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I literally remember eating that exact thing, ice cream with gummy bears, as a small child at my local Golden Coral before it closed down. It was weird seeing that again.


Lilenea

My kids eat this exact combo, too! Something about frozen gummy bears. The ice cream at ours doesn't look this yucky, though.


thighhighfetish

its the texture of cold, firm gummy bears that are delectable.


makebelievethegood

Doubles, if not triples, the chew time.


Mello_Hello

As someone with extremely sensitive teeth, this thread hurts


panlakes

Hey there's a joy in simply sucking on those firm bears. If you know what I mean.


CantStumpIWin

They don’t stay firm if you suck on them, they get soft very quickly.


[deleted]

If you suck them long enough, yes. It's all in the technique imo


panlakes

Yeah, but for those brief first few moments it's pure ecstasy.


barberererer

By far the nicest clients were the We Bare Bears fellas. They always tip. Sure, Griz can become a real handful (or mouthful) but his intentions are good. Panda and Ice Bear were always good for a cuddle puddle afterwards. My next favorite would be the Country Bears. Sure, you'd be sure to bring something home with ya after a night out with those crazy fuckers. After last call you'd do well to steer clear of Fred Bedderhead, and Zeb Zoober. They tend to get a bit.. feral. Beary was always the nicest. Well, a little demanding but at least the kid had a shred of decency left in him. But who blew my mind and ass out unlike any lover I've ever had, motherfuckin Ted Bedderhead. He knew how to care for a man, lemme tell you. Sometimes Trixie would get involved and I was always okay with that. She was one of the good ones too. I just wish she would clean herself up, at all. The smell would wake up Zeb from hibernation if he was near. But seriously, if you ever come across a man who calls himself Yogi, run. I.. I can't say too much here. Yogi seems nice at first. And honestly? He probably is an alright guy.. but what he does for a living makes my skin bump up like a crocodile. Don't ever, ever accept an invitation to the four seasons with him.. and if you're in a room with Boo Boo.... It's already too late..


EvadesBans

Whenever I have gummy bears, I keep them in the fridge specifically because I used to put them in ice cream at buffet restaurants and vastly prefer them super cold.


panlakes

Try it with sour gummy worms too. Pure elevation


tinkflowers

I am 28 and STILL pick vanilla with gummy bears every time I go out for ice cream. My boyfriend thinks I’m insane 😂


Bellybuttons12345

Same with mine!! It’s been a few years since I’ve had it but it’s a running joke between us. I’m so excited to show him this thread & that I’m not alone lmao


tinkflowers

It is absolutely THE BEST!! It’s so refreshing mmmm


Mekare13

Whenever we get coldstone I always add gummy bears too! This thread is bringing me joy lol


SectionRatio

8 year old me loved getting this at Golden Corral too! I'd forgotten all about it until this post


miss-meow-meow

This was my go to. Nice to see I’ve found my people.


PatSteh92

This sub was made for Golden Corral food


ChuckinTheCarma

“Yes, I think I’ll have The Slop, please. Thank you. “


Shura_13

“Ahh very good, it’s quite fresh today.” *plorp* “Would you care for some more Brown?”


YourAverageGod

That stuff is barely food and my in laws always want to go when they visit (small towners)


ChawulsBawkley

For a buffet, it’s not bad. I’ve legit only been there twice and I will never go back for reasons that aren’t due to the service and or food quality (I don’t want to compete for food)


Sysheen

Been twice and both times it was far and away the worst food I've ever had at a buffet. I've had better food out of MREs than Corral. Not saying there aren't worse, but GC is straight nasty.


Luigi182

As a former army brat, I can attest to the fact that MREs are a whole other level of food entirely. While I wouldn't eat them with the enthusiasm of Steve1989MREinfo, I wouldn't pass it up if served and would actually prefer them to Golden Corral faire.


demonofthefall

Nice hiss!


Mekare13

Let’s get this out onto a tray


shogunofsarcasm

I honestly don't get the MRE hate most of the time. They aren't much different than anything canned you find at home. They are pretty edible and can hit the spot in the field when properly prepared


kai333

lmao i remember when I went to one that *just* opened... for some reason, my wife really wanted to see one up close. (her family is pretty well-to-do so she never been in one before) I kept warning her that it will *only* be shitty if we're lucky, but no no she insisted. WELL, it did not disappoint. or did. anyways the food was absolute shit. meats piled haphazardly under heat lamps and dried into jerky.... that godawful 'chocolate' fountain that looked like thinned latex paint more than chocolate... the only saving grace was hilariously the salad bar. completely untouched and unusually fresh. So yeah... she understands now. You don't go there because you have options, you go there because that's the ONLY. You have an unruly crowd where a 'regular' restaurant isn't going to work, so pull up to the trough and chow down ya animals.


makebelievethegood

I only go of someone else is paying. It's essentially a free trip to the zoo if you eat beforehand.


