Thread: Buffets??

"Chemo the Clown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.

Try to get you're money's worth do you?


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On Oct 28, 8:37 am, Chemo the Clown <an...@peak.org> wrote:
> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.

There's more than one kind. For example, I've enjoyed a buffet at a
nice large hotel hosting a business conference. They can do a buffet
as a way of efficiently offering a wide array of good food to a large
group of people. The buffet will be adequately staffed to respond to
people's needs and the food will be well presented and replenished as
needed. Roasts and hams will be carved to order.

And I've liked breakfast buffets at resort hotels with a variety of
things laid out, toasters at the ready, and eggs-to-order stations.

The inexpensive, all you can eat, quantity vs. quality type buffets
have never tempted us. -aem

"Chemo the Clown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.


I have come to the conclusion that they are not all they are cracked up to
be. You never eat enough to make it 'worth your while' and if you attempted
to, whatever you had planned for the next couple of hours is compromised
because you are too bloated/sick/uncomfortable to enjoy it.... Besides, look
around at the majority of the other patrons....no usually the most sanitary
bunch and then look at yourself.....do you want to eat what these people
have been handling? sneezing over? talking and spitting out food over? (the
ones who eat while they are loading the plate and continue to talk to their
friends the whold while spewing half chewed food).... Most of the items are
loss leaders, meaning that they were dirt cheap to make in order to get you
to pig out on them with way too little of 'quality' items....'ummmm, we'll
put out more roast pig in a hour or so...' in order to meet the profit
margin.

Buffets, thanks but no thanks. Now to beg the question a bit further? Your
worst buffet experience? I have one, but I want to see what others post
before I say and put people off their feedbags for an hour or so.
-ginny

On Oct 28, 9:37*am, Chemo the Clown <an...@peak.org> wrote:
> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.
I live an hour's drive away from medical appointments and any special
shopping, so a girlfriend and I usually a good part of one whole day
for trips there (Palm Springs area). She is severely diabetic and has
to eat far more regularly than do I, and most trips we choose to have
lunch or dinner at either Hometown Buffet or Sizzler's. This choice
is made so that each of us can pick and choose whatever we care to.
If you are referring to places that may be the all-you-can-eat sort,
it seems that whatever particular servings you choose to eat is what
is giving you a gastric problem, though certainly not every dish that
may be offered. Choose differently or try Beano or most any quite
small, generic, common acid reduction tablet before you eat?
....Picky

On Oct 28, 11:37*am, Chemo the Clown <an...@peak.org> wrote:
> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.

The last really nice buffet I went to was at the Hotel IC in Chicago.
It was breakfast. When you're out of town, you have to eat out, and at
about $20, this was far better than paying $7-10 for one plate of
breakfast-type foods.

Lots of fresh berries were involved.

--Bryan

Food Snob® wrote:

> The last really nice buffet I went to was at the Hotel IC in Chicago.
> It was breakfast. When you're out of town, you have to eat out, and at
> about $20, this was far better than paying $7-10 for one plate of
> breakfast-type foods.
>
> Lots of fresh berries were involved.


Breakfast buffets can be pretty good. They had great ones in hotels in
Europe. The best were in Denmark and in Bavaria. They had a great
selection of high quality mets, cheeses, cold cuts breads rolls and
pastries. The worst have been in Canada and the US. I am not a big
breakfast person, so all-you-can-eat craps is not a good deal for me,
but if there is a good selection of good food I can enjoy a good feed of
it.

Dimitri wrote:
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> "Chemo the Clown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>>
>> They always give me gas.
>
> Try to get you're money's worth do you?
>
>
Rule of thumb:

Good Food is never too expensive.

Bad Food is always too expensive.

On Oct 28, 12:29*pm, PickyJaz <Picky...@msn.com> wrote:
> On Oct 28, 9:37*am, Chemo the Clown <an...@peak.org> wrote:> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> > They always give me gas.
>
> I live an hour's drive away from medical appointments and any special
> shopping, so a girlfriend and I usually a good part of one whole day
> for trips there (Palm Springs area). *She is severely diabetic and has
> to eat far more regularly than do I, and most trips we choose to have
> lunch or dinner at either Hometown Buffet or Sizzler's. *This choice
> is made so that each of us can pick and choose whatever we care to.
> If you are referring to places that may be the all-you-can-eat sort,
> it seems that whatever particular servings you choose to eat is what
> is giving you a gastric problem, though certainly not every dish that
> may be offered. *Choose differently or try Beano or most any quite
> small, generic, common acid reduction tablet before you eat?
> ...Picky

LOL......did your hair ruffle when that flew over your head?

Dimitri wrote:
>
> "Chemo the Clown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> > Like 'em or hate 'em?
> >
> > They always give me gas.
>
> Try to get you're money's worth do you?

That's why I don't eat at buffets, unless
someone else is paying for it. I figure
the fat people are being subsidized by the
thin, so I'm getting the worse end of the
deal.

aem wrote:
>
> There's more than one kind. For example, I've enjoyed a buffet at a
> nice large hotel hosting a business conference. They can do a buffet
> as a way of efficiently offering a wide array of good food to a large
> group of people. The buffet will be adequately staffed to respond to
> people's needs and the food will be well presented and replenished as
> needed. Roasts and hams will be carved to order.
>
> And I've liked breakfast buffets at resort hotels with a variety of
> things laid out, toasters at the ready, and eggs-to-order stations.
>
> The inexpensive, all you can eat, quantity vs. quality type buffets
> have never tempted us. -aem


Agreed. Too many buffets look like someone has been in a food
fight after just a few people have gone through the line.

