 Hey friends today, I am in Lancaster, Pennsylvania And we are gonna be dining at Shady Maple smorgasbord and this is the largest smorgasbord in Lancaster County I've always been fascinated with Amish and Mennonite culture and just to be able to come here and eat some Authentic Pennsylvania Dutch food. It's a dream come true. So Let's go do this Right next door to the smorgasbord They have a good store and the good store is actually a part of a farmer's market And that's where they get all of their produce to actually serve inside the restaurant Oh, isn't that cool? There's a little horse and buggy actually going right now. I love just hearing the horse Like as it goes through the parking lots. That's amazing If you're not familiar with what a smorgasbord is it is a gigantic buffet We're gonna eat a lot of food. I mean they prepare over a hundred Items daily and it mixes by the day. It's family owned and operated And it's just so amazing to get this like Amish Dutch food and it's gonna be delicious. I'm so overhyped for this The restaurant itself has all these amazing art pieces and I think it's just so beautiful in here I love just staring at them This one is coaching in the Pomi days and you can see the stagecoach there. It's Lancaster to Philadelphia This is very cool Each night the menu changes like I said, so Thursday night, which is tonight It is shrimp steak and ribs night But the best time to come is the weekend because on Friday and Saturday It's the grand menu and that is everything Here is a look at the menu. I am very excited to be trying the dessert Everything is buffet style, but the dessert bar they have fresh fruit pies cakes cookies Cobblers puddings. This is gonna be epic The price actually changes. There's a lunch price and then there's a dinner price And I think it's different for the weekend as well But one thing that I noticed there was a big sign when we walked in for a senior citizen 60 above It's 10% off and then if it's senior citizens 90 and above 50% off. It's so cool that they offer 50% off to folks that are 90 years or older We've got brisket on the buffet and then take a look at this grill Holy moly That is a lot of goodness happening Steak sausage Oh This is gonna be All out feast I'm not too sure where to begin but a part of the buffet you get the way your mask And you also have where gloves when you actually go up to the buffet to get the food So then that way it keeps it safe and sanitary and you also have to keep a socially distant like distance I don't think I've ever seen a buffet this large before it goes all the way down One two three, I don't even know how many there are this is massive the first one that we're coming up on they've got baked barbecue beans shrimp dried corn Meatballs and fried chicken They have fresh Steakburgers beef hot dogs chicken breast potato cakes and corn fritters here, too, and they cook them up right there for you That looks absolutely amazing I think I'm just gonna grab a plate and I'm gonna start we're gonna probably take multiple trips, but that's okay I'm fine with it. Also, you can get fresh land caster Milk they have 1% and even chocolate milk, too I'm gonna try to do a sampling. So we got a meatball. Then we're gonna take a piece of chicken Bada bing then we're gonna get some shrimp. I think I have to go on the other side. Is that beats? Oh Beats bears Battlestar Galactica. Oh, yeah, give me some of them beats Now that I have officially in that a traditional Dutch kitchen I need to celebrate a traditional Dutch Christmas kind of like how Dwight does in the office Now we've got stuffing and mashed potatoes. I'm gonna get some mashed potatoes scoop see potato Oh My plate is starting to get full but like I said, I want to try to get a little bit of everything So I'm gonna try a little bit of corn because I like how they have the white kernels in there, too And then we're gonna get some Brussels sprouts That's what I'm talking about get the Brussels sprouts. I Think I have enough on my first plate now. I have to get a drink I'm trying to just get samples of everything because I don't know what I'll be back here again So I want to at least try to experience one of each item. So if it's something I really really do like I am gonna try to resist not getting more of it because I want to save room. I don't want to get too full, you know Look at this guys. They've got breading draft soda sassaparilla White birch beer creamy red birch beer vanilla cream. I'm gonna get a cold sassaparilla. I Haven't had birch beer in such a long time. So I think the first thing I'm gonna try is the chicken I don't know why I just had like high expectations for fried chicken I'm having a hard time filming because I just keep on eating and I forget that I'm supposed to be talking about the food But the chicken was great and now I'm gonna dive in to the pot roast because they said it's like They're a famous like tender pot roast. So we're getting a little pot roast and a little bit of potato And that is the way It definitely is really good pot roast now. I gotta see about the shrimp But I got a little bit of the gravy on there