I Drove 2 HOURS for this All You Can Eat LOBSTER Brunch Buffet! Was it Worth it?

Welcome to Charlotte, North Carolina, and this is it right here. Seagrill. Actually, this is the door here. So the pass-around dishes you ordered through me. Oh, really? Sent in from the kitchen, but this is included in your $85 bill. No way. Your first plate is available over at the bar. Okay. Where you have your buffet selection. Sounds great. This is a really fancy schmancy place. This might be the first time I've ever been to a restaurant where the servers actually wear white gloves. I've never seen it. It's $85 and this is the stuff that you order through the server. Oh, vegetable shrimp tempura. Just tomahawk. Really? Crab croquette. You can get baked oysters, herb, lamb chops, waffles. I think it was a good call driving all the way here. Let's go check out the buffet. There is a lot of food on this buffet. All seafood dishes. Whoa. This looks like an insane spread. Oh, there's sushi, sashimi as well. Whoa. Could I please have some, uh, tomahawk soup, uh, crab croquette, baked oysters, and the lamb chops. Thanks so much. Okay. Oh, this place is over the top fancy. Look at this. Even my glass looks cool. This is a pretty remarkable buffet. Brunch buffet's got a lot of Asian dishes on there as well. They even give you chopsticks here. First round. It's just got some Caesar salad, ceviche, salmon crostini, some nigiri, some sashimi. That is real wasabi. What a cool buffet. All the way in Charlotte. That's actually a really good piece of sushi. That salmon's phenomenal. Pardon the shock in my voice. Caesar salad is good. They even have a cucumber salad. A little heavy-handed on the soy sauce, but nice and spicy. That is a really delicate buttery piece of yellowtail. Oh, seafood here is legit. Salmon crostini, pieces of salmon, some capers, probably some cream cheese on here. This is awesome. Like 10 out of 10 delicious. You know what they did here? It's delicious melt-in-your-mouth fatty salmon and some cream cheese on garlic bread. That's so freaking good. Genius move. Seafood ceviche. It's all fresh seafood here. It's awesome. Wow, what a first round. Let's go get some hot dishes. Every time I leave the table, they fold my napkin up again. My past round dishes have started to arrive. So I got the baked oysters here. So these are oysters baked with artichoke, spinach, lemon cream, parmesan, mozzarella, and panko crust. And I think these are the crab croquettes. So these are all freshly made. So these are the crab croquettes. Whoa, this is all crab inside. Onion, garlic, mustard, bell pepper, bread crumbs. This is so much crabs in here. This is like 99% crab and 1% cake. This is so freaking good. This is a top 1% crab cake right here. This tastes like the crab cake I would get from Del Frisco Steakhouse in New York City. My favorite Steakhouse crab cake because their crab cake is also just like all crab. And this thing, slightly toasted on the outside, tender, juicy, meaty. So much meaty crab inside. Bell pepper gives a little smokiness. The sauce is creamy and spicy. It's so good. All right, definitely getting more of that. These baked oysters look awesome, too. Look at this thing. Artichoke, spinach, lemon cream, parmesan. Fresh oysters, too, for sure. That's fantastic. Plump, juicy oysters. Great flavor, great texture. Slightly overshadowed by the crab cake. That's not saying the oysters are not good. That crab cake will mock most food items. Is that how I used it? Did I use it right? Mock? This is my first round. Got some eggs. Oh, this is so nicely cooked. Look at the egg yolk. That is a gooey, gooey egg yolk. Oh, it's great. This is the steamed eggs with cheese on top. That thing tastes like it has some truffles in it. Shrimp and grits. I bet you this is going to be great. This is not just good. It slapped me in the face good. Soft, creamy grits. The shrimp is plump and tender. Smoky peppers. Basically, it's really yummy. They even have, like, Korean fried chicken. Isn't that crazy? It's not bad. Really not bad. Got some salmon. It's good. Should have definitely ate this before. They were flavorful Korean wings, but that's good. Actually, that's a phenomenal salmon, too. All the sauces are so interesting. Not just the flavor, there's some good textures in there. This is the salmon