1 - Scout the Buffet (observe before grabbing) 2 - Skip salads (not worth the money) 3 - Focus on seafood and crab legs (most bang for your buck) 4 - Do not get fried rice or lo mein noodles (fills you up too fast) 5 - Don't eat anything with broccoli (It's not real Chinese food) 6 - Avoid General Tso's chicken (terribly unhealthy) 7 - Drink tea not soda 8 - Eat for the fun of it 9 - Put down the egg drop soup (not worth the money) 10 - Don't bother with non-meat dishes Also, food is sometimes saved from dinner to tomorrow's lunch SO, avoid going to a buffet early in the day to try to avoid yesterday's leftovers.
+MickyAvStickyHands THANK YOU! I watch these OTGW and Strictly Dumpling videos for information and tips and to learn about new things I might want to try, and I do try to keep an open mind - but more and more, I feel like I'm being judged and condemned by food snobs. Which leaves me less and less inclined to pay attention to their videos.
+MickyAvStickyHands Exactly. Not everyone is the same. When you go to a buffet, you naturally eat what you like the most, and that's how you get your money's worth. Getting your money's worth by loading up on the most expensive items and enjoying the foods you like the most are two different things.
+MickyAvStickyHands the things they said are objectively true. you can still like and eat things like fried rice and noodles that fill you up, but if you do it at a buffet you're wasting your money, because you could have just bought the fried rice and noodles at a restaurant and ate them and been full for less than the price of the buffet in most cases. this is a guide on how to get the most out of your money at a buffet, not a guide on what food you like the most at the buffet. the idea is that you can go to a buffet and eat unlimited crab or even lobster at high end places, that would cost you a ton of money if you had ordered it all at a restaurant. the video has good tips that not everyone knows, and it's not the bible so you don't need to abide by all 10 commandments of the youtube video you just watched.
Yes, what you say is mainly true. However, part of the buffet experience is being able to eat many dishes that you like, not just one. Sure, you can order a plate of noodles for less if you like noodles, but it would be way too expensive to order the 10 other dishes you like as well. At a buffet, you can sample all of your favourite dishes.
This is me exactly. Though I have seen people literally shove each other out of the way to get at a new drop of crab legs. And then the first person takes the whole batch at once.
#1 your doing it wrong at a chinese buffet:You paid $20.00-$30.00. Good god, I've been to ones that goes all the way down to $9.00-$10.00 and that's the fully loaded dinner, hibachi/sushi set up.
Yeah I know right! Where do you even pay that much for a buffet???? Well maybe at very nice places. The most expensive Chinese Buffet I went to was like $15. But most of the places range from $7-$12!
In tourist towns. I live in Myrtle beach and pretty much every buffet is between 10 all the way up 25 dollars. Be it Chinese American seafood anything lol
Serenitie3 Not true. Never heard of Myrtle Beach, but I live in an ultimate tourist destination, Miami, and Chinese buffets can be as cheap as $5. The more expensive ones, say $15-20, are Japanese seafoof buffets.
In my experience, any good chef would tell you to never make fried rice with fresh rice unless you run out of leftover rice. Fresh rice has too much moisture to stirfry properly. The dryer leftover rice makes a much better fried rice. Absorb the soy sauce and not get soggy. Think of it like tiny sponges. ;-)
Emely Corniel I am a Chinese I go to eat Chinese food in Chinese restaurant too, rice over night is ok as long as they are not the left over from what people eat on the table, I eat fried rice in Chinese restaurants all the time. Oil can not be changed for a month, if oil being cooked too long, the oil would get burnt and cause a big fire, in a very busy restaurant usually oil have to be changed within 3 days, in a very slow restaurant oil usually being changed within a week, that all depend on how much they cook, I worked in American hotel Holiday Inn before, a lot of time cooking oil being changed in 5-7 days. I am a Chinese I love broccoli, in a Chinese restaurant broccoli is cooked by the Chinese way, very delicious.
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Favourite (one of my favourite) place(s) to eat is... "TAO", 40 Great Windmill Street London W1D 7LY. Sorry folks, it's a vegan place so lots of rice, lots of broccoli. :)
I didn't eat Chinese food because it makes me have the runs . I went 6 months ago and had only crab legs and I serving of salmon fish and boiled octopus nothing fried or carbs or salads and I didn't get sick .
J.Isabel Melgar Yep, that's because a lot of the stuff in chinese-american restaurants and buffets is fried in old (sometimes REALLY old... like not changed for a week or more) oil that can definitely give you problems... steamed/boiled stuff is really the way to go if you want to be friendly to your digestive system and body.
The clown with Aussie/Zealander accent makes me think they AREN'T talking about the U.S.A. anyway, I live in a VERY popular California tourist spot and the Chinese Buffet is only around $13.00...burger and fries and drink will set you back about $11.00 at a burger joint..so the Buffet is well worth it.
