The Journal
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
Who Was General Tso—and Why Is His Chicken So Delicious?
One of America’s Most Familiar Chinese Buffet Dishes, Explained
General Tso never tasted General Tso’s chicken. The dish was created in Taiwan, sweetened and crisped in New York, then carried into America’s 1990s Chinese-buffet boom. Its strange journey also explains why that sticky, tangy, crunchy chicken remains one of the buffet line’s safest bets.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
The Interesting Case of Wendy’s All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
For more than a decade, the Wendy's SuperBar was a national buffet fixture. America ate it up.
Long before fast food became increasingly designed around drive-through lanes and meals eaten somewhere else, Wendy's tried something almost unimaginable today: a full all-you-can-eat buffet. The SuperBar was inexpensive, surprisingly ambitious, remarkably popular and, for a while, a very real part of American fast-food life.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
Global Sugar Rush: The World of Endless Dessert Buffets
Japan built a chain around unlimited sweets. Elsewhere, cake, strawberries, mangoes and durian become recurring all-you-can-eat rituals.
Across Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, London and parts of France, dessert has escaped the final corner of the buffet and become the reason to show up. From a 16-location Japanese sweets chain to strawberry seasons, durian weekends and bottomless cake, unlimited dessert is a real global dining format.
Bavarian Inn Figure
Frankenmuth, Michigan
September 6, 2026
Mandarin Brings Back Its Moon Festival Buffet September 8
New Duck Bao joins returning seasonal favorites during the Ontario chain’s fall tradition.
September 5, 2026
Uno Pizzeria Joins the AYCE Ranks With $14.99 Bottomless Deep Dish
The 10-week promotion starts today at 21 restaurants after Uno’s $99 Pizza Pass sold out.
