Monday, November 16, 2009

The Do's and Don'ts of the buffet line

Posted by Jonathan Bender on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:00 PM

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​When we noticed the Lunch Blog checking out King Buffet in Lawrence, Kansas, it only felt right to offer up a series of Do's and Don'ts for the buffet-goer. Because the wrong decisions can leave an amateur with a hurting stomach and a feeling that you have failed to eat $6.99 worth of food. These suggestions will guide you safely through the warming trays and sneezeguards.

Do walk though the buffet once before you load up your plate. Otherwise, you will spend all your available plate space on beef and broccoli, when there were piles of cocktail shrimp for the taking.

Do not fill up on pasta, rice or whatever carbohydrate is in one of the first two warming trays. This is the sucker play -- the equivalent of filling up on bread at a steakhouse. 

Do limit yourself to one type of ethnic cuisine -- this especially holds true at places like the area's seven Old Country Buffets.

Do not pair ethnic cuisines whose countries have never fought on opposite sides in a war.

Do eat one dish you've either never tried, or have never heard of. Buffets provide an opportunity for controlled experimentation.

Do not go for every fried option. You'll get fatigued and realize -- sadly -- that everything is coming from the same fry-o-lator. 

Do eat fruit for dessert. Your body will thank you for offering it

something healthy by functioning properly long enough for you to steer

your car back to work. As a bonus, the fruit is often freshly

cut.

Don't take more than one dessert. Each buffet only does

one dessert well and even then that might be overstating the case. In

addition, dessert is always the unnecessary course.

[Image via Flickr: scaredy_kat]

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