 Hey friends, today we are hanging out in Lancaster, Pennsylvania And we are gonna be dining at the shady maple smorgasbord This is the world's largest Amish buffet, and they have so many food options I can't wait to show you all of it So we're gonna eat some food explore the area and have a beautiful Lancaster kind of day. Anyhoo, let's go do this One of my favorite things to do in Lancaster is drive around the back roads looking for little small stands on the side of the road Sometimes they sell pies or bottles of root beer or vegetables And it's really cool because that's where the good stuff is Fresh from the farm It is wonderful to be back in Pennsylvania And also spending time with my mom and sister This is one of my favorite things to do with them My mom loves it down here She loves going to the smorgasbord And before we actually go there, I think we're gonna go drive around And I'll show you a little bit of Lancaster Show you some of the back roads It's just beautiful driving through here Look at this Farm after farm Yeah, lots of corn fields And I like how some of them tell you where their like milk farms go to Like I've seen one that was for Wawa actually And I thought that was interesting because it was a whole farm As you're driving around, sometimes you might spot like a little table At the end of one of the driveways from the farms And they use an honor system there Where if they're selling like pies or root beers You take the pie and then they'll have a little box where you stick the money in And that's really really awesome I hope we can find some of those If not, we'll find like the regular like farmer Like you know the fresh fruit and the vegetable stands And there's a lot of them on the road We found a nice little stand on the side of the road And they sell everything here They have milk, eggs, lettuce, kale, lemonade, root beer Strawberries, vegetables, a little bit of everything So probably gonna buy some stuff I don't know what they got in the soil down here But those are the biggest carrots I have ever seen in my life Holy moly, look at this That's insane! And then we've got some kale and we've got some onions Some sweet onions I like this Lots of celery I just can't get over these carrots though I highly suggest if you plan on coming down and exploring Lancaster To bring cash with you Because a lot of these places, they don't accept credit cards Or Venmo or anything like that Whenever you're driving around Always be on the lookout for the horse and buggies though They're usually just going right down the road here And you'll see a lot of these signs around the area I think they're so cool looking Here is one of the stands that use the honor system They have fresh asparagus They have grass plants here And you just take what you want And then put the money in here There's nobody actually out here It's just all farmland It's kind of cool though, isn't it? I don't know if I want to get fresh asparagus But maybe I'll get my mom one of these decorative flowers For five dollars So you literally just put the money in And then you just take the flower Oh my mom likes blue I'll take this one Oh pink actually That's the one I got you a decorative flower mom Did you want pink or blue? I like pink Pink? Oh there you go A little decorative flower This kind of reminds me of yard sailing Because like we're driving around And whenever we see one of the stands on the side of the road We just creep by very slowly And we kind of check out everything And see if there's anything worth getting out of the car for You know what I mean? Some stands they just have plants But we're looking for like strawberries And bakery items Some pies And some vegetables And some fruits Stuff like that Or homemade root beer Or like fresh milk Or raw milk That's the stuff we're looking for But the other stuff we're like Nah that's just to drive by And then we keep going along As we were driving around I think I found the coolest little farm stand here Because you can buy fresh milk Straight from the cow Look it here's the cows right here They're right inside Look at this This cow's looking at me That's so awesome The cow's making noise And then the farm stand Is right over here Look at that Come on in we're open That's so awesome This is so cool They've got peach milk up there Like peach milk yogurt smoothie They've got eggs They've got raw milk They've got cheese curds here And it's all on the honor system You literally just take what you want Put the money in I definitely want to drink some fresh raw milk Because I don't think I've ever had it before But they also have hamburger patties Ground beef and ice cream here And they're actually doing a little deal So if you buy the ice cream It's $5.50 a pint But if you buy two It's $5 a pint Look at that And then put money in the box On the left side of the refrigerator And look at it in here Look at that Fresh hamburger patties Fresh ground beef And then the ice cream down there That's really really cool I just noticed that they have A little change bucket here too So they actually have money in here To make change In case you don't have the exact amount Like for instance the milk The half gallon milk is $3.50 I only have a five I'm not going to take the change If you