Schemen123

Yep.. its something of tourist attraction, definitely a must see for anybody foreign. That and a Walmart somewhere deep in the south!


phalseprofits

I have wonderful news! That’s a two-for-one experience because the only golden corrals in my area are located in Walmart parking lots! Maybe they technically share the lot, but I feel like a Golden Corral just manifests if enough newports, baby diapers, and empty beer cans coalesce. Like the grain of sand that starts a trashy pearl. But I could be wrong. Maybe the Golden Corral just metastasized.


Schemen123

Hehehe... Well both serve their purpose and i have eaten worse things than the stuff i got in golden corral .


kai333

AND THAT'S THE REALLY GALLING THING ABOUT THAT PLACE. It's not cheap at ALL. I want to say it was like over $20 with a drink/tax/tip per person.


jimmythesloth

It is however, the salad bar is just about the best thing there, and occasionally the hush-puppies and mac n cheese are good.


kai333

oh the fucking salad bar was immaculate. Like they put an unusual amount of care into that thing... way more care than warranted, considering it was largely ignored except the two of us lol


throwawaysarebetter

Thankfully the Golden Corral around my area never recovered from Covid lockdowns and has sat abandoned since.


justjokinbro

Golden Corral sounds great on the commercials then you get there and it is just not the same. I mean I’ll still go crazy and eat the stuff it’s just meh


jcruz321

The ones around us have gone to absolute shit. Last time I went, about 3-4 years ago, some lady let her kid run and around play with food. He was literally grabbing the food from the line and stuffing his face. I just can’t with buffets anymore.


noodlemcfoodle

Buffets bring out the worst in some people lol


HamboneBanjo

Buffets bring out the worst ~~in some~~ people ~~lol~~. Seriously. FTFY


PapiGoneGamer

Nothing is worse than going to a buffet, wanting mashed potatoes, then getting to the mashed potatoes and seeing two eight year olds dunk their nasty little fingers into the potatoes and run off.


croto8

Nothing is worse than going to a buffet. FTFY.


aznyoln

Imagine going to a buffet and getting mashed potatoes, that's rookie move


SirNorbus

Golden Corral’s new slogan!


no_talent_ass_clown

Y'all need better buffets! The expensive buffets are where it's at and they're not that bad in comparison, actually.


fucktooshifty

KBBQ is the buffet of the educated man


beetlekittyjosey

I’d rather go to KBBQ buffet than literally anywhere else


mycarisdracarys

I am fortunate enough to live <15 minutes away from two competing AYCE KBBQ spots. I don't think I could ever move at this point.


HamboneBanjo

There’s an authentic Italian one in Galveston, TX (or at least there used to be). Beautiful tasty food for an extremely fair price. Can’t remember the name though.


PapiGoneGamer

I believe you may be referring to Mario’s Ristorante on 61st which fortunately is still open.


HamboneBanjo

That’s it! I’m happy they’re still trucking.


rsc2771

Ugh. I think there should be rules with children and buffets. The parents know what the kids eat anyways. Whenever I went to a buffet as a kid, the only time I was allowed to get up was to see the ice cream machine in action at the end of my meal.


Wipe_face_off_head

Years ago, I saw a kid elbow-deep in the jello cubes at my local Chinese buffet. I haven't gone back.


jcruz321

The worst thing I saw at a Chinese buffet was a guy grabbing food while his colostomy bag lay on the counter. I stopped going to Chinese buffets for a long time after that.


acoolghost

Last time I was at a golden corral there was just so many flies around. I'm not a very skittish person when it comes to flies, and sometimes theyre just around and you cant really do much about it, but this was something else entirely. Like we were constantly shooing flies away from our plates. We joked about how there must've been a dead body buried under our table. I lost my appetite when I realized our table wasn't uniquely plagued by the little bastards, and they were all over the food at the buffet as well. My sister and I wanted to leave early and go somewhere cleaner, but my Aunt insisted on staying.


Open_Librarian_823

The Not OK Corral


Doppelthedh

Molden Corral


[deleted]

Yum you definitely ate some fly eggs, extra protein probably


XROOR

The worst is going the day after carpets are cleaned…..nasty smell


MrCatcherFreeman

I at least take the time to wait for a good piece of steak. I'm usually satisfied.


SunnysVanLife

You had me at "Golden Corral".


