Some meals are easy to forget by the time you get back to the car. This one feels like the kind people keep bringing up long after the plates are cleared.
That is what makes a big buffet in Massachusetts so tempting in the first place. You walk in expecting plenty of options, but secretly hope a few of them will be good enough to make the whole trip feel worth it.
Then comes the fun part. Scanning the seafood, sizing up the hot trays, debating sushi versus hibachi, and figuring out exactly how ambitious your first plate should be…