I personally adhere to the "4 plate" strategy. Two plates for meat, one plate for righteous carbs that you HAVE to have and the final plate for dessert.
"its a stomach trick to make you eat less" hahahaha oh my dear little cricket... You have to become one with the buffet. Dont fight it. Eat it. Eat it all. Even the plates.
I haven't been to China Town in years but I'm sure there are a lot of them .. (Chicago) There are quite a few in the nw burbs where it can be $25-35 for the weekend dinners. Which would include sometimes lobster, crab legs, prime rib, and just about any type of shrimp you can think of .... as well as several other types of seafood. I'll usually crab a small bowl of hot n sour soup , then jump into several plates of the various seafoods .. Maybe a little rice at the end ...
I pay about $35 for my family of three (2 adults and a 4 yr old) when we go to the Chinese buffet for dinner (and it's a good one with sushi and hibachi), less if we go at lunch time. Even if we pay the extra $5 per person for the all you can eat crab legs on the weekends it still is under $50.
+SEAN L Exactly! My goal would be to eat an enjoyable meal and sample whatever I can--not to try to cheat the restaurant out of as much money as possible.
you stuff yourself with lots of food because that's what you pay for, if you want to eat less then you can buy the food for whatever it's worth. Not saying you have to stuff yourself, but why pay for more if your not gonna eat more?
I have no idea if anyone's ever done this before, but if you're ever at a Chinese buffet, and if they have these sugary biscuits, get some of those. then, just take a little bowl or something and fill it with this red sauce. it's sweet and kind of tangy, so it might be sweet and sour sauce ... I don't really remember. it's been awhile since I've been to a Chinese buffet. but anyway, I usually take the biscuits and dip them in it and eat that as a kind of dessert. this is probably another one of those things that I'm doing wrong, but it tastes soooo good.
As a chef i can say that it is not only Chinese buffets that reuse leftover food from the day before. Almost all buffets are using left over food, not all but most. But there are reasons for it. First of, if we don't do this we will throw away lots of food which is a shame. And it is just leftovers, so they should be perfectly fine to eat... that is if the chefs are competent in what they are doing. Second thing is money, if we can reuse the leftover food from the week instead of throwing it away, we will save quiet a lot of money to, food aint cheap.
If people come in and just eat the crab legs , or prawns then othee food gets neglected.... i agree sometimes you need to be able to reuse stuff due to this. Frankly if you ask me anyone who loads up on only one item at a buffet misses the point of a buffey all together and also makes ot harder for the restaurant to present a balanced buffey choice.
Actually...I think it's best to eat whatever you want, despite what other people think. If you like food with broccoli in it, that's cool. If you like rice with noodles, have some rice with noodles. I know some people have a tradition or a way of eating, but we're all different.
I dont think you understand, you can buy as much as you want at stores and fill up faster with those, but then your just eating things that are not chinese. In fact you could get that stuff at hometown buffet and not be judged, then do it. But not in a Chinese restaurant, your be getting judgmental looks. and pluse why come to a Chinese restaurant I mean buffet when I could just go to an American restaurant and get that stuff that are chinese.
who cares if they give you judgmental looks...If they do they don't deserve your money. (if you mean the customers, I rarely see any Asians at a "Chinese buffet") then again, who cares what others think! Your there to eat and enjoy yourself, not care what some strangers think about you.
+Chance Jewson I go to buffets when I want to eat a lot of good food and I want to get my money's worth. The first thing I aim for is sushi. Fuck anything that's only veggies (except spring rolls, they're great).
Alisson Tafur I can eat at least five dishes of fried rice and low mien; also I skipped the salad too 😂 I also hate seafood so why would I eat seafood if I hate it?
Wade Wilson true girl I only eat lo mein, rice and steak and broccoli with spring rolls and many Americanized Chinese food things, I don't like seafood either lol
Hey Mike, sorry to tell you that you're partially wrong about the very last (secret) tip. If you have had very good fried rice, chances are the rice was actually cooked the day before. There are lots of higher end restaurants that actually precook rice and store them in the fridge to be used the next day for their fried rice.