gravy on the shrimp Okay I would definitely get more of the pot roast and the shrimp and also the mashed potatoes But I'm not because I'm gonna move on to bigger and better things and that way like I said I don't get too full and I get to try we're going with a variety here. That's the most important thing try everything Gotta go with the brisket. That's a lot. I love it Thank you. Okay, get some of the sausage too Just one Sausage me up. Thank you now. We got sausage. We got brisket. I think we're gonna get ourselves a steak now Kind of a steak good sir Medium That's good. Oh Wow, thank you Okay, so I had to come back because you know how I said we're just gonna get one of everything They gave me a whole steak. They gave me a whole entire slice of brisket My plate is full with just three items. So I don't want to waste any of this food So I'm gonna have to eat it. So I guess whatever they give me I'm eating Look at this. I mean, this is gigantic. I guess we're gonna start with the brisket I mean, I'm a big brisket fan. This looks absolutely amazing I thought they were just gonna give me like one like piece of the steak. They gave me a whole New York strip almost Brisket first Okay, that is gonna be hard not to get more that is so Amazing I love the brisket. Oh, it's gonna be hard to top. I'm pretty sure that's gonna be my favorite thing here Now we got to go sausage Come on I Don't know why why is everything so good like it makes it difficult because you you stick to one thing You you stick to what you like, you know, but what if you like everything? Okay, so the brisket was absolutely amazing and that's something I would definitely get again But we only hit two of the buffet spots to the buffet spots in the grill And now I think we're gonna need to get a whole nother plate and try to get as much as we could I'm next one. Let me just give you a bird's-eye view of what I'm talking about We've got stuffed shells We've got white rice and we've got french fries and manna cotti and then also some ham So we're gonna try to scoop see potato Grab some ham Who is that pulled pork over there, too? Oh, I gotta get the pork pork barbecue Right on there Here is a look at the salad bar look at all of the variety and options they got going on here, too very impressive We've got corn fritters Potato wedges Cod wings. Let me get a little wingy hair. Me Tommy. Me want wingy They've got boiled shrimp You can get a little shrimpy need one shrimp and then also I'm impressed with the soup selections This is a parmesan kale sausage soup right here That looks amazing and then chili and I'm guessing all of this is like scratch soup. I Think I'm gonna need to try the chicken the chicken corn noodle. Look at that. I got my little cuppy here No, I'm proud. I didn't spill that one single bit. I don't want a full one though. Just a little bit. Yeah, there you go And now for the ribs Holy moly. Oh That is a big rib Get on there. Oh I think I've come to the realization that I'm not gonna be able to try every single item in here It's impossible. There's over a hundred different items and I think maybe I should just just eat what I like, you know But I'm impressed by the size of these ribs. That is a lot of meat on there I think I'll try the soup first though because that looks Right up my alley No soup for you. I I Promise you I have never heard of corn chicken noodle soup before but I love it. It is possibly my new favorite soup I don't know if I can buy chicken noodle soup and just add corn to it at home. If that's the case. I'm gonna do this Now we're going and moving on to the ribs here These ribs are almost big enough that you could eat like with a fork But I feel like I have to do it this way so No, I'm going in with it though. Oh boy. I mean look at this. That's two ribs These ribs are so amazing. Look at this. Look at the meat like holy moly look at that That's a huge chunk of rib Like one bite almost with this I I Am really starting to feel full here guys, but I think we need to look into the dessert options Holy moly guys here is part one part one of the desserts. We have apple dumplings Definitely gonna get a little apple dumpling. Oh, oh look at slide it right over butter bean Then we've got a cherry cobbler in the back. We just want a little bit not a lot just a little bit There we go. I wish I could take a little bit of the apple dumpling, but I think you have to take it all on hold Then a little bit of apple crisp Get a little bit in there Yeah Whoop whoop and then a little bit of an apple pie Oh, yes Oh and now look at this. There's a shoe fly pie. I've always wanted to try this That is all I can fit on my plate as of right now We are definitely gonna need to come back though because there is a whole another section Holy moly Now my first time trying shoe fly fly not even sure what shoe fly pie is But I think it's raisins. We'll find out Shoe fly pie was very delicious. It is definitely raisin now. I want to try this apple dumpling I've never even heard of this before, but I'm like thinking it's like a lava kick on the inside. Maybe with apples. I don't know Look at that Oh boy This