/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19319897]

What does /ck/ think about buffets?

What are the best types of buffets? Which are the worst?

[Anonymous No.19319905]

I went to a sushi buffet today. $40 CAD /person.

I could've eaten more, but figured 86% stuffed was a respectable level to stop at.

I witnessed a black women fail at slurping a frozen smoothie out of a small cup with her nasty mouth, and, without even thinking, place it back down on the tray of smoothies cups. ICK.

[Anonymous No.19319921]

Despite the buffet stuffing, midnight snacks can't go missed.

[Anonymous No.19319927]

The brunch buffet at 4 seasons hotels is normally pretty good. They also offer holiday buffets that might seem a little expensive (150 to 200 dollars) but are worth it.

[Anonymous No.19319940]

>>19319905
how does her being black add anything to your description? why not just say it was a woman, or a person

[Anonymous No.19319946]

>>19319905
the Japanese all-you-can-eat places here are getting expensive. I think I'd need to train at eating more before I'd bother with going to one.

[Anonymous No.19319956]

>>19319940
kys chud

[Anonymous No.19319960]

>>19319940
>her black hand lifted the cup
>her black lips and tongue tried slurping the smoothie out of the cup
>upon failing to retrieve any liquid, her black hand put down the cup, back onto the platter with the others
>her black family all chuckled and smiled at her as she returned to her table, without a smoothie cup grasped in her black hand

[Anonymous No.19319978]

>>19319897
if they let you actually eat all that you want, with no time limits or "leftover scraps fees" or whatever then the food is usually just shit from the grocery store frozen section

[Anonymous No.19319984]

>>19319956
you're the chud you dumb asshole

[Anonymous No.19319990]

>you're the chud you dumb asshole

[Anonymous No.19320001]

chinese buffets. got lots of big butt latinas.

[Anonymous No.19320014]

>>19319990

[Anonymous No.19320025]

>>19319897
Chinese buffets are full of disgusting food and disgusting people, the ones in casinos are a bit better but not much. Heard the ones in Vegas are really good and I have tried to go but the lines were always too long.

[Anonymous No.19320041]

>>19320025
The important thing is that you support Ukraine and holocaust survivors all over the globe.

[Anonymous No.19320045]

>>19319984
>Op replying to his own thread
>>19319990
>Its shit on purpose, the response

[Anonymous No.19320049]

>>19319940
why does it offend you to mention her skin color?

[Anonymous No.19320053]

>>19320041
>BITCHkraine
Will lose
>HoloKINO
All Extinct. Modern suvivors are a giant larp.

[Anonymous No.19320065]

>>19319897
>What does /ck/ think about buffets?
I feel kinda dumb when I go to buffets because they are so expensive these days and I can't eat enough expensive food to justify the expenditure.

[Anonymous No.19320068]

>>19319921
Is that a strawberry pancake with a dollop of peanut butter?

[Anonymous No.19320084]

>>19320068
yes, my 100% correct ck guesser

[Anonymous No.19320089]

>>19320053
How dare you. My grandma is literally a lampshade.

[Anonymous No.19320094]

We had a Ponderosa in my town as a kid and I remember the ice cream bar being like a literal dream despite it coming out looking like pic related everytime Lol

Just basic soft serve with sprinkles or cookie pieces or whatever. It was just the idea you could have AS MUCH AS YOU WANTED...

The buffet itself too was very kid friendly because they had stuff like chicken tenders & mac n cheese.

[Anonymous No.19320103]

>>19320094
Ah Ponderosa… I was a fan of the smelt, myself. My father always ordered a proper steak while we gorged ourselves on buffet fodder.

[Anonymous No.19320126]

>>19320089
post pics

[Anonymous No.19320139]

>>19320126
Why do you insist I dig up these tragic old memories?