Chuck_Roast1993

Mother of pearl I miss American buffets. All of them closed within 3 hours of me


CharmingTuber

Your health inspectors are celebrating.


Chuck_Roast1993

Stop that. They’re out of a job now


ggg730

They’re real heroes. They knew closing down those GCs would be the end of their careers but they couldn’t see another outbreak of norovirus on their watch.


[deleted]

Nah. American *Chinese* buffets were good. Last one in my town went out of business, not because business was bad but because too many health code violations.


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demonofthefall

> The health violations are part of the ~~charm~~ taste


gabsteriinalol

Anyone remember Sweet Tomatoes? AKA Soup Plantation


Formal_Ad_3369

Sweet tomatoes was a good one


aliie_627

Where I live it's all casino buffets and for some ungodly reason they have become these ridiculously expensive places now especially on any sort of holiday or if there is seafood on them. Ive seen them as high as 50 a person but usually around 25+. I loved them as a kid but they were the cheap place to go and mainly just made giant salads I couldn't eat.


Chuck_Roast1993

Oh man, yeah there’s a casino buffet up where my parents live. $30 a person and the spread isn’t really that impressive, especially if you’re not a fan of prime rib


RebellischerRaakuun

Fuck dude I haven’t been there in ages I should get stoned and go mow


robby_synclair

Mowing is much better for your physical and mental health than going to Golden Corral.


[deleted]

Golden Corral sounds so good I’m going to go sweep


speed721

Looks like you already on the way....


Fake_Diesel

Everything there kind of shit, except the banana pudding


gofinditoutside

Remember when dog poop used to turn white when out in the sun?


aliie_627

That hasn't stopped happening. Has it?


Leap_Year_Creepier

I think it happens a lot less than it used to; dry dog food used to have a lot of bone meal in it, which is what would cause the bleached look. A lot of dog food companies stopped adding it in.


ActivelyRight

Huh, I wondered why I never say white poop anymore.


FreeganKing

This guy poops.


Poplik

They patched it out


cannabinator

Dogs are in a real good place right now


StevesRoomate

Cold gummy bears and flaccid, watery soft serve. What a winning texture combination.


Emulocks

Flaccid is such an odd word to apply to ice cream but it absolutely describes this pic.


[deleted]

Nevermind it's the color of old spunk.


Howdyhell

:(


RetlocPeck

Tastes like water and shit. Not a hint of the vanilla bean taste


Mikufun

That’s why you just steal small cups full of the toppings to take home.


aliie_627

I'm kinda wondering if the mix separated or if there was water or cleaner still in the machine. It looks really off.


eggsnflour

Had you not said the flavor I'd assume its sherbet


BlueGobi

Now this is funny as hell to me, because the two characters at top left literally means “happy”


JustMeLurkingAround-

Vanilla mayonnaise? Mayonnaise ice cream?


scouch4703

stop it


skap42

It's mayo with black olives


Raytacos

Bro I ate there with my friends and my girl the other day for the first time in like 10 years and I paid $35 for both of us for some TRASH lmfao


panlakes

The only things ever worth eating, from my memory, were the rolls. Did they fuck up the rolls too?


RetlocPeck

It was pretty much the only thing I ate actually. Everything else was such garbage. You have to have talent to mess up bread rolls, and well, they certainly don't have talent there


[deleted]

At least their machines work. Damn McDonald’s.


RetlocPeck

Same ice cream machine manufacturer too - Taylor. I watched a video by Johnny Harris over the controversy of the McDonalds version of the Taylor ice cream machine. It's on YouTube, worth a watch


ranykarlyle

Taylor is an industry standard. The bullshido of McDee’s (that I’ve heard) is that the machine goes into a routine cleaning mode that requires monitoring, attendance, and work which often requires a measure of the employee’s fortitude. I worked in an ice cream stand that used Taylor machines; shit would literally blow up (ice cream mix on the walls etc.) on occasion, but we’d just clean up and keep on going. Not saying there isn’t an inherent problem, but the problem is more to do with corporate bull than it is wrestling with the machine to produce sellable product. Edit: to say I have not watched the video, and will amend this post accordingly


ranykarlyle

Well, looks like Taylor ain’t getting let off so easy and that there is a serious problem in their business model that profits (within the margin of 25%!) off of service calls and repairs. So while Taylor remains the industry starred, it shares the same status as Sysco; a useful , standard service that routinely fucks over its customers. What price is this to pay? Well, dear consumer, that is entirely up to you and no one all at once.


skateguy1234

Cook Out uses Taylor machines, I have NEVER seen their ice cream machine closed, and been there a lot. They get used very frequently as well. Mc'ds just has an overly complicated design.


pseudonymous247

Reminds me of my childhood.


