All You Can Eat FRIED CHICKEN BUFFET at Dollywood | Theme Park FOOD TOUR

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This is the first place we walked into. I think this place just sells a bunch of syrup, jams. And there's places for fudge and apples over there. Where are the hot, savory foods at? It's definitely hot and savory outside. Okay, this should have some good stuff. From Porch Cafe. Alright, so there's a lot of stuff here. There's a Smoky Pork Belly BLT. Crispy Chicken Sandwich. Front Porch Burger. Ultimate Vegan Burger. Slow-Cooked Chicken. And a bunch of dessert. First dish. Fried Green Tomatoes. It's actually my first time eating this. It's a classic Southern dish. Never had it before. It's interesting. First of all, it's a giant appetizer. There's a lot on this plate. I think it's pretty good. First time trying this. Not really used to this. The tomato is definitely on the sour, tangy side. Very juicy though. Very crispy. It's almost like kind of biting into an apple. Outside shell though. Very, very crispy and light. This shell is absolutely delightful. I like the addition of the cheese. A little pesto sauce. Extremely juicy. And a little sweet. I mean, it's not my favorite way to eat tomatoes. I prefer to leave my tomatoes on the vine for until it turns red and stir-fry it up with some eggs. But not bad. I give it a 7 out of 10. Also, I think for $8, that's a pretty big appetizer. Disney? On the plate, probably one slice of tomato shaped like Mickey's head. Alright, this is interesting. So, really buttery-looking bread with artichoke. This appetizer definitely looks a lot less impressive for, again, $8. Oh, the bread is cold. The bread is cold. It's stale. At this point, I prefer just get some saltine crackers and dip into that dip. I mean, the dip itself, it feels like it's just been sitting there for a while. It's lukewarm. It definitely feels like it's microwaved. It's not good at all. I should've just gotten another order of the fried green tomatoes. Now, the number one recommended dish at this cafe. The classic burger. So, on this thing, bacon onion jam, slice of sharp cheddar, giant beef patty, and also steak tomatoes. Weight-wise, I'd say about 3 quarters of a pound total. Bun doesn't really feel all that impressive. Alright, let's open this up. Okay, right away, as soon as the knife went in. Yeah, this bun is just your, just the most common bun in existence. And it feels a little doughy and dense. The burger itself, okay, it looks sort of juicy. Yeah, this bun is horrible. I knew this bun was gonna be trouble. It's just this really thick, way too sweet bun that pretty much covers up the flavor of the beef patty. Also, that beef patty needs salt. This is just, it's horrible. Yeah, this is not a great burger. Fries are great though. Like, great. Fried green tomato. I'm gonna put that on the burger. Just to give it some moisture. See if this will save it a bit. You know what? That helps. A lot. The fried green tomatoes give it an extra crunch. The juice from the tomatoes and the tanginess balances out the cheese and the fat from the burger. They should really do this. Put a slice of fried green tomatoes into this burger. Some butter buns, like light butter toasted buns. Put some salt on the beef. Then this could be a really good burger. So dessert, peach cobbler. This looks really good. Crumble on top. Oh, giant chunks of peaches. Whipped cream, vanilla ice cream. Mmm. This is smack you in the face delicious. Mmm. Like, really sweet. Cinnamon-y peaches. There's giant chunks of crumble on top. The peach is sweet. It's juicy. Pair that up with some ice cream. Mmm. This is a giant dessert for 8 bucks. That train actually runs on coal. It's pretty cold. First affair. I think we're gonna find some good stuff here. Ooh! Fried bologna sandwich. Yes! Southern Cobb salad blueberry tea punch. Never had anything like this before. Fried bologna sandwich. Thick slice of bologna. Some crispy onions. It looks like some kind of uh, some kind of dressing. This hefty, dense bun that was on the burger makes another appearance. I like this a lot. I like this way more than the burger I just had. I'll take another bite and I'll tell you why. This is good. The only thing I don't like, again, I don't like the bun. I think it's too thick. Inside though there's mustard sitting on the bottom with slices of pickle and it's some kind of Russian dressing, I think that they put on top. But what I really like about this is this thing is super charred on the outside when you bite into it it gives you this nice mystery meat crunch. And I really like that mystery meat crunch. And I like how the ingredients of the sandwich kind of work together. The pickle and the mustard offsets that nice deep mysterious meat flavor. Time for $9.99. I think it works. By the way, Chef I just winged more than a burger. Just been walking around I haven't gotten any rides yet. Still trying to find a map of this park. Anyway, trying to pace myself because dinner dinner's gonna be a buffet. Yeah, there's a buffet in here. Anyway, gotta try the meatloaf