yea true the fried rice is not the best example lol but as someone who's worked in Chinese restaurants, I'm telling you guys, do not eat there early in the day, there are a lot of things picked out from the night before and re-served. - Mike
My tactics, pick a chinese buffet with actual sushi. Nigiri, rolls, handrolls that all use salmon, tuna, eel and other high quality fish. I won't mention the Buffet I go to in California, but all I do is eat the sushi. I get plate after plate full of sushi till I am wicked stuffed. By the end of the night, I ate well over 60 dollars worth of sushi and only paid 30 bucks. I can also spend the same amount and just go to all you can eat sushi bar, but the tips bring the price up to around 40 bucks. Well worth it in my opinion, cause at the sushi bar I can get all the specialty rolls I want, all the nigiri I want and other various rolls. Do your homework on sushi prices, you will never pay per roll again once you learn the all you can eat sushi restaurants. Location is key. No restaurant tips from me for Orange County, I keep them to myself. These places are jewels, super clean, super friendly staff and excellent food. At the end of the night, you go home stuffed and ate over 100 dollars worth of sushi for 40 bucks. When I go with a friend, just imagine 2 large guys eating till they can't eat no more. We highly believe we were the reason for a restaurant closing in Brea,CA. Can't say for sure. We just know we went there every Wednesday, ate 100's of dollars of sushi for 20 bucks each and by the third or fourth week they closed the restaurant and changed to just a bar. Sad day for us at the time, but we found other jewels. Happy Buffet eating. :)
That makes me think of a place in my city that opened about a year and a half ago. The place I go to has all you can eat sushi freshly made to order. They also have a hot bar with some standard things (some extra neat stuff) but I have learned from a lot of experience there to go for the gold and stick almost with the sushi. If I go there on a weekday for the lunch buffet, I can get unlimited sushi (and hot bar) for about thirteen bucks. It is heavenly. Glad to know there are other places out there like this :).
Whenever I go to sushi buffets and get like the salmon or eel, the ones that have fish sitting on top of a little thing of rice, I just eat the fish and leave the rice. I can eat lots maor dat way *^*
This happened to us a few years ago. My family and I went crazy with the seafood. Didnt touch much else... the people didnt like it. Oh, well.. i paid to eat what i want and how much i want of it :D
One of the better Japanese restaurants I ever ate at was run by a guy from Taipei. He figured it was more profitable to hire Japanese cooks than open another Chinese restaurant. Smart guy.
Note: Soda has been shown to actually make you MORE hungry and thirsty.. so.. you end up eating more. Also.. who the fuck goes to a Chinese buffet to watch calories?
The carbonation in soda will fill up your stomach with air. Stick to plain water. Also caffeine (in tea, coffee and most sodas) is an appetite suppressant.
- JAVA - I prefer to drink hot tea and a glass of water with my meals. Soda just doesn't go with Chinese meal. Be care of eating the imitation crab-I got very I'll eating this ( It's the sorbitol in it that make you sick, same stuff in sugar-free gum, etc.). Have no problem with real crab or seafood as long as It's fresh. I like ginger at the end of my meal and fruit-instead of cookies or ice cream-for dessert. Also, don't fill up on the fried stuff and bread. Eat the baked or broiled meats and veggies instead.
hahhaha this makes us sound SO cheap!! (but it's true lol) ps. my mum would make us skip the previous meal to make us extra hungry and yes, would scold us for taking fried rice, forcing us to eat more prawns even if we didn't like it! .. haha.. I learnt from a young age ;)
I go eat 2 fat ass plates of lo mein then a pound of general chicken with white rice about 3 to 4 pounds of shrimp almost 7 pounds of crab legs then at the end I get 2 plates 1 with nothing but fried stuff the other with all of the meats I didn't get.
I got kicked out of one once. Then another made me pay for lunch and dinner because I was there for too long. I really wasnt though, maybe an hour. Ate a shit ton of crab and frog legs so I know thats why they did that
One person isn't going to put a restaurant out of business. And they control how quickly the food comes out. If everyone is eating all the crab legs, they just don't bring any out for 5 minutes, and people eat other things and fill up while they wait.
They explicitly said at the beginning of the video that this was a guide for people that want to get the most value out of their meal. If you want to just fill up on carbs, go right ahead, but you just spent 18 bucks on 8 dollars worth of fried rice and soda.
Reidsome The best "value" is eating a meal that you enjoy. I love broccoli and chicken dishes. I also love Chinese tea. I am not fond of crab legs. Some of the things I like are on the list. Other things are not. I eat what I like, which makes the meal the most value for my visit.
Erin May Diabetics don't seem to understand that diet sodas do exactly the same thing as sodas with sugar because your body treats the fake sweeteners the same as real sugar when they're drank as much or more than regular sodas. It's not good for you and it definitely isn't better than regular soda.
I'm almost certain that all or most of you don't have to poke and stab yourselves with lancets and syringes all day long. Diet soda does nothing to my blood sugar. Diabetics are already deprived of anything that tastes good. I'm not giving up the occasional diet coke as a treat.
Sugar.Starch Fat slows the absorption of sugar into the blood. And potatoes, corn, bread, pasta, rice, all of it might as well be served in a sugar bowl with a skull & crossbones on it because everything delicious is freaking poison for diabetics.
Everytime I plan on going to a chinese beffet I make sure I workout a lot before hand. Not only does this make me able to eat more, but it also helps me digest the food much easier. So I dont get an upset stomach from eating a lot. I am not sure if this works for others, but it works for me. :D thanks for the info btw. I didnt know some of that stuff. The beffet here only serves caffeinated drinks so their customers would eat less, because of the caffeine so I dont drink anything when I go there. However if they serve lemonade then you must get that. Its better than tea because it helps you digest food much better and it stimulates your appetite. So you eat more. Stay away from the caffeine drinks!!! Caffeine is known to make people not want to eat. That is why some buffets only serve drinks with caffeine in it... Its also good to drink a glass of water before you go there. It may make you eat less, but it will help with digesting the food. Well thats all I know...
