Seriously the best restaurant in Portales - and I'm not just saying that because I miss Chinese…read morefood (okay, maybe just a tiny bit). But honestly, the food that is served here is pretty high quality and definitely tops the Chinese buffets back in LA both pricewise and tastewise.
Because there aren't any stores that sell Asian produce, I went a few weeks without legit Chinese food before finding Hong Kong Super Buffet. The lunch buffet is only about $7 and the dinner buffet cost is a dollar or two more - and this includes soda! You're also able to get to-go where you can stuff a to-go box filled with as much food as you want. While the customers primarily eat from the AYCE buffet, they do have a menu where you can order more traditional Chinese dishes (fried rice, noodles, etc.) but very rarely did I see customers do that.
The buffet includes dishes such as salmon, fried chicken with peanut butter, sushi, kimchi, broccoli and beef, shrimp, meatballs, fried chicken, squid, picked vegetables - an assortment of items from Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and American cuisines. Something for everybody pretty much. They also have Blue Bunny self-scoop ice cream (the legitimate ice cream instead of the soft serve that Souplantation and all the other buffets have nowadays). Along with cookies, pudding, jello, fried donuts ... you're going to leave feeling happy and full.
My favorite items - squid, imitation crab meat and vegetables, garlic bread, mushrooms (so good!), and the honey chicken. So much better than Panda Express - the sauce and the coating on the chicken are cooked perfectly, and when you bite into the chicken, you still get enough white meat to know that you're eating real chicken. The hot and sour soup was also a favorite of mine.
The owners and workers here are all super friendly and really, really nice. Since Portales isn't that big of a city, everybody really does recognize you after one or two visits. When they were out of honey chicken, the owner automatically went to the kitchen to get some more!
Lots of tables available and this place is definitely always busy with customers coming and going.
tl;dr - Who knew that the best Chinese AYCE buffet is located in Portales? Better than the ones in LA for sure! Highly recommend giving it a try if you're craving Chinese food or you don't know what to eat. Prices are affordable, service is super friendly, and assortment of food is pretty widespread.