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What are cuisines most suitable to buffet/all you can eat/self serve steam table restaurants?
Obviously Chinese probably being the most common. Vegas buffets seem to be a mixture. The asian items are easy to differentiate. Then there is some italian carbs: pastas, and pizzas.
What cuisine you say the meat carving table is at Vegas buffets? Is it strictly an american style meat show? They have the roast beef or prime rib, or even some southern BBQ brisket, etc, etc. The Bachanal at Caesar has a big steamed shellfish (no lobster) section. What cuisine is that from?
I went to the South Point Buffet and they were doing a Polynesian theme one night. They had the pulled pork wrapped in banana leaf. I forget the other items for some reasons.
Are pan fried recipes more difficult to utilize in buffet/all you can eat/self serve steam table settings because of the volume? It seems like baking/stewing/steaming allows for larger batches.
There are a lot of self serve steam table places in Manhattan. They cater to the office workers during lunch time. A lot of run by Koreans. They have salad bar, and what seems like primarily asian inspired dishes. Many of the supermarkets like Whole Foods also offers self serve steam table. Basically, a customer can take as much as they want. They pay by weight. Its usually salad bar, fried chicken wings, and other random stuff. Not sure what kind of cuisine.
There are a lot of all you can eat sushi places too run by chinese. The Brazilians have their rodizio/churrascaria. But that is just grilled meats. A lot of Latin American hole in the wall is the steam table setup, but not self serve. The server divides up the portions.
I never see a French buffet, or Italian buffet, or Spanish, German, Greek, Polish, British etc etc. I once had a Scandinavian buffet at the Epcot Center in Orlando. Not sure if still there. It is one of kind though. I do not think there are any like it in the world.
I love to see a European centric buffet though. I love European food.
Suitable? I think that pretty much any cuisine. I thought that BBQ is perhaps not, but I saw BBQ all you can eat buffet too....
I had Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Filipino, German, Italian, French, Russian, Polish, Mexican, Brazilian, seafood, vegetarian, BBQ, African, Mediterranean, Jewish, Turkish, Spanish, Greek buffet and probably many more.
There is a question if any food is suitable for buffet. Well the really rare and expensive foods aren't going to be on a common buffet: white truffles, Beluga caviar, wagyu beef, rare game and fish, foie gras, moose cheese and such.
Suitable? I think that pretty much any cuisine. I thought that BBQ is perhaps not, but I saw BBQ all you can eat buffet too....
I had Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Filipino, German, Italian, French, Russian, Polish, Mexican, Brazilian, seafood, vegetarian, BBQ, African, Mediterranean, Jewish, Turkish, Spanish, Greek buffet and probably many more.
There is a question if any food is suitable for buffet. Well the really rare and expensive foods aren't going to be on a common buffet: white truffles, Beluga caviar, wagyu beef, rare game and fish, foie gras, moose cheese and such.
Are you in Houston? I know Houston has a ME buffet chain. The quality not that good though. I had it once.
Where did you get German, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, and Spanish buffet? None like that in the Northeast. And a JEWISH buffet, a kosher buffet? I dont believe you. I need proof.
Are you in Houston? I know Houston has a ME buffet chain. The quality not that good though. I had it once.
Where did you get German, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, and Spanish buffet? None like that in the Northeast. And a JEWISH buffet, a kosher buffet? I dont believe you. I need proof.
If I wanted to open a buffet, I'd do Italian. You can make 3 different sauces and turn them into dozens of dishes. Sauce and pasta are relatively inexpensive to make and pizza is popular and can be cheap to make. Even high quality Italian sauces can be relatively inexpensive to make. If the sauces are made fresh, on site, you will have the competition beat because most of them are using canned sauce.
Make the salad bar with toppings that are also used on pizza,. Put out small amounts of the toppings and replenish frequently. No waste. What does not go out to the salad bar gets put on pizza. Make a high quality fresh made-on-site pizza dough
No fruit or veggies except the salad bar with lettuce, some cheese, pepperocini, canned pineapple, diced onion, and croutons made from the pizza dough that didn't get used up.
If I'm eating at a buffet, my preference would be Asian with lots of fresh veggies stir fried with generous amounts of garlic and fresh ginger and some shrimp tempura.
By the way,, I see several different places advertising all you can eat pizza bar.
For awhile one of my local Mexican restaurants had an all you can eat buffet with really excellent food. I only ate there for an occasional treat because I don't really need to stuff myself with their excellent all-you-can-eat cheese enchiladas.
I suspect that a good Mexican buffet, if they served a good quality food, would go over well.
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