When I go to a Chinese buffet, I eat what I like, and do not worry about being judged. For me money is not what it's about, its the quality of my dining experience. Oh and did you know most of the so-called Chinese food served here in America is actually a fusion of Southern Asian and French cooking. Early Americans thought that all Asians were Chinese.
I don't understand. What's the point of going to a Chinese buffet, to "eat for fun", when you're supposed to be skipping popular dishes that you enjoy? Maybe fried rice, Shanghai noodles and general Taos chicken aren't the most "tactical" dishes to eat, but they are tasty? Eat for fun... Lol
+Bruce Wayne Actually Chinese don't think those popular dishes are Chinese food. they are american made chinese food. If going to China, no one would eat them. Seafood is more tasty for Chinese people than those "popular dishes" even westerners don't think so.
+Bruce Wayne lol when I go to a chinese buffet, I eat plenty of meat and seafood, sushi etc. before I start with rice or noodles or fried stuff. End up eating six plate or more lol Always laughed at those german people who went to eat salad or fried rice or some stupid appetizers or they built their own three course meal hahahaha. I just shoved in my plates as fast as possible before the 20mins hits me with saturation haha
if you love fried rice and sticky chicken dishes and to you thats fun, no problem. They are advising us to get our moneys worth though. Have fun but get good value also. Eat crab, scallops, beef etc. If you hate those things and prefer general Tsao chicken, fine
+Bruce Wayne Its because if you just wanted those foods, you could have bought them for 10-15 dollars and filled up faster instead of wasting money going to a buffet and filling up on just those foods. At a buffet you get more varieties, its your chance to try a lot of new things that you haven't tried before for one price man! its going to be really boring if you just go and get the same thing that you eat every day and can easily get a store right next door from where you're living.
A Kayfabe Exactly! People these days tend to spend money without calculating and then wonder why they dont have any money left before the end of the month. They dont have that point of view. A good example would be going to a bar. Why would someone pay 5-7 bucks for a damn drink like gintonik? U could buy a whole fking meal with it but instead they spend that money on alcohol lol I would call it "spending without thinking" syndrome xD
True. My wife is full filipina and eats LOTS of white rice. There is always some leftover for her to make fried rice with whatever is in the fridge to add in -- egg, onion, diced beef hot dog (I love my Nathan's), and recently some diced pepperoni we got from the italian deli. Mmmm. goooood flied lice!
My favorite trick with a chinese buffet is, find the one that's in its "Grand Opening". Chinese buffets and restaurants suffer from what I call "Six Month Syndrome". They put all of their money and effort into that first six months that they're open. The food will be the best quality, cooked by people they're paying very well, who are new to that restaurant and haven't developed any problems yet. After six months, the cashflow problems start, because they've been shoveling cash into the place hoping to build a clientele. Now the scrimping starts, and the first things to go are -- those attentive servers who come often to replenish your tea (they get their hours cut back and some get fired), the really good cook they're paying enough to buy a Tesla (if he hasn't already quit because of some real or imagined slight), and the food quality will slide. The oil gets changed less often, the grills cleaned less often or less well, and the grease traps are let slide longer. They don't buy that prime cut of meat, they buy the next grade down. They switch the fried chicken dishes like General Tso's (sorry, I love it so much I make it at home now) from the white meat Americans love to dark meat, because it's cheaper. Frankly, I think the dark meat tastes better. They also cut the meat smaller and put more breading around it. After one year, they have lost so many good cooks, they have their third-string cooks on as the first string. The food is edible and sometimes even good, but it's uneven and sometimes disappointing. Those steam trays aren't getting changed out as often, and some of the food on the line is, for buffet food, very old. You have trouble finding your server because she's probably out back having a cigarette, or sitting in a disused section of the restaurant texting her boyfriend. She doesn't care what you think, and a smile is the furthest thing from her face. At a year and a half, the cashflow has gotten so bad, they can't afford to pay anyone anymore. They may have gotten some health department fines for a dirty kitchen, because that Greek cook can't be bothered to clean up after himself. Yeah, they've gone so far downhill on cooks, they're hiring rejects from the gyros house down the street. He has no clue how to cook Chinese food, but he's winging it from a cookbook. So the place closes "for renovations". Yeah, the renovation is to find a new crew that has money to reopen the restaurant "under new management". This starts the cycle over again. Meanwhile, the people who have been leaving the restaurant all this time are working at the new restaurant six blocks over that's still in month two. Go there now.
To be honest Chinese buffets have extremely thin profit margin if any. All those near me are closed after at most a couple of years. There's just no money to be made unless there are a lot of "dumb" customers or strict dieters.