wanted to you can take the change So I'm just going to put the five in there Push that down There you go And now we're going to get a half gallon of milk Just like that Look at the farm cats on the cow farm This is awesome Look at those little cats I don't know why I think that's so cool Are you a friendly cat? Where are you going? Where did this milk come? Did it come from you? That was a little meet the parents reference The cat But now I'm going to drink some milk With the cows Wow that is delicious I was like kind of hesitant at first But it's actually very good Well this is kind of cool The farm itself Is a member owner of Lando Lakes Lando Lakes I think that's kind of awesome And I love it here I think it's so beautiful Alright It's enough of the milk business We have to start making our way To Shady Maple But I do want to say That milk was the sweetest milk I have ever had Like it had a sweet taste to it And it was really really good I liked it a lot But afterwards Maybe we'll go explore around a little bit more I would love to maybe find an antique store Or maybe some more Like roadside stands I think that would be fun And here it is Shady Maple smorgasbord And in case you were wondering It just means a buffet That offers a variety of hot and cold meats But I feel like smorgasbord Sounds fancier than buffet I have been to Shady Maple before Like I mentioned My family loves to come down here But the last time I made a video It was the height of the pandemic And it was way different Like everyone had to wear their mask There was different policies in place To go up to the buffet And now I'm excited to see it And it's full glory And it's full operational status It's gonna be really amazing I can't wait to check out all the food This place is so popular There's a line out the door And it's different prices each night Because the menu changes Tonight is Wednesday And it's prime rib night So they have prime rib They've got liver and onions New York strip steak Shrimp Beef brisket A lot of stuff And it is $22 $22.99 for adults And another fun thing is On your birthday it's absolutely free You just come in on your birthday and it's free And it looks like they've been around For 38 wonderful years Shady Maple also has A gigantic gift shop Downstairs And we'll explore that later on My mom loves it down there They also have a farm market A furniture store They have a whole bunch in this area Right outside the restaurant They actually have a spot For the horse and buggies to park And it has water for them So they can just pull up and park And go on into the restaurant Or go shop at the farm market I still get very excited Anytime I see a horse in a buggy Anytime I come down here to visit And I think it's awesome how they have A little parking spot for them Right out front of the restaurant And it's like I said it's funny I still get excited about it Because I've grown up in Pennsylvania Almost all my life And I still kind of get a little giddy Once you get inside You actually have to line up to pay To go into the buffet And it is a very popular restaurant So it's super crowded But the space is kind of very accommodating Like it is massive in there Like it's never full Like they could just have a line out the door And just keep serving all night long And here's a look at the prices It is honestly one of the best values It's $21.99 and up Depending on the night Because they have different They have different menus So tonight is Wednesday night It's prime rib night So it's $22.99 But if you come on Saturday It's the grand menu And it's a little bit of everything For $26.99 They also have breakfast and lunch All of the good times Alright we got to the table And I'm going to give you a tour Of the buffet And show you all of the food offerings And I asked like how many people Can actually sit in here Like what's their occupancy And it is $1,200 on this side And then they have a catering hall That's another $1,000 So the whole building is like $2,200 That is a lot of people So it's going to be very busy in here And it's like I said There's a line out the door But I'm going to do my best To show you all the food The buffet line is so big It's hard to show you guys All of it in one shot So I'm going to kind of show you A little bit of it Like add a whole You have your two carving stations Right here And then you have like Your salad station here And then it goes down one side All the way down Look at that And then it does the same thing And this is all different sides They have another side That goes all the way down this way It literally just goes on and on Both directions I think it's so awesome And it's all different food Each way They've got brisket Over on this side Look at that You got the au jus here And then they have a flat top Where they cook up hamburgers Hot dogs Steaks Everything Look at that Hi Oh yeah I love it here I'm always about it I love all of the food offerings But my favorite thing Is the dessert station Then I'll show you guys that After we have dinner But the desserts Are so amazing Like honestly I would come here Just for the desserts alone It's worth $22 Just in desserts They have a great selection Of different items Like baked attic They've got fried shrimp They've got liver and