How Much do you really eat at Buffets ?
Jul 21, 2011 | 11:25 am
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Thanks for your helpful addition to the thread!
Well .... you might be, but you will recall that you were at the front of the queue of the buffet I was talking about in my light-hearted description. Unluckily some of us at the other end of the queue weren't given the opportunity to be a paunchy piglet
For someone so articulated and culturated as you I would have thought that you might have done a bit better than "idiotcy"
Well .... you might be, but you will recall that you were at the front of the queue of the buffet I was talking about in my light-hearted description. Unluckily some of us at the other end of the queue weren't given the opportunity to be a paunchy piglet
Jul 21, 2011 | 10:27 pm
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I like quality breakfasts.. and the middle of the road buffets.. such as all inclusives in Mexico is not my style anymore..
Just did a Tulum tour where Palace resorts gave us a complimentary lunch buffet today.. bland and unexciting.. but did the job.. but if I had to each that same buffet everyday.. I would go bored..
Jul 22, 2011 | 6:03 am
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I personally hate buffets:
1. They waste a lot of food
2. Because people think the food is 'free' there is no accountability- leads to aforementioned wastage
3. Encourages bad eating habits
As my mom says: "If you eat a lot, you feel sick afterwards. If you don't eat a lot, you feel like you haven't gotten the best value for money. You can't win."
1. They waste a lot of food
2. Because people think the food is 'free' there is no accountability- leads to aforementioned wastage
3. Encourages bad eating habits
As my mom says: "If you eat a lot, you feel sick afterwards. If you don't eat a lot, you feel like you haven't gotten the best value for money. You can't win."
Jul 22, 2011 | 6:47 am
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I personally hate buffets:
1. They waste a lot of food
2. Because people think the food is 'free' there is no accountability- leads to aforementioned wastage
3. Encourages bad eating habits
As my mom says: "If you eat a lot, you feel sick afterwards. If you don't eat a lot, you feel like you haven't gotten the best value for money. You can't win."
1. They waste a lot of food
2. Because people think the food is 'free' there is no accountability- leads to aforementioned wastage
3. Encourages bad eating habits
As my mom says: "If you eat a lot, you feel sick afterwards. If you don't eat a lot, you feel like you haven't gotten the best value for money. You can't win."
Jul 22, 2011 | 11:18 pm
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This thread wasn't really supposed to be a debate on whether you like buffets or not but if you do go to them, how much u eat
If you don't go to buffets, no problem
I only go to high end buffets, not the cheap and nasty ones, some are amazing with lots of fresh food
If you don't go to buffets, no problem
I only go to high end buffets, not the cheap and nasty ones, some are amazing with lots of fresh food
Jul 23, 2011 | 1:15 am
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Jul 23, 2011 | 10:11 pm
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They are very convenient for a 1 year old and a 5 year old..
Immediate access to plates of food for kids without the pressure of them eating all.. is a plus benefit..
Jul 28, 2011 | 1:40 pm
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)As for Indian buffets, even ones that were highly recommended by my biz brethen, I have found all of them to have sub-par quality food. I have yet to see a "high end" Indian buffet.
Jul 29, 2011 | 1:07 pm
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I don't eat at buffets for the same reason.
This has been referred to by some in my family as my "Howard Hughes Syndrome".
I'm glad it's not just me.
Jul 30, 2011 | 12:34 am
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Perhaps its buffet style in the back.. when dishing out your a la carte order
Jul 30, 2011 | 7:32 am
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I guess it evens the field in that all dishes are done poorly. (Sorry, couldn't resist. )
As for Indian buffets, even ones that were highly recommended by my biz brethen, I have found all of them to have sub-par quality food. I have yet to see a "high end" Indian buffet.
)As for Indian buffets, even ones that were highly recommended by my biz brethen, I have found all of them to have sub-par quality food. I have yet to see a "high end" Indian buffet.
Jul 30, 2011 | 8:59 am
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Most buffets as far as I am concerned are semi warm garbage, unless you are paying top dollar. I especially find Chinese buffets disgusting, the food is seldom hot and seldom delicious. I think most people who go to buffets go for quanity not quality, as always they are thinking with their stomach, just look at the people who eat at buffets and I am not trying to be rude, but some of them can hardly fit in their chairs, big stomachs and big rear ends. Buffet areas are not very well kept up, food scattered around the serving area. Not for me, no thanks, unless it is a very upscale restaurant or hotel, I will stay away and if I choose to eat at a buffet I only choose foods that I would not or could not prepare at home, and certainly would not eat more than I normally would.
