Soup Diary 100624

I'm not really a big fan of buffets. I generally think that the quality of food is inferior when it's been sitting in a steam table for awhile, rather than being prepared somewhat fresh when I place my order. Of course, the upside is that you can eat a lot more, and a lot more different things at a buffet, which is sometimes appealing. These comments apply to soup because I've recently eaten a couple times at the Fallsview Casino Buffet in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and they offer at least a couple of varieties each day. On my visits I've tried the Cream of Mushroom, Roasted Red Pepper, and Scottish Broth (and skipped the Lentil and Strawberry, though in the latter case, this was an oversight as I didn't spot it until I was stuffed). The Cream of Mushroom was the best of the lot (somewhat surprising if you saw my comments on mushroom soup earlier this week), in fact rather tasty. The Roasted Red Pepper was not good, way too salty, and the Scottish Broth tasted like canned soup. So the batting average was .333, not too bad in baseball but pretty mediocre where food is concerned. If you should find yourself at the Fallsview then, my advice would be to skip the soup and put a few more of the really, really good all-beef meatballs on your plate.