place man it all looks so good country style cooking i mean with an amish influence but really dutch cooking that omelette is hidden below there that beautiful omelet that she made a pile of bacon i got some horseradish to go with the omelet and topped it off with mushrooms a small mountain of breakfast i can't wait to dig into that omelette fully loaded 15 different ingredients on the inside and i like how she wrapped it she doesn't mix the ingredients into the egg but rather just tops it all i love that [Music] style now that's an amazing omelet oh yeah the spinach in there i think there's four or five types of meat four or five types of cheese all the flavor of the bacon the mushrooms i wanted some of that horseradish on there though too and then i got some potatoes on top of there there's some peppers in those potatoes i love it with that extra bite of horseradish one of the better omelets i've had in a very long time i'm gonna add a little pepper to my plate and let's rotate over to the bacon perfectly crispy fat rendered out so there's no gooey bits but just completely crispy [Music] bacon is amazing i love it when it's crispy like that and again no gooey it's just completely crispy all the way through coffee could be a little bit stronger but still it kind of goes goes good together with the meal it's like a it's a refreshing coffee and then moving on to the biscuit with sausage gravy i can't even remember the last time i had a biscuit with sausage gravy and that is thick it's so thick it's so thick the gravy doesn't even run look it just it just sticks that is some hearty gravy oh yeah that is so rich so creamy and the gravy is so thick it's almost foamy oh man that is rich that is so good so buttery and so creamy [Music] okay gonna finish off the omelet gonna finish off these pleasure breakfast we go explore and get some more food [Music] next up i think it's time to break up the meats and the rich food with some fruit got a lot of fruit options as well watermelon we got some oranges and cherries [Music] oh fruit hits the spot okay the last station that i haven't gotten to yet for breakfast is the pancake station let's go order a pancake [Music] and they have all these different toppings that you can get a variety of different uh combinations that you can get and they make them fresh as you order them hello can i please get a blueberry pancake thank you very much it's blueberry season too right [Music] fresh blueberries well i could order one i could order another one what is your favorite pancake oh one more blueberry and what's your name hannah fisher hannah very nice to meet you thank you for the amazing service glad you like the pancakes i love them and that's one of the greatest things about the shady maple smorgasbord is the amazing service thank you yes so where are you from i'm from arizona actually yeah i came from arizona yeah but normally i live in thailand my wife is thai my wife is thai my last name yep wow beautiful chocolate chips in there too okay thank you very much all right thank you have a great day [Music] oh man i don't even need syrup or anything just straight up pancake i just want those blueberries to shine which they will [Music] so fluffy the blueberries just melt in your mouth they're sweet they're tart and then just to tell you a little bit about the story about the pancakes which was so cool i ordered one pancake i ordered a blueberry pancake i was just gonna have one pancake but then hannah who was also in the kitchen at the pancake station she said oh i wanna we should have filmed me making a pancake and so i said oh we can uh what's your favorite pancake and she said blueberry pancake so i said we'll have another blueberry pancake so thank you that's one of the like just standout factors of the smorgasbord of this shady maple buffet is the service the friendliness here even though it's gigantic and attracts people from all over the united states and all over pennsylvania the the food is home cooking and it's such a friendly countryside atmosphere whoa i'm gonna finish off these pancakes and i think i'm gonna call that the end of breakfast we have approximately oh there's like five minutes left to go i think i think lunch opens at 10 45 so there's just five minutes left to go and they're gonna open up the lunch buffet greatest idea ever go back in line pay for the next meal breakfast and lunch back-to-back same buffet totally different food hello good morning i was here for breakfast but i want to pay for lunch also okay thank you very much so what you do is you come to the customer service uh you can take your breakfast cab to the customer service and then you pay the difference you don't pay fully again for lunch you just pay the difference which in our case was an extra 11.80 from the breakfast buffet and now we're good to go we're good to start digging in to the lunch buffet let's go back to the table [Music] i'm just taking a little walk around now at the transition stage right in between breakfast when they transfer from breakfast to lunch and literally they have the most amazing system down where the breakfast just sort of disappears into the kitchen and lunch just sort of appears fried chicken is starting to emerge meatballs there's mushrooms there's whole fillets of fish it's truly a magical transformation from breakfast to lunch there's a massive salad bar there's an entire hot vegetable section the corn looks incredible they have a whole soup station and then you get to all the hot section there's the famous roast beef there's the cold salad station there's macaroni salad those are pickled eggs whoa pickled eggs there's barbecue wings chicken noodle soup there's broccoli there's onion rings there's beets there's casseroles there's mashed potatoes there's rice there's gravies of all kinds imaginable there's sauerkraut no pork kraut i've never had pork a kraut oh it's super soft fluffy fluffy yeah i'm gonna grab that fried chicken looks incredible and it looks so incredibly crispy you can just hear the crispiness on the tongs when you pick it up i've never had a hamball before ready yup yeah yeah these duck lugs look amazing you can see all that juicy oiliness wow oh man onions and steak next oh that looks incredible too okay i think it's time to balance this plate with some oh we need some of that pork kraut [Music] oh yeah that point's getting heavy and then before we take these these fried chicken plates to the table let's load up on a plate of salad [Music] oh yeah all you can eat raw onions loaded up oh man reach across the buffet gotta get some of those tomatoes some bell peppers [Music] pickled chilies to my top of my fried chicken plate okay that's all we can handle on this load let's go to the table come on micah let's go [Music] oh yeah [Music] some seriously good-looking