Maximizing value at all-you-can-eat buffets

[sweeps]

Funny blog entry..

Eat your money's worth at any all-you-can-eat buffet

[richinspirits]

i saw that!! i got a little queasy reading it! i am certainly a fan of getting your money's worth, but not to that extent!

[lou12341]

Thanks for some good information!

[Broken Arrow]

That link is awesome! I laughed the entire way through.

I'm something of a buffet menace myself, and don't think many could top me... but this man is a virtuoso!

Thing is though, this guy is trying to, as he puts it, "maximize your eating power", whereas my goal is to minimize the price I pay for food whenever I eat out.

As such, although buffet is a definite option, I basically drink as much as I want, eat whatever I want, and I don't bring a book or the fat pants.

Oh, and I know I really shouldn't do this, but I also don't eat lunch or breakfast. Again, trying to keep food prices low. * braces for a lecture from someone like beanie *

Hmm.... I really should eat healthier....

[tinapbeana]

my healthy buffet eating tips:

at places like ryan's, eat all the broiled salmon and fresh spinach salads you can fit in. at about $6 per lb for either salmon filets or fresh spinach, it's fairly easy to eat $10 worth

the ryan's here charges something like $3.99 per pound if you want to graze the buffet with a to go box. salmon steak with a spinach salad and baked potato for $5? DEAL!

[simpleyme]

I used to work at a buffet we had people who would come in early and stay all day ;-)

If you got the time and care to invest that much time ,I say go for it
buying buffet for one is a great deal but buying for the family is usually not we pay 40 to get us all 4 in .

It's a great once in a while treat but that money would be better spent eating at home as 40 dollars for one meal,

even if we could eat 4 meals worth of food we will still have to eat the next day and still be out the 40 bucks

[vsjhoc]

I'm surprised the blogger didn't give take-home strategies. Somehow I can see him wearing a jacket and stuffing meat in the big pockets

[punny money]

I do have a jacket with big pockets, but I'd rather they not smell like beef for weeks after a visit to the buffet.

I'm sure you're just joking anyway, but to reiterate: I'm totally against sneaking stuff out anyway because it's completely against buffets' rules. Getting the most for your money within the rules is fair play, but breaking the rules just means higher prices for those who follow them.

[LuxLiving]

Alka-Seltzer, anyone?

My gallbladder ached just reading that blog! But funny!!

[vsjhoc]

Originally Posted by punny money

I'm sure you're just joking anyway, but to reiterate: I'm totally against sneaking stuff out anyway because it's completely against buffets' rules. Getting the most for your money within the rules is fair play, but breaking the rules just means higher prices for those who follow them.

Agree. And it's just tacky, IMHO. I thought someone who planned when to eat, drink, and poop would have also covered the exit strategy. But please let's not re-start the thread about sugar and ketchup packets...

[simpleyme]

the biggest problem at the buffet were I worked was people would steal the silverware
;-0

[fairy74]

funny, but I feel sick now...

[pearlieq]

That was hysterical! It's a pretty good blog in general--lots of entertaining and useful reading.

I had to quit going to buffets. We've all got our weaknesses and I simply lose all reason and control when faced with steam tables filled with refined carbs.

[Ima saver]

I won't eat at a buffet. I use to work for a restaurant and I know how long that food has been sitting, besides I don't eat enough to make it worth my while.

[rob62521]

I thought the blog was incredibly amusing, especially since I have some friends who keep telling me how much of a deal they get eating there...they go there for lunch and fill up. I keep telling them my mom was the queen of a good deal...she would go to the buffet right before the lunch prices changed to the dinner prices so they would then putting out the dinner meats! She and her friend would get seats close up, (sorry, Nick) so they could watch what everyone was taking and felt they had quite the floor show while they dined.

[lrjohnson]

I wrote up a little document once called "All Ye can Eat." It was a table with the names of restaurants that had buffets, what the price was, where it was, whether beverage was included, whether it was lunch or dinner....each new find I'd enter into my table. Exciting stuff back then, when i was really broke and not at all concerned about being chubby. And I would get to the point that I couldn't drive, really; no joke. I avoid buffets now-not because I don't love them, but because I do.

[PrincessPerky]

As to the OP heh
now as to breakfast....

Originally Posted by Broken Arrow

Oh, and I know I really shouldn't do this, but I also don't eat lunch or breakfast. Again, trying to keep food prices low. * braces for a lecture from someone like beanie *

Hmm.... I really should eat healthier....

GO EAT BREAKFAST!!!!!!!

skipping meals is bad for your health no matter what meal it is. I know it is boring and prolly not tops on your mind first thing in the moring, but you are an adult you do not need me yelling at you every morning to eat, be a big boy and go do it, preferably with some complex carbs, some fruit or veggie, and some milk if you like it, not coffee!

You will feel healthier, get sick less often (who had the 'sniffles' a week or two back again?), and be more productive thruout your day..which is important if you really plan to go back to school..no midafternoon (evening) slump.

Also eventually eating only dinner will start to tell on your waistline, and unless you wear sweats all day you will need a new wardrobe....costly.

preventative maitnence..please (and after breakfast, eat lunch again mix of all food groups, and a snack high in fiber/protien, and dinner.)

I cannot and will not ever understand not eating when you have the money to do so (nor will I understand not feeding your kids when you have the money... but that is another rant for another person tonight)

And yes in case you wondered I at one time did not eat breakfast, or lunch....not good for health or body, I look better and feel better now, with my 2000 callories a day..and last year I lived with a family of 5 on less than you make now, so you CAN do it, and you should! (yeah opinionated, I know sorry, but this is a health issue.....)

[LuckyRobin]

Loved this. I could never do it, but I do get the plate of meat first. One plate of meat, chicken, beef, ham. Unforunately I love the mashed potatoes and gravy and the soups too much to pass on them. And I'm a salad bar (baby spinach! and sunflower seeds!) junkie, too. But I figure I at least get 2 times my money's worth, maybe more considering I drink a lot of milk when I go to one.

Thanks for posting this. As is my wont I wandered around in his blog after reading the buffet post and its a fun one. Definitely bookmarking it.

[fultron]

Thanks for the funny link. There used to be a great Chinese buffet near my office. The food was great and the price was cheap. Too cheap I guess because I think myself and a few co-workers singlehandedly drove them out of business!

[Broken Arrow]

Originally Posted by PrincessPerky

GO EAT BREAKFAST!!!!!!!

Yes dear!