Comments on: The 2010 All-Inclusive All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Guide http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/ News for web and pop culture fanatics Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nitric Oxide http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-124816 Nitric Oxide Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:37:46 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-124816 Hey, great article. We love nitric oxide products, including White Flood and NO Shotgun, but it's really more about eating right. I've recently become more into the Primal Blueprint. It's much more natural and how what we're most adapted to follow. Take a look at it sometime and let me know what you think. Anyhow, nice blog - I'm subscribed to your feed now so I'll be checking in regularly! Hey, great article. We love nitric oxide products, including White Flood and NO Shotgun, but it's really more about eating right. I've recently become more into the Primal Blueprint. It's much more natural and how what we're most adapted to follow. Take a look at it sometime and let me know what you think. Anyhow, nice blog – I'm subscribed to your feed now so I'll be checking in regularly!

]]> By: droid http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-114998 droid Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:06:07 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-114998 im kinda sick of my battery on my droid going down so fast, it annoys the crap outta me, see what happens, find a good site and BAM my battery is dead, so yeah, i luckily had enough battery to read this and post the comment haha, i have no life. yay me! im kinda sick of my battery on my droid going down so fast, it annoys the crap outta me, see what happens, find a good site and BAM my battery is dead, so yeah, i luckily had enough battery to read this and post the comment haha, i have no life. yay me!

]]> By: Jacob Guite-St-Pierr http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-15884 Jacob Guite-St-Pierr Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:51:57 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-15884 Haha this might be my new bible. Haha this might be my new bible.

]]> By: Ardelle Senk http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-15418 Ardelle Senk Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:48:34 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-15418 I think it would be fun for a kid. The following page has some good one too: I think it would be fun for a kid. The following page has some good one too:

]]> By: Kev D. http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-14846 Kev D. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:17:27 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-14846 Nice, very thorough. <a href="http://highway10revisited.blogspot.com/2010/01/all-you-can-eat.html">http://highway10revisited.blogspot.com/2010/01/al...</a> Nice, very thorough.

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]]> By: Lisa http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-10717 Lisa Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:59:19 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-10717 For me, a buffet is less about filling up and more about the variety it offers. The idea of "getting what you paid for" is not really a consideration. My biggest buffet "rule" would be to scout all stations before putting anything on your plate, as you mentioned, so you know the items that most pique your interest and can eat in descending order of how much you think you will enjoy it and not go overboard. As far as strategy, we kind of diverge. First I have a leisurely plate of salad and some hopefully not overcooked cooked vegetables to make sure I get _some_ roughage and vitamins in my system. Second I go for samples of the foods I find most intriguing and take at most a spoonful of each. Third I go for "luxury" items (not by price, but by how unhealthy they are), like prime rib or fried foods, and again I take a small spoon/portion of each. Note that 2 and 3 may be all on one plate, depending on the buffet. If I still have room, I will revisit whatever I really liked from 2 and 3, but again I keep the portions small. Dessert, if I have it, is a little bit of fresh fruit from the salad bar. I do avoid starches but only because I rarely eat them anyway. For me, a buffet is less about filling up and more about the variety it offers. The idea of "getting what you paid for" is not really a consideration. My biggest buffet "rule" would be to scout all stations before putting anything on your plate, as you mentioned, so you know the items that most pique your interest and can eat in descending order of how much you think you will enjoy it and not go overboard.

As far as strategy, we kind of diverge. First I have a leisurely plate of salad and some hopefully not overcooked cooked vegetables to make sure I get _some_ roughage and vitamins in my system. Second I go for samples of the foods I find most intriguing and take at most a spoonful of each. Third I go for "luxury" items (not by price, but by how unhealthy they are), like prime rib or fried foods, and again I take a small spoon/portion of each. Note that 2 and 3 may be all on one plate, depending on the buffet. If I still have room, I will revisit whatever I really liked from 2 and 3, but again I keep the portions small. Dessert, if I have it, is a little bit of fresh fruit from the salad bar. I do avoid starches but only because I rarely eat them anyway.

]]> By: Kevin R. http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-10666 Kevin R. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:51:29 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-10666 I agree with most of the stuff stated here and already use MANY of the techniques. As far as tipping, it is SELF serve, however the servers work VERY HARD to refill your beverages and to clear away your dirty plates. I treat tipping as I would anywhere. If I am happy with the service $1 per person will suffice. If I am ECSTATIC about the service (as is what usually happens at the WYNN BUFFET) I leave more. Once I left $5 per person, but the service at the buffet was amazing (and they kept me kn the fresh squeezed pineapple juice for 2 hours). On the other hand, if the service is abysmal, (usually meaning no drink refills or allowing dirty plates to pile up) I will leave from $0 to $2 depending on if I received ANY service. It's important to realize that these buffet servers make minimum wage and will appreciate any additional gratuities. One think I NEVER do is prepay the gratuities, simply because I have no way of knowing how good/bad the service will be, AND I prefer to let servers make their own decisions about the tax status of their tips. I agree with most of the stuff stated here and already use MANY of the techniques.

As far as tipping, it is SELF serve, however the servers work VERY HARD to refill your beverages and to clear away your dirty plates. I treat tipping as I would anywhere. If I am happy with the service $1 per person will suffice. If I am ECSTATIC about the service (as is what usually happens at the WYNN BUFFET) I leave more. Once I left $5 per person, but the service at the buffet was amazing (and they kept me kn the fresh squeezed pineapple juice for 2 hours).

On the other hand, if the service is abysmal, (usually meaning no drink refills or allowing dirty plates to pile up) I will leave from $0 to $2 depending on if I received ANY service.

It's important to realize that these buffet servers make minimum wage and will appreciate any additional gratuities. One think I NEVER do is prepay the gratuities, simply because I have no way of knowing how good/bad the service will be, AND I prefer to let servers make their own decisions about the tax status of their tips.

]]> By: Robert http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-10662 Robert Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:25:12 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-10662 I have my own guide, which is much shorter and can be summed up in three words: ONE OF EACH!! I have my own guide, which is much shorter and can be summed up in three words:

ONE OF EACH!!

]]> By: Mark from Torrance, http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-10654 Mark from Torrance, Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:25:15 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-10654 buffet in our area will charge you for wasting food. They are really strict at the chinese seafood buffets about this. It is a good idea to try and get the check out of the way early to avoid them trying to charge you additionally for wasting food. get it? got it? good. buffet in our area will charge you for wasting food. They are really strict at the chinese seafood buffets about this.

It is a good idea to try and get the check out of the way early to avoid them trying to charge you additionally for wasting food.

get it? got it? good.

]]> By: Seel http://topcultured.com/the-2010-all-inclusive-all-you-can-eat-buffet-guide/#comment-10652 Seel Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:56:54 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=4699#comment-10652 Don't listen to Chris. Loved the article. Don't listen to Chris. Loved the article.

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