shrimp pasta dish. It's perfect. Pasta is absolutely perfect. The sauce is rich and creamy and awesome. There's not one thing that doesn't taste good here so far. It's so good. Finally, I saved this for last because I think it's gonna be tremendous. This is the steak and truffle dish with potatoes on the bottom. Oh, this is so freaking good. The steak is tender. You 100% taste the truffle. If you're a fan of truffles, you will love that dish. On the bottom, mashed potatoes infused with all that great truffle flavor. I totally forgot about my long crawfish. I just got one because with these things, you want to try it first just to make sure they're good. It's good. Yeah, this place knows seafood very well. Next thing, this is from the kitchen. This is their tom kha. So this is shrimp. There's mussels in here, mushrooms, tomatoes, lemongrass, of course. Of course, tom kha, the famous coconut soup from Thailand. Pieces of fish, too. Smells legit. It tastes like Thailand. Lemongrass, the coconuts, tomatoes, everything. The fish is tender, the shrimp is tender. Spot on. One thing I will say about this buffet, I feel like this goes with most southern cooking. There is nothing subtle about the flavors. It's not going to be light. It's just in-your-face flavors, and I love that so much. This is the tiger shrimp tempura. Obviously, it's not going to be like a traditional light Japanese tempura. Oh! Oh, they know how to fry things in the Carolinas. This obviously doesn't look like typical tempura batter, but it is airy and crunchy. Oh, there's some sauce on the bottom, too. Looks like some kind of wasabi sauce, like a wasabi mayo or something. You can hear that crunch, right? Dang, wow. Juicy, plump, tender shrimp on the inside. If you're expecting like traditional Japanese tempura, this is not it. What this is, is a delicious fried shrimp. I had to get this. Just because I want to get everything on that menu, I had to get some of the waffles. I want to show all the waffles. This batter breaks apart really easy. Pretty good. My lamb chops got here. I think this is going to be awesome. They just give it to you on this little round plate. Like, they want you to just pick it up and dunk it into the sauce and eat it that way. This is a juicy, juicy lamb chop. I've been burned a couple times before by making food guarantees, but I'll do it again. I bet you this is gonna be at least a 9.5 out of 10. That was a low effort bite on this lamb chop. This thing is a tender. So tender. Best parts for me, that fat right along the bones. Oh, that's so good. And the seasoning is great, too. I told you guys in the south, they do not kid around when it comes to flavors. Like, this lamb chop at any other buffet, probably maybe a little bit of salt, maybe nothing, and you just add the sauce or sell yourself. This thing? You don't even need the sauce. Already beautifully seasoned. Even though this thing is cooked a little more than I like, because obviously I'd have to grill a whole batch of this in the off the charts. Let's go get more seafood. And then 100% more crab cakes and lamb chops. It's next round. Some fresh oysters, lobster, another one of these crostini things, but a fried piece of sushi, some seafood rice, and more of that steak trouble shepherd's pie looking thing. Yeah, oysters are nice and plump and fresh. A little briny, too. Octopus carpaccio. Either they brought out a new tray of that dish or I'm the first person to eat it. It's amazing. Barely need to chew that thing. Lobster. Lobster's okay. A little more briny and sweet. I think the seafood rice is just okay. A little sweeter now with the legs. Let's try this. It's like a fried onigiri or something. From all the hot dishes on the buffet, I think this is my favorite. Oh, it's so good. It's steak and potatoes, like the most ultimate form of steak and potatoes, with truffle caramelized onions and the steak is so tender. And they did tell me that is actually prime filet mignon inside that dish. Like that's why it was so tender because they also serve steaks at this restaurant. So when they trim off the steaks, they put it into this. What a great use of the steak trimmings. Seriously, so good. I'm gonna eat the crab cakes last because that's the best thing here. How do you not love big oysters? Herb-crusted lamb. Let's see here. Done this