country-style dutch food the fried chicken looks incredible but i have to start with that duck leg just dripping in oily juices oh man can i pick it up it's like almost like a comfy i think i think i mean i don't know if it's actually cooked in its fat but it is dripping in its own juicy fattiness oh you can just feel the tenderness in your fingers like if i were to shake this a little bit the entire meat would just fall off the bone that's without a doubt oh wow that is melt in your mouth oh the skin it's gooey the meat underneath it's so incredibly succulent and so moist oh you gotta look inside you gotta look into the depths into the into the inner core of that duck lag it's so good oh look oh it's just falling apart you can't even it doesn't even hold onto the bone it just slides out look at how tender that is [Laughter] oh man oh it's so good man this is the most melting the entire leg of duck is just it like literally just melts out the very good thank you the duck is phenomenal get some of that pork kraut some of the vegetables got some banana i think some pickled banana chilies on there some corn i'm gonna go really quickly back to the buffet line because they just brought out one of the specials it's a monday and they have different specials on different days and they just brought out the special hello hello brisket yes please oh yeah nice oh this is one of the specials on monday right it is thank you very much wow that looks amazing and this is the sauce to go with it all right oh the meat juice [Music] look at this slab of brisket it takes up the entire plate i'm going to start from this corner here where it looks really caramelize the edge the crust and really stringy and flaky oh wow oh the tenderness oh that just is effortless cutting like butter it just strings apart wipe up some of the juice and that smokiness oh wow that's like equally as gooey and soft as the duck leg that melts in your mouth the beefiness that smoky crust oh man that is fatty delicious it's just finger tender you do not need a knife you do not need you can just break it apart oh and i think actually that that bottom part is the softest the most tender mixed in with fat and meat this is juice okay i think it's time to to balance out the meal with some of the salad i didn't even add dressing to the salad because i just i think the meat is so flavorful and salty already enough that just balance it out with just pure vegetables for me that's perfect and then you can go right back to the fried chicken and they're actually known for their fried chicken here and just from looking at it you can tell why the golden crispiness although it has sort of soaked up some of the the pork juices you can just see how crispy that is still oh yeah that fried chicken is amazing it's so crispy what i like about it is it's not batter heavy more of like a dry batter i think not like a wet batter um then deep fried so the the deep friedness is on the skin it's crispy it's salty and then the chicken is just juicy all the way through oh that's some quality fried chicken so incredibly juicy all the way through though corn we've got some of the pork kraut in there love sauerkraut and again it goes because of that acidity that vinegariness goes so well together with that rich meat what else do i have on this plate i almost forgot oh yeah the ham meatball i don't think i've ever had a ham meatball in my life this will be a first for me here we go wow that is extremely dense you can see the hardiness of that how it's so compact it's incredibly compact wow immediately the flavor of clove that's just pure ham but it tastes like it's been ground up and then re-compacted together compressed together into meatball form that honey roast oh yeah that's tasty [Music] and then final thing i have is the mushroom steak over here that's good too you taste that pancher of the steak uh the mushrooms the butter in there the caramelized onions [Music] [Music] uh [Music] soda water that hits the spot that helps with the digestion [Music] oh man all of a sudden the breakfast and lunch combination is starting to hit me hard the meat sweats are kicking in i'm starting to move in a slower sloth-like pace i'm having to lean back in the booth oh man i didn't want to accept defeat this early but i think this might be it for me for the for the main course especially because we have a five hour drive right after this buffet we're driving to connecticut so i don't want to be too full i don't want to be too sleepy need to stay alert i cannot yeah i should do the responsible thing and stop right here after these plates maybe we'll try a little bit of dessert okay dessert there's apple pie there's egg custard there's rice pudding there's chocolate supreme coconut supreme grasshopper low carb chocolate pudding fruit salad cheesecake [Music] okay man even the desserts are so heavy cobblers cheesecakes yeah okay do you come here often it's like about 30 times maybe more over the years very cool very cool uh we're traveling and i make videos about food so we kind of just travel full-time i've got a chocolate cake and then also got some of the some of the candied apples and i think the apples are just like probably the fillings of an apple pie but without the crust oh yeah they're so juicy crisp at the same time that flavor of cinnamon probably some butter in there too that's good that's exactly what it is an apple pie but without the crust without the pastry it is fluffy and moist and airy but i'm not huge into desserts so this is the perfect way to end the moment has come i hate to do it but it's time thank you have a great day oh wow the breakfast lunch combination back to back oh man that is some heavy heavy food what a meal though everything home it's amazing the quantity that they cook but the quality and the home cooking freshness of all of the dutch pennsylvania food that they cook there really really good quality really really good flavor so much heartiness that's some seriously delicious amish dutch cooking and so that's going to wrap it up that's going to complete our experience eating at the shady maple smorgasbord buffet i want to say a huge thank you to you for watching this video please remember to give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed it leave a comment below i'd love to hear from you and if you're not already subscribed make sure you subscribe for lots more food videos goodbye from pennsylvania and i will see you on the next video

Channel: Mark Wiens

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Length: 26min 15sec (1575 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 21 2021

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[u/winkytinkytoo]

It has been a few years since I've been there. Maybe for my birthday we'll go. My mouth is watering after watching this video.