[Orange] [AYCE] Orange County Mining Company

Orange County Mining Company
10000 Crawford Canyon Road
Orange, CA 92705
(714) 997-7411
http://www.orangecountyminingco.com

I had a $25 for Sunday Champagne Brunch for Two at Orange County Mining Co. Groupon. They open at 9:30am for brunch, and we made a reservation at 9:30am because we want to get a window seat for the view.



We got there right at 9:30am. There were already quite a few parties there ready to feast on Sunday morning.




There were speakers that gave mining sound effect. The building in the picture is the restaurant dining area.



The hostess asked us to wait to be seated in the lounge area. There's a huge bar in the lounge.



I like the rustic furniture, especially the wheel bench.



After a few minutes wait, a hostess with suspender pants brought us to a window seat. This was the view from the window. Nice!


Shrimp / King Crab Legs / Fruit

Sunday champagne brunch is $26.95/person, but if you arrive before 10am with a coupon, it's only $21.95/person. We immediately hit the buffet to get food. Dr. P's first plate had cocktail shrimp, king crab legs, and some fruit. He definitely knows how to get his money worth at buffet.


Omelet

I started at the omelet station. My omelet had all kinds of vegetable with a little bit of ham. It was delicious.


Salad / Ribs

I was just going to grab some salad to go with the omelet, but couldn't resist when I saw ribs. They serve big pieces of beef ribs here. It was tasty, but I prefer pork ribs more though.


Menudo / Corn Chowder

We were so excited when we saw menudo at the soup station. Their menudo was pretty stinky, but tasted good though. It reminded me of stinky tofu, how it smelt bad but taste good. The corn chowder was on the sweeter side, and I like it.


Orange Juice / Champagne / Coffee ($2.95)

Juices and champagne were included in the brunch price, but we had to pay extra for the coffee. Our waitress ALWAYS kept our champagne glasses full. I must had like 5 glasses. Too bad I had to work later that day, otherwise I probably would had more. haha...



After finishing omelet, salad, and ribs, it was time to get my money worth. I had two big plates of seafood. Love their king crab legs! Very fresh. We noticed all the Asian people were busy eating king crab legs, but none of the non-Asian people went for the crab. Only Asian people like crab?


Hot Food

A big plate of hot food for us to share. My favorite gotta be their chicken crepe. The salmon was really good, too. A lot of time I find buffet fish to be dry, but not their salmon. It was moist and soft. The Mexican dish of chicken with green sauce was really tasty, too. Pretty much everything was good.


Waffle / Smoked Salmon

The waffle was strawberry was divine. Can you tell how Dr. P and I have very different style when we go to buffet? I like to get a full plate, and he likes to get just one or two things on one plate. I like to get everything at one time, sit down, and enjoy the food. He likes to make multiple trips to the buffet and try just a few things at a time. How do you buffet?


Prime Ribs

Yummy prime ribs.


Pasta

We ordered our customized pasta at the pasta station. The garlic made the pasta sooooo good! Love it!


Dessert

Flan was the best! Love the strawberry with chocolate, although the chocolate from the chocolate fountain was a bit too watery.



Dr. P was happy.



It's not a big buffet, but we enjoyed everything they had to offer. I have a feeling we will be back very very soon!