Mike Hunt yeah. that's how second day food is consumed. the other people are not eating directly out of the serving tray. just using a giant serving spoon. I totally understand your distrust of other human beings and/or consuming one day old food. but I've yet to see anyone shove their bare hand into get some rice or just plop a chair down and start eating at the serving tray. I have eaten meals I've saved for over a week at times from the fridge. I just use my senses, and if it looks and smells good and the first bite taste fine. I'm all over a week old food item from the fridge. let alone one day old food. I don't think it's of the highest standard a restaurant can hold but it does not surprise me a buffet of all food serving establishments would practice saving good food from one day to the next. it's in thier interest to have the freshest items available and if they put something out that doesn't please the customers taste, made fresh or yesterday. that's on them.
jdawn1982 Real as in with food the Chinese would actually eat. FYI it cost more because they are in New York. It would cost MORE than $15 in ANY world class city.
I guess I come from a place where cost of living is a lot less so it's just crazy to think of something that would be $10-12 around here as so much more somewhere else.
jdawn1982 Yeah..the area is everything. In Canada if you went to a $12 buffet it would definitely be in the worst part of town and you would get food poisoning pretty much guaranteed.
There's different types of buffets based on ratings.. One star buffet is a lot different than say a three or four star buffet. Here in Houston there's many different priced chinses buffets. Our Chinatown is huge though so if youre in an area with a low populace of asian Americans than you're less likely to find really good Chinese buffets. We even have Vietnamese buffets here and Korean bbq buffets so I'm just lucky haha
The better ones, with real sushi, larger snowcrab legs, crayfish and clams in shell, are $17 to $21, regardless of location in the U.S. Used been going to the low end buffets.
A better way of putting it would have been that it isn't part of traditional Chinese dishes. Broccoli is from Europe and was introduced through trade. It started to be added later because it was cheap and filling.
There's a great documentary called The Search For General Tso. It's an interesting history of US styled "Chinese" food. Worth the watch if you're into documentaries.
The Chinese are just trying to give us all heart disease so they can take over the country, right? I've seen what they really eat as the buffets are closing down. They wouldn't touch what they serve.
John Boykins the stuff on the buffet is white people food, they usually eat some soup or something. Then again those refilling the buffet were Hispanic and the restaurant was probably owned by Vietnamese people but still.
If everyone followed your advise and ate only the most expensive items on the buffet and everyone got more value than they paid for... how would the owner pay the bills, the employees, or even make any profit. They would be out of business in three months, the employees would be out of jobs and you'd be looking for a new restaurant. We should take care of one another, and not only think of ourselves. In my City, the Buffets all cost around $12, eating a pound of crab legs you say cost $12 per pound would wipe them out!
All these were opinions not facts people do what they want. Children are the only ones to be influenced by TH-camrs who claim to know something I'm not sure what that is though?
Okay fuck head. I'll be sixty, killed by cancer and I'll make sure its known in my will that I want to be burried next to all of the trendy health nuts who were decapitated in car accidents at 28. I hate to break it to you little guy but that paleo diet wont get you out of here alive. See what I'm saying? Let people enjoy life however they want. My grandpa has smoked since he was nine and still drinks at seventy-five. A client at my old job died at 97 and still had his grandson sneak him McDonalds and Jager until the day he died, still very well avle to get around and think for himself. My ex girlfriend did none od those things and had a relatively healthy diet. Guess what? Shes about to die if pancreatic cancer.
***** don't worry. we'll continue to murder animals in mass every second of every day. and kill some more just for fun. we all do strive for healthier diet. but this is a video about buffet. like Mikey said. this is about eating for fun. not a daily lifestyle
Version 1 1. Get little things of everything.. on your first plate. Try it first. 2. Don't overdo it something is not good then you should ignore it. 3. Ignore those egg roll, rice, noodles. 4. go for the seafoods, meats, less carbs mean you can eat more.. 5. drink water or tea instead of soda.. Version 2. 1. Eat whatever you like..
I always try to sit facing the buffet, if it's a large buffet with lots of tables I sit where I can watch for my favorite items. This way I can hit the table right after the steamed dumplings come out, or they just refreshed that tray of seafood. This also lets you get a good idea of whether this is a well maintained buffet (fresh safe food) or if you will be needing to stop for some antacids on the way home, because you see if they pull the old trays or just leave it there with some fresh stuff put on top and you can see how often they are checking the trays and replacing them in general too.
Ours in South Georgia is 14.95 for lunch, and 18.00 for dinner. They stuff the food with MSG's which makes your stomach feel like it's going to pop after just one or 2 plates, which gives you a feeling of being full. 30 minutes later, you pass gas and are starving again. I got really tired of this feeling, and even had a few anxiety attacks from it, so don't eat at buffets any longer.