stacker. This is a signature food item here. And here it is pimento cheese and pork rinds. Pork rind is good, cheese is good. I think the cheese would have been better if it was hot but creamy, a little spicy, not bad. This came out in about 3 minutes. This is super quick. So this is the meatloaf stacker and it's a signature item here. So it's mashed potatoes, green beans, what looks like a piece of toast and then a giant piece of meatloaf in the middle. I'm taking like 6-7 bites of this and even after that I'm not sure if I like this or not. I mean the mashed potato and beans are good the meatloaf kind of tastes like a bowl of chili. Yeah, that kind of tastes like chili. Am I going crazy? Am I getting a heat stroke right now? I'm not sure. I'm not saying that's a bad thing I love chili it just doesn't taste like the meatloaf I'm typically expecting. The mashed potato is delicious, it's gooey, it's piping hot. I love the gravy the green bean is delicious I like the toast and the meatloaf is soft it's tender. After a few more bites I like this. First of all, I like the fact that it's really hot. So I feel like the meatloaf just came out of the oven it tastes homey it tastes comforting. This definitely tastes more like it came out of grandma's kitchen rather than a amusement park. Also for $13.99 I mean that's how much you expect to pay for something like this in a restaurant. Overall price is pretty darn good at Dollywood. That rhymes. Whatever that ride is something mountain I feel like my brain was riding around in my head that doesn't help that I had a whole meatloaf right before getting on that thing. This looks a little easier Soaring Eagle this looks fun The roller coaster is really fun especially that Soaring Eagle I only got about an hour and 20 minutes left to eat everything else I want to eat before the park closes so next dish is the Three Little Pigs sandwich in Southern Drake Park So this is the Three Little Pigs sandwich coleslaw on top smoked sausage pulled pork and a pork loin where's the okay this is a giant sandwich Wow Alright this is easily a pound of food right here This is really really good I think with the exception of some batches of dried pulled pork which I think is understandable is like park's almost ready to close this is exceptional delicious smoked sausage the pork is tender it's juicy it's so juicy look at this it's dripping everywhere the loin is ridiculously tender the sausage ever so smoky coleslaw is crunchy and sweet I mean this stuff literally is barbecued here and then made into a sandwich for you I think if I was here first thing in the morning and got this sandwich this would be mind-blowing even right now like an hour before closing time this is a really good barbecue sandwich and there's certain pieces of pulled pork really juicy got that nice smoky flavor to it I like this a lot Alright I'm gonna hurry up and eat and two more places I gotta go to before closing So one thing you gotta try when in Dollywood is their world famous cinnamon bread this is rated as one of the best amusement park food items in the country and people look at this still a line people usually buy and just take it home let's see if it's really that good alright legendary cinnamon bread woah oh my goodness apple butter dipping sauce it's just covered in cinnamon and I think butter I just put it on and yeah even better with the apple butter dipping sauce I get the obsession it's pretty addicting and the bread's got a beautiful chew it's nice and airy it's thick but it breaks down so nicely in your mouth the cinnamon the sugar the butter creates this like really almost like I said addictive quality to this it's kind of like eating bacon cinnamon covered bacon but it's bread like the same kind of like you don't want to put it down kind of feeling when you start eating it like I ate one piece and as I'm talking about it my mouth is salivating craving another piece especially dipping it in the apple butter sauce get a little bit of apple flavor in there yeah this is really really good final meal of the night all you can eat southern comfort food oh thank you just brought over some biscuits cheddar biscuits crispy and light very very buttery and there's probably just one stick of butter per biscuit it's really good though so this place there's about 6 different kinds of meat you can order 2 or 3 kinds of meat and 4 sides for the table and you can get unlimited of that so you get to choose from fried chicken pork loin pot roast baked chicken so I think out of those probably pot roast and fried chicken and asides I think corn pudding carrots maybe anyway so the food is here I'm excited about this all the food is freshly cooked chicken freshly fried giant piece of breast let's just start with this that was harder to swallow than the time Joey ended up with Rachel on Friends very good flavor though and nice crunch on the outside the flavor is delicious the spice is awesome oh that's a good piece there's a juicy leg like I said the herbs and spices is spectacular I think flavor wise much better than KFC man the breast