Almansor Court (Alhambra, $$) — $50 for unlimited crab legs AND unlimited champagne. How is this place still in business?
Went to Almansor Court in Alhambra for their brunch buffet expecting a normal $50 buffet situation. It is not a normal $50 buffet situation.
The crab legs are all-you-can-eat. The champagne is all-you-can-drink. Both. Included. For fifty bucks.
My strategy, as a man built like a buffet's worst-case scenario: crab legs first while everyone else is being polite about it, prime rib as the break (genuinely juicy, not buffet-leather), then the made-to-order pasta station, because someone cooking your pasta fresh in front of you at a $50 buffet is just showing off.
Full disclosure on the champagne: it's unlimited for a reason. You're not here for the vintage. You're here because crab + bubbles + $50 is math that should not work.
Is it fine dining? No. Is it a 5/5 in the "come hungry, leave happy, unbutton your pants in the car" category? Absolutely.
Crab legs or prime rib first? I need to know if my strategy is elite or just fat.
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