6 Overwhelming Examples Of Food Lover Heaven

Food is God's greatest gift to mankind. You need it to live and while some food is better than others, all of it is just...wonderful. We usually eat just enough to satisfy ourselves, but occasionally we go to places where our eyes become 1,000x bigger than our stomachs. These places are so jam-packed with amazing food that it's almost too good to be true.

1. The Sushi Buffet

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Unlimited sushi for $30 or so? SIGN ME UP. You got your standard California rolls, spicy tuna rolls, Philadelphia rolls, and the like. Then you have not so generic stuff...

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Sweet merciful heavens, I've died and gone to Japan

But that's not all! Amidst all that sushi is other wonderful cooked dishes!

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Your plate looks like this. You are so overwhelmed and don't even no where to start so you kind of just start poking at it with your fork like it's a dead bird. The greasiest mass of fried and oiled up foods you can conceive in your head. Come to mama, copious amounts of food!

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2. Carmine's in New York City (or any other high-rated family style Italian eatery...preferably in New York purely out of bias)

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Warning: The meals here are FAMILY STYLE. This is dangerous. This means that plates are shareable so, for example, one plate of spaghetti could probably feed a family of four comfortably...or someone after a major breakup.

First off, look at this sampler!

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Mamma mia! Mi piace il cibo! This is too hard to share. Apologize to la tua famiglia and go to town on this masterpiece of sauce and carbs.

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3. Your first-generation-American-best-friend's parents place.

These folks would rather be deported than step foot into a fast food place. They would never disrespect theirs or their child's stomach by tainting it with sloppy, rushed cooking. Every night is an occasion and their dinners usually last 3 hours minimum.

Where else would you discover pickled watermelon on your own?

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And how damn DELISH it is? From the lovely Ukrainian couple who birthed one of your buds, that's how.

...or GREEK YOGURT PANCAKES FOR DESSERT? Time to add a notch to the belt, folks

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Or any other dish for that matter. If it exists, they've probably made a way to make it taste so much more amazing.

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4. Brazilian Restaurants. Rodizio, baby.

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Ever sit down to a steak dinner and say to yourself "this would go great with a side of quail?" Unleash your inner Ron Swanson, it's ok. The man would be so proud of you. Wash it down with Sangria. Remind yourself that life is beautiful.

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5. Fire and Ice - Boston

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After going to college for four years in Boston, I have become very much accustomed to bringing my mother here whenever she came to visit. Why? WHY? Well...

You get assorted meats, veggies, pastas, and sauces and then they FIRE UP THE GRILL

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Aside from general stir-fry, they also make burgers! Also they give a side of rice and tortillas so you can make makeshift tacos. ALSO those spatula things (the name of which escapes me now)? They do flip tricks with them! One time I went in during a slow hour and they TAUGHT ME SOME TRICKS. Food: A+. Customer Service: A+. Stomach: Ecstatic.

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6. Carnivals

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Hand these people anything edible and they'll find a way to fry it or dip it in chocolate. Bacon dipped in chocolate? Yup. Deep fried oreos? Yup. Deep fried butter? Yes...but questionable. In any case. Gimme all (or most) of it!

OH.

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MY.

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ARTERIES.

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Skinny? What's that? Sounds stupid. I'll go to the gym and work it off later. (I totally won't)

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