about the same as last time, but still, solid lamb chops. This place's crab cake is not just the best crab cake on any buffet I've ever been to. This is one of the best crab cakes you will ever find anywhere. It's so perfectly done. The texture is perfect. Crispy on the outside, juicy tender crab inside. Oh, so good. Crab cakes at steakhouses, usually like 30 bucks for like a small crab cake. Such a good crab cake. There's just a couple things. There's a mango paradise and a tiramisu. Sweet cream cheese and some mango puree. This is a ginormous, well, it kind of looks ginormous. Oh, maybe not. It's only half. Still like a pretty big-sized tiramisu. That's a good tiramisu. Like really good tiramisu. The only reason I'm not getting like 50 more servings of that crab cake is because since I am in the Charlotte area, I gotta get some barbecue. And so after this, I'm gonna hit up a local barbecue joint. And I was trying to decide between these two different barbecue places. One of them's like eight minutes away. The other is like 30 minutes away. And my new friend Polo told me I gotta go to the 30 minute away one. So that's what we're gonna do. But this place, for $85, I say worth it. Like you got prime filet mignon out there. You got lobsters out there, snow crabs out there, dungeness crabs out there. Just the seafood alone I think is worth the price tag. On top of that, the food is really delicious. The cooked dishes are good. Obviously, I love the crab cakes. Lamb chop's good. The Thai soup was even pretty good. Also, ambience is nice. And the people working here, like they're almost too nice. That's the thing. Almost too nice. Like seriously, white glove service, wearing white gloves. Where do you even see that? Had a great time. So I say this was worth the drive. All right, let's go to the smoke pit. This is a giant barbecue place. The smoke pit, the stockyard market. Oh, so this is a little barbecue grocery store and restaurant. This is the restaurant. This is the barbecue store. Oh, it smells so good. I just had a buffet and my mouth is watering. Usually it's like a barbecue place inside a grocery store. This is a grocery store inside a barbecue place. Wow, they have everything you need for some amazing barbecue, including pig trotters. Oh, yeah, that's the stuff. This is hog heaven right here. I've never been inside like a grocery store that's dedicated to barbecue before. I just got my barbecue and this this is insanity. I went ahead and just got takeout because the restaurant is pretty much full and I didn't want to take up a table sitting there. I'm speechless. Like I've had many takeouts from barbecue places before. I mean, I got one of those combo deals, like three different types of meat, two sides. Like how big do you think that is? Like this big, right? Typically three meats and two sides. That's about the size I would typically expect. This is just the size. This is the meat. In what world, only in the Carolinas, did they give you so much? I can basically gauge pretty accurately how heavy something is just by lifting it. This is about five pounds. Like I kid you not, this is about five pounds. Oh my, what in the... This is a $40 meat combo in the Carolinas. $40 meat combo in Texas is it's not that much. You're not gonna get like a giant tray of meat in the Carolinas, 40 bucks. You're getting a giant tray of meat. Okay, I'm done eating today. Like I'm, this is, this is it. Like I'm, take this home. There's gonna be leftovers. The town place hotel has a microwave. So I'm, I'm really happy for that. I got the pulled pork, the burnt ends, and the chicken quarters. For the chicken quarters, they gave me two ginormous chicken thighs. I got a humongous piece of cornbread. The burnt ends look good. The pulled pork look amazing. First things first, let's try the pulled pork. The pulled pork in the Carolinas, you always see chilies. Yeah, you know it's Carolina pulled pork when you see chilies in the pulled pork. It's good. Especially these fatty parts right here. Fatty, smoky parts. Spicy, a little vinegary. There's nothing like Carolina pulled pork. It's really good. I think the, the way pulled pork is made in the Carolinas is the best way to make it. The pork is already so fat. The vinegar is like just the most perfect ingredient to balance the richness out. Also, this