Stormy Syndrome Thats very pricey for take home gas.😛😛 Im sorry if it upsets you to say that but that part of your comment was funny. I hope your anxiety gets better for you. My daughter suffers from it and it breaks my heart. I truly hope you have a beautiful New Year.😍😃
reusing food is not just a chinese buffet thing . . . if you go out to eat anywhere expect that to happen. it wont kill you and you won't notice most of the time it's just a good way to save money and keep prices low for the restaurant
so true,besides some act like they never had leftovers before lol. i think the main issue would be if someone hacked and coughed the whole time they were there,but how would we know unless we were there right? i used to work food service on a base, and for example,we would have fried chicken,save the leftover,skip a day and next up chicken soup,salad, or dumplings etc.
The very best strategy is to fill up a styrofoam plate with the good stuff like skewered chicken, peanut chicken, mushrooms and so on and take it home. They weigh it and you pay substantially less than if you eat it in the restaurant. At our local eatery I get $10 worth of stuff that's good for 2 to 3 meals. I make my own tea and egg drop soup.
Chasity Allen The Mandarin serves a plethora of vaguely “Chinese” food (Chinese-American style), along with your typical salad bar, seafood bar, sushi bar, and dessert bar. The salad bar alone is the size of an average buffet. They may also feature specials like steak and King Crab legs. When we were there they also had a candy floss station for the kids.
It just depends some buffets r higher end i went to one that was 25 but they include filet mignon hibachi mongolian bbq to order huge sushi selection snow crab etc
That seems to be the price range for DECENT Japanese buffets with decent sushi, such as Minado. The general buffet rules still apply, though I suggest going at night/on weekends because they offer the best variety during those times, and fill your plates with expensive dishes such as sea urchin.
+dLimboStick New Yorkers, I guess. :) Whereas where I live, you don't pay $30 for a single meal unless you're at the fanciest restaurant in town. Most cheap restaurants charge $4-8 for a meal, and regular restaurants charge $8-12 for a good dinner, and a buffet might run as high as $18.
I think that good thing about Chinese buffet is that is it there many different meals options and you can mix for yourself what you like. I got their advice. Anyways I never eaten there rice or noodles and if I did it wa just a trace with comparison to other meals. For me personally beef, chicken and pork meals judt because of protein.
The product has to be changed out more often but it is still super cheap. Your local grocery has over 300% markup on produce and it is still pretty cheap.
To be fair, General Tso (Zuo) was indeed a real person, who died in the late 1800s. He just had nothing at all to do with the chicken dish someone has discourteously attached his name to. Wikipedia says it was based on an authentic Hunan dish, but sweetened for American palates. When the chef who invented it tried to open a restaurant _in_ Hunan province that served it, though, the locals punished him by refusing to patronize his restaurant and it quickly went out of business.
What about just trying everything and enjoying...it's not about stuffing your face with meat. A bit of salad or veg is good for digesting everything. Silly to suggest eating only one thing because it's the most expensive! What are you there for, to enjoy a good meal or try to hoard as much of the expensive stuff as you can?
I go to the Flaming Grill Grand Buffet in Manville NJ: Round 1 - My first stop is to the hibachi where I get 2 plates: 1 loaded with shrimp, chicken and beef - I add garlic and the 2nd plate I load up with vegetables - onions, mushroom, broccoli, green peppers, bean sprouts, eggs. I have them cook these separately and take both plates to my table.... Round 2 - I go to the steamed flounder, baked salmon and crab legs. Round 3 - Fried rice, lo mein, ribs, shrimp, and other stuff, Round 4 - Desert All for 14.99 - dinner
That actually sounds fairly cheap for an authentic Chinese buffet. X'D If you want crap buffets like Hometown or Golden Corral, that's $9-10. Besides, several whole plates of seafood for 20 bucks. Why not, right?
Just eat what you want to eat. Ultimately, you're the one who's forking the bill. The goal isn't to eat your money worth or eat the buffet owner to bankruptcy.
So, no broccoli dishes, no general tsao, no noodles, no rice, no soup, no vegetables (practically all of the reasons I would go to a buffet). I guess that leaves just crab, chicken, egg rolls and dessert? ......so remind me then, what is the sense of even going to a buffet?
The sense is to bankrupt the buffet owner by eating only the most expensive foods (crab legs and seafood etc.) as much as possible so your $20 bill actually pays for $50 worth of food.
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1 - Scout the Buffet (observe before grabbing)
2 - Skip salads (not worth the money)
3 - Focus on seafood and crab legs (most bang for your buck)
4 - Do not get fried rice or lo mein noodles (fills you up too fast)
5 - Don't eat anything with broccoli (It's not real Chinese food)
6 - Avoid General Tso's chicken (terribly unhealthy)
7 - Drink tea not soda
8 - Eat for the fun of it
9 - Put down the egg drop soup (not worth the money)
10 - Don't bother with non-meat dishes
Also, food is sometimes saved from dinner to tomorrow's lunch SO, avoid going to a buffet early in the day to try to avoid yesterday's leftovers.