might be Much too good. I have to say uh-oh There we go That might be really good mom's telling me my mom's telling me that I need to have ice cream with the apple dumpling They do have apple pie up there. She said the ice cream is phenomenal We'll we'll try some of the ice cream eventually, but I want to try it on its own first Oh Now we're back up at the desserts they have eclair Contains peanuts egg custard rice pudding Peanut butter cup pudding coconut cream pudding strawberry cheesecake pudding and then they have all these cakes and cobblers So much to choose from Oh, I don't know if I can fit anymore in here. I mean I'm stretching it, but I gotta go with the eclair Oh Boy Oh boy, the desserts are to die for I don't know what to say the apple pie crust is so flaky and buttery You can just taste that it's made fresh and it's so amazing My favorite dessert has to be that eclair pudding now. It had the perfect like The density and then also peanuts inside of it. So it just it just worked so well together But I know that I ate the dessert I wanted to make sure I saved room for the dessert because you know, I mean, I don't want to get too full But now I think I can do one more lap at the buffet and I'm thinking about doing Kind of like a a plate of all my favorites. You know what I mean? I'm just gonna get it all again, but just the favorites Feet don't fail me now. Feet don't fail me now. Who we got chicken Chicken brisket ribs sausage shrimp pot roast mashed potatoes brussel sprouts carrots Corn and I think I had something else under there, but I can't tell so this is gonna be it for me I mean, I'm gonna eat it all. I'm gonna love it. I'm gonna enjoy it. I'm gonna be full and I'm probably gonna have a hard time leaving here, but I don't care I don't know the next time I'll be here. This is my first time here and I loved it so much Maybe I'll never come back No Done done Now it's time. We got to make our way out of here But wow, I was so impressed with this place. My favorite new restaurant hands down hands down my favorite restaurant I was gonna say favorite buffet, but scrap it my favorite restaurant of all time I love being back in pennsylvania you get to see those hills and all this wonderful farmland And you can definitely smell we are in Lancaster county. It's got a Very distinct smell if you know what I mean Now that we're all done eating like I said, we're gonna explore around the area We are not actually in Lancaster. We're in Lancaster county But this is a little bit outside of Lancaster itself But tons of Amish on the way in here There was actually people uh with horse and wagons and they're hanging their clothes out and just seeing all the farmlands was amazing I'm going to try to show you as much as I can because I mean I don't want to be rude or disrespectful So I'm gonna not like run up with my camera I really want to keep a distance and just enjoy what they got going on here and just share it with you a little bit They also have a nice parking spot for all the horse and buggies with a trough So they can sit there and just wait until they come back out. This is a really nice shopping plaza I don't want to get too close. So we're gonna actually go but look at those happy horses I love it Not only is there a farmers market. They have a whole entire furniture store a good store. This is a huge like Dutch complex Gish furniture right here and then the good stores right here clothing fabric housewares everything you need I'm gonna take a look see in the men's section and I want to see what kind of hats they have I'd love to get a hat from here. I like these ones, but they don't look more or less like my fedoras. They're kind of But I don't know. I think I might want to get something different This one has too big of a top hat Like it's too large up top, but I still like it and there's a lot of other kind of cool things here Lots of dickies Ah, but here we go. Now we can probably find some good hats This is what I was talking about. Oh Right here. I like this This is it. This is what I was looking for Okay, we can do this How much is this? Oh, it's $12. I like it. I like it a lot This is the store itself and it's kind of like a pretty big like general store a good store It has toys. It has Everything it's very large And now I'm walking out with the fancy new wool fedora a fancy new fedorable Look at these super old buildings and I think this is a water well right here on the other side Look at that Holy moly it is That is so nifty and there's a bunch of geese in the field Anywho's that's gonna do it for me. Do you like my new hat? I like this. It's so nice. It's made of wool It's definitely gonna be hot in florida But I wanted to get like a nice like hat at all the cool places I visit So if I do come across a nice fancy fedora, then I'm gonna have to get it. You know what I mean? Anywho's I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it I found my new favorite restaurant and like I said, I hope I come back one day I'd love to come for breakfast. I mean breakfast here probably is top notch Anywho's we'll see you next time. Bye We're being chased by a horse