I'd rather see a lot less quantity of food, replenished more often.

The most gorgeous buffet I have ever seen (and the tastiest) was
lunch at Bluebeard's Castle in ST. Thomas, V.I. in about 1964.
Among all the "required" stuff, the fruit was incredibly good and
arranged like art.

gloria p

Chemo the Clown <[email protected]> wrote:
> Like 'em or hate 'em?

Not a big fan. I'll do an Asian buffet for lunch once in a blue moon
maybe, but breakfast or dinner buffets are never a good deal and
hold no appeal. I'll go if I'm with a group and that's where they
want to go, but to me it's usually more expensive than a decent local
restaurant where you get served. I've been to buffets with good
food and selection, especially for things like receptions and large
functions, but the commercial all-you-can-eat type restaurants where
I'm paying for it do no give me my money's worth because I don't eat
like a teenager any more.

> They always give me gas.

Sounds like a personal problem to me.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

In article <4ae87ed8$0$12010$[email protected]>,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Buffets, thanks but no thanks. Now to beg the question a bit further? Your
> worst buffet experience? I have one, but I want to see what others post
> before I say and put people off their feedbags for an hour or so.

There has only been one brunch buffet that was every worth it for us.
It was excellent food, great selection, food was fresh and well
presented. It also cost quite a bit. We did it once a year for
Mother's Day. Then the restaurant closed.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:

> Buffets, thanks but no thanks. Now to beg the question a bit further? Your
> worst buffet experience? I have one, but I want to see what others post
> before I say and put people off their feedbags for an hour or so.
> -ginny
>
>



My late step-father-in-law (a poster child for growing up in the
Depression) adored buffets, particularly one close to their home,
Country Buffet.

We used to argue with him about how unhealthy the food was:
("John, it's nothing but sugar, salt, and grease!") but he was
unconvinced. When we were visiting once he insisted on going
there. He raved about the French Onion Soup so I served myself a
cup of it. I watched it on the table as the fat rose to the
surface. By the time it was through rising, the cup contained
1/3 broth and onions on the bottom and 2/3 fat on top.

I think I ate only fruit salad on that occasion.

gloria p

On Oct 28, 11:37*am, Chemo the Clown <an...@peak.org> wrote:
> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.
>
>
There are excellent ones and then there are those that are nothing but
pig troughs. Unfortunately, you'll have to do the searching yourself.

And like others who have already posted, the gas problem seems to be a
personal problem and what you are choosing to eat on those buffets.
Perhaps it's over indulgence of too many selections?

[email protected] wrote:

> Not a big fan. I'll do an Asian buffet for lunch once in a blue moon
> maybe, but breakfast or dinner buffets are never a good deal and
> hold no appeal.


I mentioned the European hotel breakfast buffets that were often
wonderful. While they were a little pricey, there was a wide variety of
really good food. It was way more that I should pay for the type of
breakfast I usually eat.... cereal and coffee... but I got my money's
worth and had enough good food to keep me going through to dinner.

They had wonderful cheeses, cold cuts, first class pastries and breads
along with eggs, bacon ham, fresh fruit and all sorts of other things,
all great.

OTOH... there are the North American buffets, which in my experience,
are a meagre assortment of cheap rolls or buns, bargain basement
croissants, plastic cheddar cheese and cold cuts, toaster waffles an
cheap syrup. I don't have alot of experience with them here because
those I have been to were se disappointing that I don't bother with them
here.

The all time worst breakfast buffet was at a Mexican place in Longmont
Colorado. All you can eat for $9.99....mushy fruit, cheap waffles and
syrup, fruit flavoured yogurt, ice cream. Yech.



I'll go if I'm with a group and that's where they
> want to go, but to me it's usually more expensive than a decent local
> restaurant where you get served. I've been to buffets with good
> food and selection, especially for things like receptions and large
> functions, but the commercial all-you-can-eat type restaurants where
> I'm paying for it do no give me my money's worth because I don't eat
> like a teenager any more.
>
>> They always give me gas.
>
> Sounds like a personal problem to me.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, Va.

Chemo the Clown wrote:
> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.
>

It depends. My favorite is the buffet at the Rio in Las Vegas. The
last time I was there, all I ate was sushi and dessert.


Becca

One of the all time best buffets I was ever at was a Thanksgiving Buffet
at Pusser's in Annapolis. http://www.pussers.com/outposts/annapolis It
is part of the Marriott hotel on the downtown dock.

Had a relative who lived in Annapolis who didn't like to travel.. or
cook, so we had Thanksgiving Day dinner there a couple of times. It was
pricey, but they went all out for the holiday spread and every dish I
tried was excellent.

George L

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:37:22 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
>They always give me gas.

Hate them. To many fingers involved.

Lou

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Chemo the Clown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Like 'em or hate 'em?
>
> They always give me gas.

I imagine it depends on what you eat. ;-)
I love a _good_ chinese buffet and am blessed with one locally.

NEVER gives me gas, but I don't stuff myself to where I can barely walk
either! <g>

Quality dear! Quality, not quantity!!!
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