onions They've got rotisserie chicken They've got ham balls Ham balls Fried chicken Look at that It looks so good The ham balls I've had before And they're definitely a unique A very unique tasting thing They have schnitzel nap Which is baked apples and dumplings Buttered noodles Corn Green beans They've got beets They've got asparagus Oh dry corn Oh yeah Some good dried corn I'm gonna be getting some of that I think that's fish over there And then Oh yeah baked limas right here They have different menus Each night Like tonight is Prime Rib Night Like I said And then they have Like a fish night Stuff like that But they always have Like core menu items That are always gonna be here This one station alone Is everything to me They've got wings They've got mild They've got barbecue They've got garlic And take a look at this soup We've got dumpling soup over there And then this is like a chicken corn noodle Look at this Oh I'm going all in on that soup The salad bar is fully stocked With all of your veggies And also the hot bacon dressing Look at that Hot bacon dressing I don't think I've ever had that before I have never heard of this Hot bacon dressing It looks good It looks like a soup almost And then on the other side Of the salad bar They have all the other dressings And then tons of potato salad Egg salad Look at that It just goes on and on and on Oh I almost just ran into The little guard there This is pepper Pepper cabbage And then cranberry salad Look at that cranberry salad It actually looks so fresh What's she getting there mom? Some fillin? It says filling It says filling on the Oh does it? Yeah it's stuffing It's stuffing Gonna get some filling They've got filling They've got croquettes They've got rice They've got pot roast right here Some ham And pulled pork All of this stuff I wanna get me some fillin It's not just a buffet Islands either Like there are so many different stations That sometimes you can miss something Like honestly there's things I didn't even know Were here until my sister and mom Pointed it out Look at this We've got a bread bar With hot corn bread in there And then we've got some dinner rolls Over here A selection of cheeses You've got Swiss and Sharp cheese in there A little monster And then some crackers And I think there's more over here Oh yeah they have some butter And some more cheeses And then the prime rib carving stations Are right over here Oh look at that They're double doing it Double doing it Oh and then also we've got The gourmet raspberry bread Raspberry bread and apple bread Oh I'm all about that Oh and apple butter They've got apple butter On this side we've got scalloped corn Broccoli, carrots Barbecue beans Mac and cheese Oh what are these over here Baked yams with cinnamon Oh lord And it looks like they've got Sweet potato mash over there And stewed tomatoes There is so much And I'm sure I'm missing some of it Alright I've given you guys the tour Now it's time to put together a plate Or actually I think I'm going to start off with some soup And then if I see anything else I'll point it out to you and we'll talk about Some of the things I love And if there's something I try that I never had before I'll let you know how it tastes And sometimes it could be a little shocking You know what I mean It depends on what you're eating Another thing I love about this restaurant Is their like soft drink choices They've got tons of juice And then they've got all of these old timey Like sodas They've got creamy red birch beer White birch beer Sarsaparilla A little black cherry and vanilla cream I'm probably going to get myself a sarsaparilla I didn't even know this existed Lookit, see Bonnie's showing me stuff They've got pizza over here And then they have a build your own burger bar A build your own burger bar A little tomato A little onion A little pickle Oh they have carved turkey over here too Like roast turkey So I didn't see that either I knew what I was going for As soon as I got in here The soup I'm double souped up I've got the pot pie And the chicken corn noodle And I love this soup I honestly could just eat it Just like come here and just eat this And the desserts There's no way I could ever leave Without actually eating any desserts here But look at this corn chow Lookit, lookit all of that Lookit that And then I don't even think I showed you The chicken pot pie Or the chicken dumplings I think this says It's either pot pie or dumplings I think it might be pot pie But lookit all of these noodles Lookit the size of them Because this was on the other side Good soup What's your favorite thing to eat here mom? Their knowledge So much Look difference Items I'm going to say The barf cupel corn What about you Bonnie What's your favorite thing to eat here? I like the brisket The brisket Okay, what about you Ariel? What's your favorite thing to eat here Ariel? French fries Yeah Alright Enough of the soup business I do have to say The corn chicken noodle was phenomenal And then the chicken dumpling Was also very good They have multiple soups up there They have a chicken pot pie They have a turkey soup They have I think they have a chowder up there too I think they have a corn chowder up there So I mean any place that has like six different types of soup Is