That'd be an ICK for the food and a YAY for our waitress.\n\nThe food was super disappointing. We went in thinking we'd have a good breakfast, lots of options to choose from, and leave feeling happy and full. \n\nInstead, the food was marginal, overcooked and dry. There really wasn't much variety, which was sad, considering they have so many stations promising things like \"Asian\" or \"Mexican\" or \"Italian\". It was pretty much the same thing at each stop, with a few variations.\n\nOn my first pass - still nursing some high hopes - I grabbed an Andouille Sausage corn cake, a breakfast quiche, a scoop of hash browns, an Egg Benedict half and some scrambled eggs.\n\nThe corn cake was hard and dry, and if there was Andouille sausage in there, it was hiding from me. The breakfast quiche was so dry I couldn't even swallow the tiny bite I took. It was seriously like the Sahara Desert inside that thing. The Egg Benedict was - predictably - overcooked, though that's on me for grabbing an Egg Benedict from a steam table. If the egg was poached when it was set out, all that time above the steam and under the lights just kept right on cooking it.\n\nThe eggs and the hash browns were the best things I had that day. Both were buttery and tasty, without being too greasy. Score.\n\nMy second pass - hopes understandably diminished, but wanting to get the most out of the buffet prices - was forgettable. I tried some saut\u00e9ed fruits (peaches and apples), as well as a scoop of cheesy grits and one of the pastries from the sad dessert station, but nothing blew me away.\n\nThe best thing about the morning was our waitress, Nina. She had the best personality! She joked with us, made us girls feel special, and made sure to get us what we were asking for. She then made my husband and I feel super special for having participated in the half marathon the day before, even though we weren't feeling extra special at that point. \n\nI wish everybody had a good, friendly, open attitude like Nina did. She's definitely the best thing we experienced at Spice Market, and I hope they appreciate her there!
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