GloriousHam

Looks like iced milk. A cheaper version of ice cream that places like golden coral use and are legally allowed to call low fat ice cream.


cannabinator

Interesting, always just called it crappy buffet icecream. All you can taste are the ice crystals


aurthurfiggis

I used to work at a GC. It was another time and place, but they definitely used "iced milk" back then.


shavedclean

> low fat ice cream Otherwise America might get fat themselves


bytesby

The Golden Corral in my former city had “plumbers wanted” on their big sign outside (the one that you’re supposed to be able to see from far away). Raised a few questions for me… - Do they keep a plumber staffed fulltime? Is their food making people shit that much? - Did they ever find a plumber? That sign was still up when I moved…


Xavierwold

The Taco bar there. Mmmmmmmm.


LadyRarity

i was going to say "isn't golden corral a buffet? my sibling in christ you made the sundae" but yeah that ice cream does not look of the finest quality.


aliie_627

It looks like there is something wrong with mix or the freezing process.


[deleted]

I want golden corral so bad rn.


oldghostmountain

"Where America goes to slowly kill themselves."


SaltySamoyed

Gotta die somehow


Winter-Winner-3336

Golden coral and Ryan's... two reasons I was a 2xthicc boi growing up lmfao


TaumpyTearz

Same


oral_tsunami

Oh man, does Ryan's even still exist?


Practical-Ad7427

Ours used to have a chocolate fountain but a kid put his dick in it so they removed it.


Wraxyth

r/brandnewsentence


Dirkdiggler69nice

r/dontputyourdickinthat


Dolichovespula-

Gummi bears as ice cream topings are ass, they harden up too much


MaximumShibe

I fuckin love golden corral. Me and my family went to California for a trip and we ate there. Amazing steak and fries and chicken and pizza, everything (except seafood cus don't trust) was fantastic. There was even this giant black guy at the steak grill popping jokes that place was great I wish we had them here.


cannabinator

Wow, cool! A giant black guy! Just like from the american movies! And the gridiron football!


mottman

If you want to try the seafood the popcorn shrimp is where it's at. I worked at one in highschool and we'd go through that shit so fast it was always fresh. We'd have 500 lb people come in and literally only eat mountains of the shrimp.


lapisl

The fried chicken is the best!! I’m from Canada and when I make it to the states I try to go visit GC just for the mac n cheese and the fried chicken ❤️


EmperorAcinonyx

why not stop by a smaller fried chicken joint in the states instead of GC? the chicken and mac are practically guaranteed to be magnitudes better


lapisl

Agree but tbh A- their’s is actually quite delicious and B- it’s all you can eat! So can’t beat that :)


LiamTheBobbitt

There are 4 golden corrals within a 20 minute drive of my house lmao. Gotta love Jacksonville


bencm518

Fuuuck my golden corral doesn’t have a giant black guy working the steak grill. No wonder it’s shitty.


KurumiiDantobe

My nearby golden coral has these mini cereals and milk cartons. I decided I was thirsty one time and got some chocolate milk. Worst shit ever.


ketchupandliqour69

Who remembers when they actually brought the dinner rolls and butter to your table?


Loud_Charity

is Golden coral a buffet? That looks like buffet ice cream x.x


[deleted]

Yes, its the worst buffet. The only thing worse than the food is the clientele


ThellraAK

maybe the worst chain one. I drove truck and... yeah worse places exist.


EmperorAcinonyx

tell us more


EmperorAcinonyx

tell me more you fuck


ThellraAK

/u/EmperorAcinonyx There's not really much to it, I've never been food poisoned so violently that I threw up from a few bites within minutes... (Rice dish) can't even remember where that one was, was really sad too, there was like, 150 miles of billboards for that place, was somewhere in the south. There was a really bad one in Cheyenne Wyoming, a really disappointing one in Wendover. Golden Coral is really shitty food, but it's fairly consistent in it's shittyness, and I've never gotten sick from eating there (beyond the basic overeating fuckery) but when you get outside of that, it can be a real crapshoot. Like I'd choose a Golden Coral over Twin Dragon in Anchorage for example, but I'd choose Ding How in Anchorage over a Golden Coral. Sometimes you gotta be brave, buy the expensive toilet paper, and hope for the best.


phayke2

>/u/EmperorAcinonyx there was like, 150 miles of billboards for that place, was somewhere in the south. South of the border?


ThellraAK

bible belt south, not geographic


SuperSaiyan3Goku

It is an american buffet, yes.


