I’ve always been a fan of all you can eat places-who doesn’t love having more food than they can possibly eat? Genghis Grill sell their buffet as either one bowl-about the size of a cereal bowl- or all you can eat. The result is that some people don’t want to spend another couple of dollars and do their best to get all their money’s worth out the first bowl.
I tend to get about one third meats and two thirds veggies and spices. There are 13 different forms of protein from shrimp and scallops to beef and sausage and chicken.
There’s a lot of stuff to try and stuff into a small metal bowl. But the other day I was with a Bowl Stuffing Master who pretty much emptied out most of the protein compartments. He made a layer of smoked sausage that lined the bottom of the bowl, then he filled it with other types of protein. When he got to the rim of the bowl, he built a higher rim by using pepperoni and more smoke sausage to raise the rim of the bowl another inch or two. By the time he was done, he had a pretty solid pack of meat that must have weighed a couple of pounds. The idea, of course, is to use small amounts of protein. I tend to put in about ten to fifteen pieces of protein.
Next step is to season the meat with one or all of their 12 different types of salts and peppers. I like a lot of pepper and salt. After that is adding the Veggies, which my buddy the Meat Master had very little room for, but he did manage to add a few things. I tend to add a little bit of all 31 veggies, with a heavy lean toward more peppers and lots of onions and cabbage and so on and so forth. This where I tend to spill stuff off the top of the mound and have to do a bit of juggling to keep it all in place. I like to add an egg as well and so did The Master.
You then add sauce in a separate small container. Again I tend to use three or four sauces, my favorites being the really spicy ones and the really sweet ones.
The finial step is when you sit your bowls on the counter and they asked you which Starch you want. The choice here is three kinds of Rice, Noodles, Tortillas, or Pasta. I tend to go for the Udon Noodles. Then you sit down and wait for them to stir fry the whole shebang and bring it to your table.
According to the build your own bowl doodad on the Genghis Grill site, my bowl clocks in at around 4690 calories. Just guessing on The Master’s bowl-it must have been around 10000 calories. And he complained that they didn’t give him enough rice when they brought the bowl out. I’m guessing they didn’t have any room in the serving bowl for much rice.
The Master took about half of his hefty meal home, which you can’t do with the all you can eat option. I polished off all of mine, but I still think mine was a tad more healthful.
I have always thought that I would try a few different combos, adding smaller amounts of this and that, but I never seem to be able to hold back on that first bowl. Genghis Grill’s food is really good.
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Everytime I go to Genghis, I turn heads with my bowl. I have never seen one stacked higher than mine, and probably never will. I use the sausage barrier technique, but only on the sides for increased bowl height. Putting sausage on the bottom leaves room for air pockets between the slices. I pack steak at the bottom, mixed with chicken. Then I graciously add shrimp and a few bits of crab. At this point, the bowl seems to be maxed out. The protein is up to the top of the sausage walls. But its not over. I season my bowl with Dragon salt, and put on as much onion and pepper as I can. THEN THE FINAL STEP. The bowl at this point is coming to a peak. The veggies are falling out and there is nothing else you can add without it sliding down the Genghis mountain, right? No. Go back to the front of the line. Yes, I did it. Grab as much of that thin, stringy beef as you can and throw it on top. IT STICKS! I put that beef on until it is too difficult to balance. By the end of it, the beef peaks at a little over 6 in. out of the bowl if not more. For the more curious, stick throw some pineapple in the mix. Complete with Dragon sauce and Udon Noodles. You must try my technique for yourself, you wont be disappointed.
-The Genghis Legend
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