Wot if u vege or somert tho
If you like fried rice then prime time is lunch time. Food science at its best
none of it is real chinese food tho
Not true, for example the fried rice and noodles
#11 don't let strangers tell you what you like.
YES! Especially so-called Foodie Elites with you tube channels that earn them money when people like us watch their lame vids. LOL
+MickyAvStickyHands THANK YOU! I watch these OTGW and Strictly Dumpling videos for information and tips and to learn about new things I might want to try, and I do try to keep an open mind - but more and more, I feel like I'm being judged and condemned by food snobs. Which leaves me less and less inclined to pay attention to their videos.
+MickyAvStickyHands Exactly. Not everyone is the same. When you go to a buffet, you naturally eat what you like the most, and that's how you get your money's worth. Getting your money's worth by loading up on the most expensive items and enjoying the foods you like the most are two different things.
+MickyAvStickyHands the things they said are objectively true. you can still like and eat things like fried rice and noodles that fill you up, but if you do it at a buffet you're wasting your money, because you could have just bought the fried rice and noodles at a restaurant and ate them and been full for less than the price of the buffet in most cases.
this is a guide on how to get the most out of your money at a buffet, not a guide on what food you like the most at the buffet.
the idea is that you can go to a buffet and eat unlimited crab or even lobster at high end places, that would cost you a ton of money if you had ordered it all at a restaurant. the video has good tips that not everyone knows, and it's not the bible so you don't need to abide by all 10 commandments of the youtube video you just watched.
Yes, what you say is mainly true. However, part of the buffet experience is being able to eat many dishes that you like, not just one. Sure, you can order a plate of noodles for less if you like noodles, but it would be way too expensive to order the 10 other dishes you like as well. At a buffet, you can sample all of your favourite dishes.
"Broccoli takes up unnecessary space in your stomach" isn't that... Great for a vegetable ?
I agree its unecessary!!!😂🤣😅
It's good for your waistline, bad for getting your money's worth of expensive items.
"bbbut im allergic to shellfish"
"doesn't matter you gotta get your moneys worth"
"ugh fine"
(dies)
Lmao 😂
This is me exactly. Though I have seen people literally shove each other out of the way to get at a new drop of crab legs. And then the first person takes the whole batch at once.
#1 your doing it wrong at a chinese buffet:You paid $20.00-$30.00. Good god, I've been to ones that goes all the way down to $9.00-$10.00 and that's the fully loaded dinner, hibachi/sushi set up.
***** lol thats pretty funny
Yeah I know right! Where do you even pay that much for a buffet???? Well maybe at very nice places. The most expensive Chinese Buffet I went to was like $15. But most of the places range from $7-$12!
In tourist towns. I live in Myrtle beach and pretty much every buffet is between 10 all the way up 25 dollars. Be it Chinese American seafood anything lol
Depend if you buy at night or weekend which price increase and depend on your state/country
Serenitie3 Not true. Never heard of Myrtle Beach, but I live in an ultimate tourist destination, Miami, and Chinese buffets can be as cheap as $5. The more expensive ones, say $15-20, are Japanese seafoof buffets.
There is no wrong way to eat a buffet. That and, who is paying 30 dollars a person at an Asian style buffet?
Alex Gregg for real man, the one by me is $9 a person!
Alex Gregg There's a nice Chinese buffet called Mandarin in Canada. It's $26.99 + 13% tax = $30.50. Sooo worth it though.
over here is 6.99 for lunch and 8.99 for dinner
Slade Wilson Jesus. That's like free food!
Chichi Nwaeze well per person and if u want a drink its like 1.69
Tip about the hot tea.
Drinking the hot tea will make sure those oils in your stomach don't harden so they pass through easier.
ok fat man,now were talkin
and dont wear a banadanna if your a white dude, you cant hang
tip about the chinese guys, they respect you more if youre indignant
jon kienlen y
I totally agree with these guys. I used those same strategies and won so many buffet quests.
you guy just ruined so many things for me. from fried rice to diet coke, im scared now to eat at Chinese buffet 0_0
Emely Corniel lol there are good ones
Lol its cool how you guys responded to me
In my experience, any good chef would tell you to never make fried rice with fresh rice unless you run out of leftover rice. Fresh rice has too much moisture to stirfry properly. The dryer leftover rice makes a much better fried rice. Absorb the soy sauce and not get soggy. Think of it like tiny sponges. ;-)
Emely Corniel I am a Chinese I go to eat Chinese food in Chinese restaurant too, rice over night is ok as long as they are not the left over from what people eat on the table, I eat fried rice in Chinese restaurants all the time. Oil can not be changed for a month, if oil being cooked too long, the oil would get burnt and cause a big fire, in a very busy restaurant usually oil have to be changed within 3 days, in a very slow restaurant oil usually being changed within a week, that all depend on how much they cook, I worked in American hotel Holiday Inn before, a lot of time cooking oil being changed in 5-7 days. I am a Chinese I love broccoli, in a Chinese restaurant broccoli is cooked by the Chinese way, very delicious.
