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Two beautiful words...

DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
Breakfast buffet.

Restaurant dining is pretty rare for us but every once in a while my wife gets an urge to go out and eat. She wanted to try a breakfast buffet at an upscale eatery. It was a little pricey but the food was excellent. The diet is shot for today.

The irony is that the place calls itself a European bistro style restaurant. But an all you can eat buffet is unheard of in Europe and they don't even eat breakfast at all. We've been in Europe and couldn't find anyplace serving breakfast.
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    That's because at the time we would be eating breakfast, they are finishing up their day and going to bed.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,496 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Doc, two more beautiful words that are wholly devoted to yours: cruise ship.

    The last one we were on had 27 different places to eat aboard, including a 16-hour-a-day buffet. Most of them free.

    Most buffets serve okay food: nothing great, but palatable. I enjoy them mostly because I can get a bit of everything I like, not to gorge. But it's pretty easy to leave one of them stuffed to your ears...
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We did a cruise many years ago. Found the food to be so-so. Must have taken the wrong ship...
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    one cruise south of here was on a ship called the Revenge....somewhere near Montezuma...list of items suggested was lotsa TP
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    we didn't sign up for the second trip
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One word.... churrascaria

    It is a buffet that comes to you... [:D]

    My Favorite one was Jardine's in Sao Paulo. There used to be one in Miami Lakes called Por Cao that was almost as good.
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  • fugawefugawe Member Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The last cruise that I was on had so-so food, but then the ship was haze gray and had numbers on it.
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Count me in with FUGAWE the first and last cruise ship I will ever be on was one built in 1943 set in JAMES RIVER mothball fleet for 10 years then sailed again on a 19 day cruise from Hawaii to NAM with yours truly on it
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can never go wrong with bacon. Dead maybe, but never wrong.
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fugawe
    The last cruise that I was on had so-so food, but then the ship was haze gray and had numbers on it.


    I've cruised with that company a couple of times. Did not like the BYOB policy.

    Liked the port visits.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    After serving in the Navy I thought I would never want to voluntarily go to sea.
    Another couple talked my wife and I into going on a cruise to the Bahamas and I must say I actually enjoyed it. I honestly believe that cruise ships provide the best bang for your vacation dollar when you consider the room & food being inclusive of the cost along with most of the entertainment.
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nothing like a great breakfast Doc...[:p]
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mogley98
    After serving in the Navy I thought I would never want to voluntarily go to sea.
    Another couple talked my wife and I into going on a cruise to the Bahamas and I must say I actually enjoyed it. I honestly believe that cruise ships provide the best bang for your vacation dollar when you consider the room & food being inclusive of the cost along with most of the entertainment.
    Going to sea with somebody else standing all the watches just ain't the same, is it? [:D]
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,460 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cruise ship I was on, dinner buffet closed at 6PM. We were in line with about 100 other people, clock struck 6 and a bunch of little brown people in white outfits issued forth from the kitchen and started running away with the food.

    We setup a God awful howl; after 6 it was sandwiches and pizza only. They finally relented and left the buffet up for a little while longer.

    Overall the food was good. Not fantastic, but good. I got tired of stuffing myself 9 times a day, started eating lighter and felt better.

    Formal dinner sucked. Sat at a table with about 4 other couples. Two couples ran their mouths the entire time, you could not get a word in edgewise. Food was scanty, couple people were able to get seconds but not me.
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    A few years back we were at a church "get-together" and the conversation got to cruises. A married couple went on and on about their cruise to Alaska and how lousy the accommodations were. this was in startling contrast to other comments I had heard about the "inland passage" cruise. Further definition of the shortcomings led my wife and I to a conclusion- which we let slide until later discussion. They had not been on a "cruise" they were on the "ferry".[:p][:o)][:o)]
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,496 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Two cruise lines that do not feature the old-style formal dining (dress requirements, assigned seating time, assigned table members, etc...) are Princess and Norwegian lines. My wife and I MUCH prefer Norwegian's Freestyle dining. Minimal dress requirement in the formal dining rooms (2), eat anytime and anywhere you choose, get a table for two, and superb food.

    The buffet is steam table food, but at least the choices are different for every meal and it's open for something like 16 hours a day.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    While living in Kuwait we would go to the Hilton every Sunday for an expensive but delicious breakfast buffet, miss those days.
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  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My wife and I have lost count of the cruises we have taken, both in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific. Maybe around 15 or 16. We enjoyed them all. The food situation on the ships is great. I was able to find food being served somewhere at any time. The advantage of a cruise is that the scenery changes and when you get to an interesting destination, you don't have to worry about taxis to hotels, finding restaurants, etc. You brought your's with you. Granted some ships are better than others and cater to a different demographic of passenger. Some cruises were quiet and seemed have a lot of gray haired passengers. Some were rowdier and had lots of kids. Naturally, cruises during Spring or Summer break will have more young passengers than cruises happening during the academic year. Talk to the booking agent and find out what type of crowd will be joining you so that you "fit" in best. [:)]
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Big Sky Redneck
    While living in Kuwait we would go to the Hilton every Sunday for an expensive but delicious breakfast buffet, miss those days.


    Went to a Crown Plaza (IIRC) in Muscat, Oman during Ramadan.

    Huge Breakfast / Lunch Buffet. Windows of Restaurant were papered over so folks walking by and respecting Ramadan did not see the Europeans eating mountains of bacon, sausage, cold cuts, etc.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Two words for you Doc: Coffee/Cigarette. Breakfast of Champions and construction workers[;)][;)][;)][;)][;)][:D][:D][:D] Oakie
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Where were you in Europe? Most every hotel and even some hostels I've stayed in in England, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Denmark had some sort of breakfast available. Many had buffets. Though that said, I entirely agree, it is nothing like an American buffet. Eggs for a hot dish at most, a lot of pastry and fruit and cereal. Heck, 'buffet' is a French word.

    The real question is, whatcha have for breakfast? [:p]
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mogley98
    After serving in the Navy I thought I would never want to voluntarily go to sea.
    Another couple talked my wife and I into going on a cruise to the Bahamas and I must say I actually enjoyed it. I honestly believe that cruise ships provide the best bang for your vacation dollar when you consider the room & food being inclusive of the cost along with most of the entertainment.



    +1

    I would live on one if I could
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