piece is so dry oh goodness I mean it's crispy on the outside so yeah you can taste the crunch the chicken skin is delicious leg on the other hand juicy tender chicken and the flavor is awesome hmm sides are good I like the carrots very sweet very buttery I think those are the 2 ingredients I think the sugar and butter but this is really really good this is cabbage has a little bit of chilies on here man this thing is spicy otherwise it's completely tasteless I just taste spice and cabbage and then because of that the bitterness of the cabbage really shines through corn pudding this is good sweet delicious popping little corners of corn I do really like this and this is the pot roast ok it looks pretty tender the pot roast is very very tender very juicy but in terms of flavor it's a little too one dimensional you just taste like beef and some salt I think I would just focus on the fried chicken and see if just get like dark meat only and have that with the corn pudding oh there's also dessert here you also get all you can eat dessert I got the peach cobbler in here I think it's the same peach cobbler as before I like the peach cobbler here or you can also go off for a chocolate chip cookie freshly made this is really really nice also people who work at this park just want to say probably like the nicest amusement park staff I've ever encountered I mean everyone just exudes southern hospitality the whole park is about to close but overall I thought the food here was pretty good really enjoyed the three little pig sandwich peach cobbler fried green tomato was really good it's just really wholesome comfort food it's like like I said there's a lot of stuff you'll find in grandma's kitchen and it tastes like it came from grandma's kitchen and I gotta say the food prices are not bad for amusement park like this meal was $24 in Disney we had something similar to this for about $50 a person and the rides are pretty good as well speaking of rides I'm gonna try to head out and head to soaring eagle one last time before we get out of here and then back on the road see you tomorrow good morning driving through Atlanta and found this awesome looking all you can eat Korean BBQ place it's been a while since I had all you can eat Korean BBQ and this place Thrill Korean Steak and Bar so it's on weekends I think it's dinner all day it's $40 a person soft drink looks like it's included unlimited size oh forget there's a lot of stuff I'm so hungry so hungry so on the sides there's also ramen pasta salad pickled veggies fried tofu corn cheese egg souffle rice cakes Korean fried chicken is on the menu all you can eat and you can only do two meats at a time one on the grill and one next to you so it's not a lot of meat at one time let's start bringing the meat out first food item that came the Korean fried chicken it's definitely not fresh yeah I should just stick to the BBQ meats yeah it's definitely been months since the last Korean BBQ experience first two servings brisket and beef belly so brisket is definitely on the leaner side so I think the beef belly is going to be way way better little radish kimchi salt and sesame oil Korean BBQ is one of my favorite things in the world try to find some place that made it in Europe couldn't really find anything basically I've been just quenching for this yeah beef belly looks so good nice and fatty here yes forget the brisket just get the beef belly unless you're not into the fatty pieces which in my opinion way more flavorful alright let's try another cut of meat next round is the Denver cut this looks nice and juicy nice juicy piece of steak and then the other piece is the frill steak so this is their signature cut of steak oh that's delicious they've marinated this really really well a little sweet and these cuts of meat are very fatty so there's a lot of juice in here and also the sugar that's in the sauce is kind of caramelizing when it hits the grill so you get that nice burnt caramelly flavor I would definitely recommend this Denver cut cook it to medium rare but this frill cut that's where all the flavor is usually I don't want any marinated meat because a lot of times it's just overly sweet this is just great round three fatty pork belly and more of that fatty beef belly this is gonna be good it's a combo of fatty pork belly with fatty beef belly oh those two definitely belong together for me when it comes to meat the fattier the better this is pretty much all fat this is the best I love it I love char on a fatty piece of meat oh with a little crunch amazing spicy pork belly fatty juicy little char very nice had to get another order of their frill steak this and the thin piece of meat my favorite thing is here it's just so good after Korean BBQ something else I haven't had in months bubble tea let's just done had this for like 20 seconds already finished it anyway fun day yesterday at Dollywood going through Atlanta too bad I didn't get to stay too long a lot of stuff to take care of before the next chapter begins anyway as always thank you all so much for watching till we eat again see you later