Originally Posted by
ajca
....And if you're really worried about the buffets, I'd be much more worried what's happening behind in the kitchen!
Yup! kitchens and storage, too. But the open buffet adds that extra element of risk. And like all risks, you're fine, fine, fine .... until, well, you're not fine. And here the
not fine situation can be pretty devastating.
I've been incapacitated mid-trip by food poisoning, no idea what it was from and I'm sensible enough not to point fingers: but it made me cautious. Not crazy cautious, i just attempt to minimise risk.
After witnessing a kid reaching up to return his uneaten bun to the display while his parents looked indulgently on, i had second thoughts about breakfast buffets and stick to toast and the egg station.
I wouldn't dream of going anywhere near other types of buffet meal: but there's rarely an opportunity to escape them at breakfast. Hotel club lounges are another temptation, and i sometimes fall from grace - but usually stick to G&T (yes, with hotel ice
)