Die-Nasty is more like it.I had to come here for a work-related, going away luncheon. You know...the kind where your absence would be interpreted as a shameful breach of etiquette if you dared to not show up.First sign of trouble at a Chinese buffett is if at the height of the lunch rush the place is only 1/3 or less full. These places only thrive on volume since that is what it takes to keep the fresh cooked food moving instead of dying on the steam tables.Second sign of trouble is that just about everything tastes the same whether you are eating rice, veggies, noodles or various deep fried protein nuggets. All of it bland and indistinguishable if you were eating with a blindfold on.Third sign of trouble is the gastrointestinal distress you suffer for the rest of the afternoon but by then it is too late. All you can do is hope for the best and pray that nothing gets ruptured on the way out.

so good