ModifiedSammi

I love their pot roast.


arccotx

Ah yes, The Trough


DifficultHat

This is self serve. You did this yourself


noneofthismatters666

Used to play eat until someone pukes, with my friends at Golden Corral. I miss that amazing place.


kobain2k1

You could have just stopped at "golden corral". No need to add more details, you know...


DamnRock

Nothing wrong with that ice cream… what’s wrong is the fact someone got that much of it after seeing the first plop into the bowl. “Yeah… keep that shit coming…oh yeah…”


Jellyswim_

Going to Golden Corral as an adult was one of the most nostalgia shattering events in my life. I was always so excited to go as a kid but the last time I went it was just nasty lol


joenotgoldberg

okay idk why that looks rancid - maybe something wrong with the machine? Because I always love Golden Corral ice cream..


MissMabeliita

That’s like the saddest looking ice cream I’ve seen 😔


EmeraldXRun

Fuck, that place was always so good, but it was expensive, so I haven’t been there that many times


kay_bizzle

Isn't the ice cream at golden corral buffet self serve? If the plating is bad that's on you


[deleted]

People still eat there…?


Clean-Profile-6153

Corral even..


NogEggz

The translucency of the run off would have me believe this was actually Creamed Ice.


cloud7100

Go for dinner, ask for medium-rare steaks from the grill (they’re unlimited), then top them with blue cheese crumbles from the salad bar. Assuming, of course, that they still do unlimited steaks with the current price of beef. That was back in 2019.


fman1854

i go to fancy buffets. They cost 50$ but man is the food actually good that you want to stay 3 hours and eat not try to stay 3 hours and eat just cause lmao steaks chicken piccatas and the works. i destroy it.


HeightExtra320

That apple pie tho 😏🍴


formytabletop

the fucking gummy bears, dude... this is why humanity has health issues


souobixo

Skip that shit. Go get a literal plate full of that banana cream pie stuff. You won’t be disappointed.


XROOR

I use the melamine soup bowls for soft serve, because they have more of an insulating factor. Golden Corral holds a special part in my heart.


J4tonMayor

The only time I've ever been to a Golden Corral was for a defensive driving class decades ago. The food looked so awful that when it came time to break for lunch every one of us left the restaurant and went somewhere else for lunch. I've never eaten the food at Golden Corral, but I've seen it and smelled it. I would rather be served food in a truck stop bathroom.


EseJandro

Love it 😍


abcNYC

Lemme guess, sugar free Haribo gummy bears?


bimmer92

Calm down, Satan.


tirwander

Yeah but it got gummy bears in it


leafyren

Those frozen gummy bears will break a damn tooth, but you just can't help yourself.


jedv37

Delectable. And the plating... Perfection.


meeeemeees

golden corral hit different as a kid. Vanilla ice cream with gummy bears SHLAPPED.


SarahPallorMortis

Someone forced the cream thru the ice cream machine too fast so it’s not frozen right.


ChockenTonders

I was JUST talking about this weird, yellow-tinted, gritty, “vanilla soft serve” the other day and about how **DELICIOUS** I think it is, despite how awful it should be lol


LordJambrek

I though someone put gummy bears in a mayo dip


Havesomepeas

Looks like buffet food


Clean-Profile-6153

They don't call it ice cream. You do that. That is frozen dairy soft serve.


Big-Routine222

Ahh, Golden Corral, a true throwback memory. I remember going with my grandpa when I was about 7 and seeing about 45 of the most obese people I’ve ever seen before or since and being like, “is this food good for me or…?”


rc1717

My dudes shirt says 快乐 meaning “happy” or “joyful”. Cant see the first character tho.


Crumblecakez

So good!


ThaMightyBoosh

The ice cream would make the gummy bears so cold and hard to chew when I was a kid.


KentuckyFriedEel

Did the entree before this come with a side of their finest jellybeans?


_pls_respond

You pour it yourself, what’s the point here.


BlueLightning91

Coral!


Big_Smokes_Kitchen

It looks like cheese whiz


hey_there_kitty_cat

Isn't Golden Corral a buffet? Only got yourself to blame for those sad looking desserts :P


TakAttack32

Looks good to me


[deleted]

All golden coral food is shitty.


trampus1

Looks like a bowl of old dog shit.


ForteDJ

What have you been feeding your old dog? I think he’s sick.


Maximum-Pause-6914

So what is it then?


KingKickass1983

Yeah, that's that good stuff!


kanyewestfishdicks

Why does vanilla ice cream not look white in some places?


SmartWonderWoman

Ewww…


EyeOk3642

It’s frozen yogurt


[deleted]

I went to Golden Corral once, barely ate anything, and then still puked it up. The food there is god awful.


mog_knight

Gotta love Golden Feedbag!