[Anonymous No.19320148]

>>19319897
i think about it /fit/-wise: easy way to get calories without cooking. you usually can get a better dining experience buying what you'd like ala-cart for the same $

i have been to some in the gulf which were nice. jap buffets were lame to me

[Anonymous No.19320168]

>>19319897
Worst is probably something like Golden Corral; my immigration lawyer friend used to have clients invest in them because they get a green card that way under the EB-5 program. The owners don't care at all, they're just using it as a way to stay here. Best I've been to are brunch buffets at hotels and golf clubs, I just eat the prime rib, crab legs, salmon etc and order champagne or mimosas. I think the ones I've enjoyed the most are Indian, as smelly as the people are I feel bad for the buffet owners because they are losing when I eat there. People who order off the menu get a small entree for 15 to 22 bucks, but the buffet is like $16 and you can just scoop the meat chunks out of the curry/vindaloo and clean out the seekh kebab tray.

[Anonymous No.19320171]

>>19320084
classic breakfast for midnight snack....hah...funny

[Anonymous No.19320172]

>>19320168
Also I'm not sure if a brazilian or AYCE BBQ place counts as a buffet since it's a similar concept. Those are always good too.

[Anonymous No.19320177]

>>19320168
Not even really a fan of Indian food in general but I do like the vindaloo

[Anonymous No.19320182]

>>19320168
>Golden Corral

Feel like I've only eaten there once and have like 0 memory of what it was actually like. What makes them so bad?

Unsanitary? quantity over quality? shitty tasting food?

[Anonymous No.19320183]

>>19320182
Only once for me as well, I think it was just shitty low-cost food, many of the trays were empty other than cheap carbs and pizza

[Anonymous No.19320199]

>>19320171
I live of the fringes of society. I kinda think most people are disgusting with horrible taste in fashion, hobbies, and food. So I don't care if people don't like me because they're slobs, or Stacy's that don't give 2 fucks about me.

[Anonymous No.19320253]

>>19320182
just looked this place up. the food looks like plastics kids play food - just extremely simplistic. Pic somewhat related

[Anonymous No.19320264]

For me, its the hotpot buffet

[Anonymous No.19320267]

>>19320182
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y2o4RoJDIc

[Anonymous No.19320268]

I used to live in Taiwan, and there was this small vegetarian buffet around the corner from me that was actually bretty gud. Vegetarian doesn't sound appealing but they do it better there. I didn't actually realise it was vegetarian until like my third time there.

[Anonymous No.19320269]

I've always been fond of the breakfast buffet. All you can eat bacon and pancakes. Yummy.

[Anonymous No.19320273]

>>19320268
how much does 1 visit cost? How's life in Taiwan lately? did food prices get inflated over there too?

[Anonymous No.19320272]

I know it was considered shit, but I loved to go to golden corral before the pandemic killed them. Now there are no buffets within easy driving distance.

[Anonymous No.19320284]

>>19320273
Plane tickets are ridiculously expensive now, I had a layover in Taiwan en route to Thailand 2 months ago. Their airport pissed me off, the vending machines don't accept any normal payment (no credit card but chink Alipay is OK) so I spent 4 hours without drinking water after being on a plane for 14 hours, on their Eva Air plane I had to steal apple juice from where the crew hung out because they didn't want to serve drinks.

[Anonymous No.19320286]

>>19320273
I can't remember I think I usually spent 80-100NTD. Never understood how they work out the price at those places.
It's been a few years now so I'm not sure. When I was there I found that eating out was generally pretty cheap unless you went somewhere fancy, but groceries weren't much cheaper than back home.

[Anonymous No.19320287]

Going to Vegas soon, if this thread is up I'll update ya guys
Going to the Bacchanal Buffet

[Anonymous No.19320305]

>>19320094
>tfw you will never get to go to an old country buffet ever again

[Anonymous No.19320308]

>>19320269
Oh yeah. I love the big platters of scrambled eggs, those fried red potatoes like pic related...add ketchup to both Lol...

and stuff like Sausage gravy?? That's some premium shit right there. Imagine if they had cinnamon buns too. Unlimited coffee.

Damn I need to find me a good breakfast buffet! The opportunity doesn't present itself often.

