#3646 - 11/10/08 09:03 PM
I don't understand why people like buffets . . .
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We (10 family members) went to the Budd Bay Cafe in Oly at noon for a birthday brunch. We went there during the last hour of the buffet, when the food had been sitting there since 9 a.m. The French toast tasted like meat (ham?), the bacon was inedible, the ham & roast beef tasted bland, and there were several flies buzzing around, which, I am sure, landed on the food sitting out (Chef Gordon Ramsay, WHERE WERE YOU??)
The buffet was 99% seafood (which we don't touch in a buffet, see the movie 'Go'), which hubby and I can take in small quantities on a good day. Despite having an issue with seafood, the other food was practicaly inedible. The waiter kept making fun of me because I kept requesting more water (maybe he knew the food sucked). Supposedly this restaurant won awards for it's buffet, that is too scary. I tried posting this on Trip Advisor, but their website is screwed up right now.
I really don't want to stand in line and have to eat in a cafeteria/food court atmosphere, but JEEZ! If I have to wait on myself, at least the food shouldn't suck!!
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#3647 - 11/10/08 10:18 PM
Re: I don't understand why people like buffets . . .
[Re: Jewels]
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We (10 family members) went to the Budd Bay Cafe in Oly at noon for a birthday brunch. We went there during the last hour of the buffet, when the food had been sitting there since 9 a.m. The French toast tasted like meat (ham?), the bacon was inedible, the ham & roast beef tasted bland, and there were several flies buzzing around, which, I am sure, landed on the food sitting out (Chef Gordon Ramsay, WHERE WERE YOU??)
The buffet was 99% seafood (which we don't touch in a buffet, see the movie 'Go'), which hubby and I can take in small quantities on a good day. Despite having an issue with seafood, the other food was practicaly inedible. The waiter kept making fun of me because I kept requesting more water (maybe he knew the food sucked). Supposedly this restaurant won awards for it's buffet, that is too scary. I tried posting this on Trip Advisor, but their website is screwed up right now.
I really don't want to stand in line and have to eat in a cafeteria/food court atmosphere, but JEEZ! If I have to wait on myself, at least the food shouldn't suck!! Perhaps there are people that do like buffets, but none that I know...certainly not me. My wife and I eat at the Budd Bay (on Percival Landing) every once in a while, and always with good results. I didn't even know they have a buffet as I've never seen it.
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#3649 - 11/10/08 11:02 PM
Re: I don't understand why people like buffets . . .
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I'll eat at a restaurant that specializes in buffets, like JJ North's in Olympia or at the casinos--but a regular restaurant that has a "brunch" buffet is just using it to sell leftovers. Oh, snap!! Beavis, you nailed it, once again.
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#3654 - 11/11/08 07:56 AM
Re: I don't understand why people like buffets . . .
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When we went on our cruise, we decided that we would eat in the dining room, and not use the buffet much. I think it made our trip so much better, and helped to ensure that we didn't have any digestive upsets.
The occasional foray through the buffet for a plate of fruit is about what we did...
I'm just not a fan of steam tabled food, or food that's been sitting out. I also don't like to think about the "cleanliness" of the serving utensils.
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#3670 - 11/12/08 01:05 AM
Re: I don't understand why people like buffets . . .
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I'm just not a fan of steam tabled food, or food that's been sitting out. I also don't like to think about the "cleanliness" of the serving utensils. I have what I like to think of as refined tastes, but there is a situational aspect to everything. As I said above, a restaurant that does only or primarily buffet business is going to be a safer bet, not to mention one that's constantly busy--the food only sits if no one is there to eat it, after all  I'm also a big fan of street market and street fair food, and so I've long been over squeamishness at utensils and such--hell, for that matter, I love bologna! I eat the occasional can of Spam! For me it's all about context.
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#3672 - 11/12/08 06:57 AM
Re: I don't understand why people like buffets . . .
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I'm also a big fan of street market and street fair food, and so I've long been over squeamishness at utensils and such--hell, for that matter, I love bologna! I eat the occasional can of Spam! I'm reminded of a cartoon in New Yorker long ago: Sitting around the boardroom table of the Acme Hotdog Company, the Chairman scolds one sheepish looking boardmember with: "Jones, it's not a question of whether the people have a right to know what's in their hotdogs. It's a question of whether they want to know what's in their hotdogs!"
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#3689 - 11/12/08 06:30 PM
Re: I don't understand why people like buffets . . .
[Re: Jewels]
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Well, kids, the plot has thickened on my rant. I got an e-mail a few minutes ago from the owner/operator of the Budd Bay Cafe. Patrick informed me that he has never heard such a rude comment on the brunch, and that I need not be so nasty!! WHAT THE. . . so of course I had to respond to THAT. I informed him that a simple apology would have gone a long way, but given his inmature response to my concerns, I could see that would never happen. As a business owner, he needs to apprecitate constructive criticisms. Then I shot an e-mail off to the Thurston Co. health department!! Ya don't f*** with the Jewels and expect to get away with it!! (At the very least he could get rid of the flies!!)
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