literally the perfect place for me But now I'm going to go up and make a little plate And try some of the other food Oh and there's the prime rib right there Oh perfect Thank you Okay Maybe I should have told them I need just a little bit Just a little bit But luckily I'm here with my family And I'm going to give them some of this prime rib Because I can't eat this big hunk of meat That is I was like Can I have a little bit? I didn't say that I should have said it He gave me like a plate size prime rib And it's all you can eat Oh wow A couple of things that I didn't notice Up there I thought this was like a sweet potato mash But it's actually a carrot souffle And then the liver and onions Has bacon on it So it's liver bacon onions And I've never had that before So I'm going to try both of them New experience Oh and I also got some of the dried corn I can't remember if I ate it last time I was here I can't remember if I liked it or not So I figured it might as well I'm going to try the carrot souffle I honestly thought this was sweet potato mash And I love carrots Bonnie tried it she didn't like it You liked it though mom right? So we'll see here we go Carrot souffle That's amazing Why wouldn't Bonnie like that? It's so good it honestly tastes like sweet potato mash Just like not too sweet though Yeah it's very good Now I'm going to try the liver bacon and onions For the first time And I'm kind of excited Make sure I get a little bit of everything on there Some of the onions Some of the liver and the bacon Get it all Little liver onion action right here It's got a weird taste It's got a weird texture It does not taste bad But it does have like a unique texture to it I mean overall I didn't hate it I really didn't hate it I just don't think I would like want to get it again You know I mean it was cool to try it at least I'm sure the bacon helps a lot though Because I did taste the bacon actually on there But it just had this weird texture Kind of felt like it was like fizzing in my mouth Like yeah it had like yeah I don't know I can't It's hard to explain Another thing I tried here was the ham balls And they are strange too I mean I think a lot of people do like them They're popular around this area And the dried corn was pretty decent as well Overall I liked a lot of the stuff I tried some new stuff The carrots you play And the liver and onions And yeah I enjoyed it The prime rib was phenomenal The prime rib was so good And the au jus Amazing Now I kind of just want to jump right to desserts They have two dessert stations One right here And then one on the other side And we'll go see if there's anything different on the other side But they have everything from cake slices To cookies To puddings To hot items over here Look at this Wow Cherry cobbler Cherry cobbler in the back Apple dumplings right up front Got an apple crisp here You've got peach crisps back there You've got some apple pie on the top glass over there Of course we've got some shoe fly pie Look at that Some shoe fly pie And a nice little topping bar here Full of all of your All of your needs Oh some chocolate cake A lot of gluten free items too Look at Gluten free Apple cake Gluten free Chocolate cake That's a lot On top of the pudding selection They have all of these other cakes and pies Cheese cake Oh the green plates are sugar free And then they have another section of top too And we still haven't even looked at them And we still haven't even looked at the other side What kind of cake is that? That looks good So many little custard there It looks like A whoopee pie I might want to get some pudding They've got dirt pudding right here And then they've got Fruity pebbles pudding You don't say Fruity pebbles pudding And then they've got eclair Oh yeah Well I've browsed all of the desserts On this side So I think I'm actually going to make my way down To the other side Look at this down here Look at how long this bar section is Right now it's like the clearest I've seen it So I'm able to show you guys But look like I said It just goes on and on After station after station All the way down And the kitchen's all right back there It truly I feel I don't think I've ever been to A bigger buffet Regardless if it's like An Amish buffet or anything like that We got some of the desserts to share And I've got The Fruity pebble pudding I've got the Boston Eclair I've got a white chocolate macadamia nut Coconut cake And this looks like some baklava Some good baklava I don't know what kind it is Yeah baklava Baklava Baklava Bonnie What's baklava? Bonnie baklava Baklava Baklava Baklava There you go Say it fast I don't think I can Bantabak Baklava Bonnie Bantabak Baklava Bonnie Oh there you go I have never had fruity pebbles pudding before But I have a feeling I'm going to like it a lot So here we go That's so good Oh yeah And now the Eclair Eclair's better It honestly tastes a little bit more less Strawberry pudding And then they just added fruity pebble Like cereal inside of it But that Boston Eclair pudding was so good Now we're going to try the coconut Coconut pie and baklava I couldn't leave Shady Maple Without getting some of the shoe flag pie And I also wanted to point out That they have fresh whipped cream here They have a machine that makes it