[Anonymous No.19320376]

>>19320287
Lucky SOB

Enjoy that

[Anonymous No.19320470]

>>19320168
>Indian buffet
Fuck I miss my favorite one, $12 lunch buffet on the weekdays and I used to destroy the butter chicken, tandoori chicken, saag, and paneer and wash it down with mango lassi. Would go there with friends at least once a week, was actually pretty clean too.
They didn't make it through covid and a new indian place opened in the same location and they've had health violation after health violation.

[Anonymous No.19320475]

>>19320470
Do you not feel guilty about suggesting that native americans should be subjected to racist and fascist laws?
"People" like you make me SICK to my STUMIK

[Anonymous No.19320645]

one time i went to a korean buffet and i took raw meat from the grilling station and took it back to my table because i thought it was cured meat or something. the guy working there didn't even say anything. my dad saved me before i could eat it

[Anonymous No.19320651]

>>19320045
I don't know why but these look like porn renders

[Anonymous No.19321168]

>>19319897
>What are the best types of buffets?
All You Can Eat
>Which are the worst?
Not All You Can Eat
Seriously, if you're at a buffet for any other reason than your a fat slob who wants the most food for the buck, then what the fuck are you even doing?

[Anonymous No.19321519]

>>19320645
Thank you anon's dad, for saving this very *special* human.

[Anonymous No.19322857]

>>19321519
YOU'RE WELCOME

[Anonymous No.19322885]

Amish are king of buffets

[Anonymous No.19322915]

there used to be 3 casino buffets around me a dozen Chinese and 6 indian 1 for african food this one buffet that was basiclly cafeteria food that was next to a nursing home that all the old people would go to
all but the chinese closed because of covid and have not gone back I used to love the indian buffets because I could try everything then I would eat 200$ worth of nan and whatever goat item they were serving

[Anonymous No.19322928]

>>19319897
>go to $18 buffet with cousin, my treat
>watch him load up on white rice

[Anonymous No.19322948]

>>19322915
Peshwari nan is great. Rare to see one is that almond, coconut and pistachio tho.

[Anonymous No.19323142]

>>19320645
Why the fuck do people pay the premium to eat at a restaurent, only to then have to cook their own food? Is this like some cultural Korean in joke and they all just laugh at the retarded foreigners or something?

[Anonymous No.19323166]

I miss going to Luby’s as a kid in the 90’s. I’m sure if I went to one now I would think it was pretty bad, but I still remember how old their mac and cheese was. It’s hard for me to even imagine a modern one with no smoking section

[Anonymous No.19323170]

>>19323166
*Good not old

[Anonymous No.19323198]

>>19322928
>$18
who cares let him enjoy the food he wants to eat

[Anonymous No.19323205]

>>19323142
yes, they make their bank off of these dumbasses who think cooking meat at a table is cool. imagine sitting at a table with your friends and family having a good time grilling meat while drinking and eating a bunch of other food on the side, imagine having a social experience that includes good food, lol...... christ you are stupid.

[Anonymous No.19323206]

>>19322928
>go to Chinese buffet
>wife gets macaroni and cheese

[Anonymous No.19323215]

>>19323205
Like you could at home? I mean I thought the idea of going out to eat was having someone else cook you dinner?

[Anonymous No.19323329]

>>19323142
Why do people pay for unshelled sunflower seeds? I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.19323335]

>>19323166
never even heard of this flyover shit before

[Anonymous No.19323344]

>>19323206
>go to macaroni and cheese buffet.
>wife gets Chinese.

[Anonymous No.19323406]

>>19319897
We have a few Vaguely Asian buffets with the hibachi grill, and all-you-can-eat garbage sushi, plus American Chinese food, and miscellaneous American stuff like fried chicken. Nice option for large groups with unknown dietary preferences--even folks on the "mental illness" side of the picky-eater spectrum can usually find something to choke down. The ones in our area are super-busy, which we take as a good sign--perhaps a slightly increased risk of customer hygiene/contamination issues, but it also means the food is being rotated constantly during peak business hours, so probably a net win. One complaint is no beer/wine, but I can understand how combining alcohol with such a gluttonous environment could spell WorldStar-style disaster.

