Korean barbeque and food culture: Q Table BBQ Buffet

Q Table BBQ Buffet is a little far away from the campus. It’s a Korean barbeque which is famous for the meat there. I don’t think this is a chain restaurant because I have never heard of its name before I came to Denver. However, I have a lot of friends recommend that barbeque to me so I went and tried last Sunday.

After driving for 40 minutes, we got to the Q Table BBQ Buffet. While coming into the restaurant, there is a waiting room for the consumers. Even though the decoration of this waiting room is not magnificent, this place is still a kind of convenience for having more walking space and giving people a good rest. Mostly, we don’t need to stay in the waiting room because of so many tables there. This barbeque is not a small one so it can fit a large number of consumers even in the weekends. There are two kinds of seats there: two sits tables for people coming alone or business meals, and the four sits tables for families. Most of people coming there are Asian but there are still many American families for trying different styles of food. As can be seen from its name, the barbeque is a buffet restaurant. That is a good choice for teenagers just like the students in DU. Because of the schedule of the class and sometimes too much homework; Students stay up in night and wake up really late in the afternoon, they can get enough food and energy within a buffet meal. Waiters in the restaurant will ask and bring you the drink you want but it in only for soda. If you want to get some extra drink like alcohol, you have to pay for it. The original cost of the meal is about 20 at weekends, but it has a sale of 50% off for children under 12 and free for babies. Even people know that the children and even babies are not able to eat a lot, this is still a point that attract people’s attention and make consumer think that the restaurant is substantial. On the table, there is a stove for cooking. This barbeque only offer the materials for cooking so people have to cook by themselves. There is an exhaust fan above the table which can provide consumers a good environment while cooking and eating in this restaurant. Actually, there are some outdoor tables so they don’t have exhaust fans over there. The main food in that restaurant is meat. They have pork and beef and also squid there. This buffet provides many kinds of side dish there like the chicken wings, oysters, noodles and sushi as well. All the sides there all in order, which means they suggest people to eat these sides in order just like having a soup in the beginning and get some chicken and shrimps with vegetables for solving the hunger before cooking the meat and the final porridge. Children and even teenagers can have fun there because there is a large chocolate fountain and the snacks are so delicious. I like the thick pork the most. As being the main food in this restaurant, this kind of pork is one of the most popular, famous and delicious meat there. Because they are in small pieces, the pork could be cooked quickly and tasted really soft. The pork should be put in the sauce they provided so it can help the meat taste better. However, for some other meat like the steak and squid, there are some sauces on it. Some of them are delicious but the other is like having the strange taste which is not suitable for me at all. I enjoy the service of the waiters as well. After cooking for a lot of meat, the stove is getting dirty with a lot of sauces on it. The waiters are walking around all the time and they will change a new one for you without you calling. They help you refill the drinks as well. However, before paying the bills, if wasting any food, especially the sushi and the meat, they may ask you to pay the fine, and it’s depends on the value of cost.

Comparing to the American barbeque, the Korean barbeque especially the Q Table BBQ Buffet, there are more sides and snacks for them. The meat over there is in small pieces instead of having the whole chicken or steak. The food is more complicated, especially the Q Table, I found a lot of Chinese like some specially noodles and the Japanese food like sushi. So, it means the food in this restaurant across the Asian especially like China and Japan for the famous food. I think it is the most special part of the restaurant which attracts a lot of Asians and even Americans to come.

For having a Korean buffet BBQ with the food across the whole Asia, Q Table BBQ Buffet attracts more and more people’s attention. For having the combination of food in Asia, this restaurant is like a mixture of the culture and food of Asia which can make a new understanding of Asian food for the Americans. Also, by having the food from other parts of Asia, other Asians like the Chinese and Japanese may become a significant part of their consumers and friends. It is also a good choice for Americans to change their diet of simple food or fast food style into a complex one because there are a lot of types to choose. I think the Q Table is a successful business of restaurant and it will make a bigger success in the future.