fresh Look at that Uh oh That's the way Pie Me oh my I love pie You ever see that movie Michael? You know with John Travolta and the angel They have the pie song in it She says pie, pie Me oh my You've definitely seen it before You like, you love John Travolta Alright, well here's the shoe flag pie With some fresh whipped cream Alright I am officially stuffed And now it's time to go visit the gift shop downstairs This is massive in here And they have everything Even wooden roses One thing I learned Handmade furniture is very expensive I was super shocked when I saw the prices Of some of these like chairs These horses are really cool But I'm sure they're very expensive Oh yeah these are $300 right here I guess that's not too bad because Look at, I mean it's a rocking horse But what about these tiny chairs over here You see like these little chairs These are $67 for a little chair I mean it's a little chair too So it's very, like I said I was shocked Very expensive How much is this hat rack? I don't want a hat rack So I can put all my hats on it This is almost $200 for that hat rack What about this chair? You see fancy chair $116 for that chair It's only one chair I'm gonna get a little table here It's gonna cost you almost $1000 For the set I'm pretty positive though That's gonna hold up for a very long time You know what I mean Like you're spending the money on it And it's gonna be around for quite some time I found this really awesome Amish made quilt store Look at this Items handcrafted locally All of this You can actually get an Amish broom I don't know why But I kinda want a broom That was put together right here In Shady Maple I think that's kinda cool So I might get one of those But I wouldn't mind getting a nice fancy quilt either They have some really nice patterns So that's kinda fancy It's a broom from Lancaster And it's $18.99 It's kind of expensive for a broom It looks like the gift shop is actually closing up shop So I guess we're gonna hit the road But I love my experience today It is always amazing to come down here But like I mentioned It gets super busy here And the way to actually get in there Could be long Just so you guys know ahead of time And it gets very busy at the buffet areas too Like everyone's grabbing the last bits of stuff Like I was like I don't know how they were keeping up Like honestly I have no idea how they were keeping up But yeah So good And now we're gonna kinda make our way back home It's like I think it's about almost three hours for us It's like three hours for us to drive from home to here In Pennsylvania Maybe it's like two and a half The cats run this town Look at this Bunch of cats and horses And the horses aren't afraid of them Look at them They have choppy day off This one's coming right up to me Hey there little buddy Oh It's a friendly cat Hi How are ya? Give me food Mom we're not taking any cats home You hear me? It's okay be careful This is a parking lot We'll call him Spike I don't even know why The other one's climbing the tree Look at it There was actually three of them Cats everywhere Okay we're driving Stay there Don't come out here Not even kidding But there's another cat right here too Look at them There's cats everywhere Horse buggies have headlights and tail lights That's very good And four ways And four ways It's a little bit dark out But we did come upon A cold homemade root beer stand Oh they have fresh squeezed lemonade too Two dollars and twenty five cents Look at that Or six dollars and twenty five cents For a half gallon Oh no it looks like it's all gone They might have some root beer though Lemonade's all sold out Root beer is A dollar seventy five Or five fifty a gallon And also no sales on Sunday I wonder if they got any left Oh they got tons They got tons of root beer I'm taking one of these bad boys Look at that Let me see if you can show you I've had this before This exact root beer Old fashioned root beer Homemade They use the honor system here So we're gonna put the money in But I'm not taking change They actually have a little change thing And then I got my root beer I'm only gonna get one though I was gonna get two But I don't think Bonnie wants any of it So just mine Cold homemade root beer We're gonna have to test out This old fashioned root beer Pop the top right there Oh you can actually see it Look at that That's impressive It is ice cold as they Advertise so here we go Oh yeah That is really good Can really taste the root in it The root in it Not too bad You can put the top right back on Just like that I'm glad that we got to get Some old fashioned root beer And I guess with that We're done here for today We have to drive home It's super dark out right now Might as well get home And just get all settled in But I'm excited to make more videos Around PA Maybe visit a couple of theme parks And do some stuff Let me know if you're interested In seeing some of the stuff From my hometown I was thinking about doing Like a hometown foodie thing Where I showed you like all the food I grew up eating And stuff like that I thought that would be cool So let me know in the comments If that's something you're interested in seeing And yeah Hope you enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it We'll see you next time Bye