My afternoon at the United Nations was certainly unforgettable. Never have a I gone through so much effort just to stuff my face.

We had decided to tour the UN in the morning and then stay for lunch. Sounds easy enough. What transpired was a very long, arduous affair.

I won’t bore you (too late) with every security checkpoint and procedure we went through. Well, I’ll bore you with a few of them. Sorry.

Even though we had gone through security, had our ID’s scanned, our photos taken and ID badge stickers slapped on our chests, we had to come back and go through it all over again before we could eat.

We had to wait for an escort to take us back across the street to the UN building we had just toured and dropped off in front of another escort who brought us to the Delegates Dining Room.

We were one of 4 people dining in the rather large and sparse room that looked like it was decked out for a really boring wedding of two people that work in finance.

The all-you-can-eat meal is served buffet style, all along one of the walls.

It felt very odd having the numerous staff watch my repeated visits to get seconds and thirds of the two best items there. The veal shank and the scalloped potatoes. So good.

The desserts were all mini, which was appreciated due to the split pea sized space that remained in my abused stomach.

With tax and tip, the cost was about $40 each. Not too bad. Also, I would never need to do it again. Unless I got a job at the UN and the buffet was part of my benefits package. Then, you’ll find my happy ass there on a daily.

United Nations – Secretariat Building
New York, NY 10017
Midtown East
Phone number (917) 367-3314
delegatesdiningroom-un.com