thing is smoky beyond words. Oh my gosh. Number one best thing in Carolina barbecue, pulled pork. I would say the Mount Rushmore barbecues, brisket from Texas, ribs from Kansas City or Memphis, I think is a tie. Yard chicken and pulled pork from the Carolinas. Apparently that's what these are called, yard chicken. Oh yeah, it's tender. It is tender. Oh my gosh. And look at how juicy the meat is. Chicken is like something, I don't even think they do chicken in Texas. Like I've seen like a drumstick every now and then. This is why like I think a chicken at a barbecue place is just a throwaway item, you know? Not in the Carolinas. How is this chicken? So good. Like every chicken I've had in the Carolinas, whether it's pulled or whole, it's so good. Look at the tenderness. Can you believe how tender and juicy this chicken looks? It's unbelievable. Tender and juicy. And this one, they added some mustard sauce to it. Incredible. This is one of the most flavorful chickens you can find in the world. Amazing. By the way, perfect 85 degrees out here in the shade. It feels great. It's a little windy. There's no flies. This, this is a picnic. Oh, I haven't totally forgot about the sides. Each side is like at least half a pound. I kid you not. This is the barbecue beans. Look at that. Barbecue beans with pork. Oh my gosh. Oh, this pork is so tender. I normally don't even like barbecue beans. I think I mentioned this before. I don't like beans that much. I knew that was gonna be awesome. Have mercy on my food-loving soul. This cornbread is insane. It's more like a corn cake with little corn kernels inside too. There's something else they do here that I've never seen anywhere else. And I had this yesterday and I didn't really understand what it was. I thought it was just like egg salad mixed in with the potato salad. You know what this is? This is actually deviled egg potato salad. Deviled egg potato salad is how all potato salads should be. Crunchy radish in here. That is just pure flavor. All right, one more thing to try. This is the burnt end. This is probably more of a Texas thing and I have yet to try brisket here in the Carolinas because I'm sure it's gonna be good. I just think when it comes to brisket, you're not gonna beat Texas. Just like when it comes to pulled pork, you're not gonna beat the Carolinas. Polo said I should try the burnt ends. So I'm gonna try the burnt ends. Incredible. Maybe the best burnt ends I've had outside of Texas. Every time you take a bite of that and pretty much anything else on this plate, including the sides, I swear you hear the barbecue angels singing. If you ever take a bite of just the most delicious barbecue and you close your eyes right after that, you'll see them. Oh, this thing just falls apart like it's made from meaty smoke. Beautiful crust on the outside, extra smoky. This will be great in a sandwich later that I am already picturing in my head. Oh, dinner is gonna be phenomenal. I just started on this new TV show, Chinese TV show. It's on YouTube, Immortal Ascension, if you're curious. Great TV show. Tonight, I'm gonna put that on, buy myself a loaf of bread, and just have the best time ever. Oh, yeah, these burnt ends are next level. I think these are like Texas level burnt ends. They're so good. I can't believe I'm saying this. Best thing on the plate might be the chicken. That chicken is so incredible. I mean, as soon as you take a bite, it starts pecking its way into your heart. I think it's a tie. I think it's a three-way tie. Pulled pork's awesome. Chicken's awesome. Burnt ends. I thought burnt ends, honestly, was gonna be the weakest thing on this plate. It's so good. The sides are good, too. Deviled egg potatoes. Oh, also, haven't seen a single fly. It's amazing. This is worth the 30-minute drive. It's gonna be a rough two-hour drive back, though, but definitely would have been a huge food regret if I didn't try this. Like I said, that's it. This is my food for us today. Not going anywhere else. I physically could not after eating this for sure. I'll probably finish a little more, take the rest home, just because I don't want to fall into a complete barbecue food coma on my drive back. And as always, on the place I went to, listed down below for you guys. Thank you all so much for watching until we eat again. See you later.