In conclusion, whatever form of buffet you decide upon, with diners being more discerning than ever, the key to a successful eating experience will always be the quality and presentation of the food with effective portion control backed up by an impeccable friendly and informative service.
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Don't show this message again. Sm Md Lg Hv. Just a few cooks can make items in batches and replenish, so you can work with a smaller crew and produce more volume. Britt says that with the rise of nouvelle cuisine in the s and s — light, freshly prepared dishes with seasonal ingredients — profit margins at restaurants became much thinner. You don't know who's coming in or what they're going to order. You need an army of highly trained cooks to facilitate all the guests' needs," says Britt.
Like a casino, a restaurant buffet lures customers in with the promise of a big payoff — all-you-can-eat shrimp, crab legs or prime rib — while disguising the fact that the economic odds are entirely in the restaurant's favor. You're not going to eat your way past the profit margin. Allen says that restaurants set their buffet pricing very carefully and lay out the buffet offerings strategically to ensure that for every Homer Simpson who attempts to eat the entire steam tray of lobsters , there are 20 other customers who get distracted by the sheer variety of choices and fill up on the cheap stuff like bread, soups, salads and desserts.
In almost all buffets, the expensive proteins like prime rib and seafood are placed at the end of the line. By the time customers get to the slicing station or shrimp tray, their plate is already filled up with sides and starches. The strategy is based on behavioral economics. Britt says that buffets also use smaller plates to further mess with the diners' minds. Not only are buffet customers encouraged "tricked" is such a nasty word to fill up on the cheap stuff, but Bucher says that "a lot of the salads and soups are generally leftovers that have been repurposed for the buffet.
It's no great surprise to anyone who's worked in a restaurant, or read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential," that, as Britt says, "Half the Sunday brunch buffet menu is left over from the week's service. That's not saying that the kitchen is trying to pawn off nearly expired fish or meat on unsuspecting customers, only that buffets are excellent opportunities for chefs to stretch their creative culinary muscles.
Extra prime rib, for example, can be turned into an eggy prime rib hash or a french dip sandwich. It's all about reducing waste while giving customers something new. Britt remembers a brunch dish called Eggs Goldenrod from a restaurant where he worked as a teen, which was nothing more that leftover hard-boiled eggs in a creamy bechamel sauce.
On their website , several safety options are outlined including "No Touch" buffet service which entails the restaurant changing all the utensils frequently and supplying napkins for handling utensils and "We Serve You" buffet service where staff serve guests from the buffet, avoiding the need for customers to touch serving utensils at all. But as Benjamin Chapman, Ph. Chapman said that the biggest risk in a buffet situation is patrons being so close to one another.
Or in situations where staff will serve patrons from a buffet, the staff and patron interaction is the riskiest part. Chapman said that masks requirements, social distancing and limiting line-ups are the best ways to reduce risk. From Las Vegas's famed buffets to the neighborhood Indian restaurants in Jackson Heights, New York, buffets are more than just a means of selecting your own food and over-indulging.
They are a communal culinary experience that many people seek out as a special dining event, where you can sample new foods and shamelessly take seconds on your favorites.
After all, where else can mac and cheese intermingle with Szechuan chicken on the same plate? From Chef Mickey's at Disney World to the salad bar at Sizzler, for many of us, that walk up to peruse the buffet is a strong part of our American culinary experience.
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