Indian buffets are pretty mid in my experience. Partly because the spice level is reduced to "lowest common denominator" American palate--and partly because they're usually less busy, and items like rice and samosa don't fare well sitting out for any length of time.

Cicis pizza buffet sounds OK in concept but obviously you're not getting the best base pie OR toppings and it gets old after a few slices. Plus, you know, part of the buffet attraction is filling up on proteins and that just doesn't work well with pizza.

Buffets generally can be really fun for kids since it's one of the few times THEY get to decide exactly what they want to eat (hopefully not just dessert & sweets).

[Anonymous No.19323416]

>>19319940
lol it trigged your faggot ass i'd give the anon a high five for doing so

[Anonymous No.19323487]

>>19323344
made me kek way too loud

[Anonymous No.19323493]

>>19319897
the ones I've been to are pretty lame

[Anonymous No.19324498]

>>19320287
Keep us posted.

[Anonymous No.19324566]

>>19323344
>go to american buffet
>wife gets shot

[Anonymous No.19324587]

>>19319897
Buffets that involves sashimis, feels good eating a lot of expensive raw proteins.

[Anonymous No.19324704]

>>19324566
Believable

[Anonymous No.19324710]

>>19320645
I don't get it. but then again I've never been to a Korean bbq buffet place before

[Anonymous No.19325985]

>>19319897

Theres a world buffet near me and in the japanese section theres a dude who will cook you scallops. I literally only eat scallops, kimchi and pickled ginger. Plate after plate until he starts cooking for me on approach.

Friends all eating pasta, chicken wings and chips like absolute casuals.

Best £18 ever.


For a brief period they had smoked salmon at the salad bar on platters. That lasted exactly one of my visits. I remember the manager standing in the kitchen door cross arm watching me take the entire platter and multiple lemons. I made sure to say to a waiter to restock it. What a day that was.
I fucking love smoked salmon.

[Anonymous No.19326004]

>>19319897
there is no reason for buffets to exist. humans should not consume that much food in one sitting.

[Anonymous No.19326130]

>>19319897
they're usually hit or miss
that said I go to a Chinese food buffet every so often
it's a way to get a lot of variety without having to think about
ordering every single dish separately - that's the main draw for me

[Anonymous No.19326579]

>>19320094
that soft serve is the shit

[Anonymous No.19326620]

>>19325985
I could have smoked salmon every day

[Anonymous No.19326667]

>>19319897
for me it's a good, fairly high-traffic indian buffet

[Anonymous No.19328013]

>>19325985
What a legend.
I once ended a restaurant's free peanuts practice by filling up on them with some cheap food.

[Anonymous No.19328060]

>>19325985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWGjUsh6t3c

[Anonymous No.19328071]

>>19325985
King.
>>19328060
You and I would be friends.

[Anonymous No.19328076]

There's a Lebanese place near me that does a buffet on Sundays. Their ox tail soup is something that I can eat even if it's 105 degrees outside.

[Anonymous No.19328091]

There's this wonderful buffet in my state, about a 30 minute drive on the highway, and it is heaven on a plate. 100+ items, including fresh sushi and food cooked on a grill right infront of you, and the deserts are something else. I enjoy getting a little bit of everything every time I go. 3 courses.

>first course is dinner foods like meats and ribs and chicken and beef
>second course is all sushi
>third course is dessert

Oh, and never get anything other than water to drink. That's how alot of buffets get you, by filling you up before you can eat.

[Anonymous No.19328270]

>>19319940
sad you can take so many replies with such low quality bait

[TheOriginalZerg No.19328286]

Fat Is Bad.
Think Small Hard.
No Eat Bad.
Eat Shit Lard.

[Anonymous No.19328309]

>>19323166
What the fuck is that the Luby's in San Antonio? Looks awfully familiar to the one across from the now closed down Lulu's

[Anonymous No.19328314]

>>19319940
Because you dishonest fuck, her blackness was directly responsible for her behavior.

[Anonymous No.19328945]

for me its mandarin

[Anonymous No.19328961]

>>19323142
>he doesn't buy pre-chewed and semi-digested food