Emely Corniel to be fair, it's not just chinese restaurants, it's restaurants in general :(
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I eat till I can't eat anymore and then (and only then) grab a bowl if egg drop to fill the cracks. =P
Favourite (one of my favourite) place(s) to eat is...
"TAO", 40 Great Windmill Street London W1D 7LY.
Sorry folks, it's a vegan place so lots of rice, lots of broccoli.
:)
I didn't eat Chinese food because it makes me have the runs . I went 6 months ago and had only crab legs and I serving of salmon fish and boiled octopus nothing fried or carbs or salads and I didn't get sick .
J.Isabel Melgar Yep, that's because a lot of the stuff in chinese-american restaurants and buffets is fried in old (sometimes REALLY old... like not changed for a week or more) oil that can definitely give you problems... steamed/boiled stuff is really the way to go if you want to be friendly to your digestive system and body.
I have to travel 80 miles away, so...... I don't get to eat it at all!!! Sad :(
$30 for a Chinese Buffet. Must be New York or California.
Vazcular I’m in a part of Cali and they got buffet specials for 6.50 and dinner with crab legs, oysters are only like 11 bucks lol
The clown with Aussie/Zealander accent makes me think they AREN'T talking about the U.S.A. anyway, I live in a VERY popular California tourist spot and the Chinese Buffet is only around $13.00...burger and fries and drink will set you back about $11.00 at a burger joint..so the Buffet is well worth it.
I have eaten in Chinese buffets in Queens for under $10. I don't know where they are eating Chinese for $30.
Yes, here they are! Fml
They said a "nice" buffet
I personally adhere to the "4 plate" strategy. Two plates for meat, one plate for righteous carbs that you HAVE to have and the final plate for dessert.
"its a stomach trick to make you eat less" hahahaha oh my dear little cricket... You have to become one with the buffet. Dont fight it. Eat it. Eat it all. Even the plates.
Hugo Mendes, lmao
Hugo Mendes LOL!!
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I'm still trying to figure out where the hell Chinese buffets costs $20-$30!!
TyGuy189 I'm missing out then lol
In Sweden.
I haven't been to China Town in years but I'm sure there are a lot of them .. (Chicago)
There are quite a few in the nw burbs where it can be $25-35 for the weekend dinners. Which would include sometimes lobster, crab legs, prime rib, and just about any type of shrimp you can think of .... as well as several other types of seafood.
I'll usually crab a small bowl of hot n sour soup , then jump into several plates of the various seafoods .. Maybe a little rice at the end ...
where i live almost all buffets cost $6
tickle my a hole
Where's that at ?
I'm guessin the display n menu for the buffet is somewhat limited them for that amount
These aren't Chinese. These are American. I've lived in China for 25 years and never seen a buffet.
Who fucking cares? Just go, eat what you want, pay for it and leave?? Who strategizes what they're gonna eat, unless you're cheap.
$20-$30 I've NEVER paid that much for a buffet in my life! $10-15 tops!
most I paid was 20
IVE PAID 50. rip korean bbqs
Paul Helms At the Chinese buffet where I am it's $7 for my age ?-13 and $12 for Adults and $10 for Pensioners
I pay about $35 for my family of three (2 adults and a 4 yr old) when we go to the Chinese buffet for dinner (and it's a good one with sushi and hibachi), less if we go at lunch time. Even if we pay the extra $5 per person for the all you can eat crab legs on the weekends it still is under $50.
Merlin Young, those prices are pretty standard for a very good buffet, maybe you never went to one.
what's the point of overstuffing yourself? just get a good meal that you enjoy,
+SEAN L Next to filial piety, not getting your moneys worth at a buffet is a chinese taboo. lol
+SEAN L Exactly! My goal would be to eat an enjoyable meal and sample whatever I can--not to try to cheat the restaurant out of as much money as possible.
for some reason people think overeating is a gain in more than early death
you stuff yourself with lots of food because that's what you pay for, if you want to eat less then you can buy the food for whatever it's worth. Not saying you have to stuff yourself, but why pay for more if your not gonna eat more?
I have no idea if anyone's ever done this before, but if you're ever at a Chinese buffet, and if they have these sugary biscuits, get some of those. then, just take a little bowl or something and fill it with this red sauce. it's sweet and kind of tangy, so it might be sweet and sour sauce ... I don't really remember. it's been awhile since I've been to a Chinese buffet. but anyway, I usually take the biscuits and dip them in it and eat that as a kind of dessert.
this is probably another one of those things that I'm doing wrong, but it tastes soooo good.
I will definitely try that next time! That sounds yumm!
As a chef i can say that it is not only Chinese buffets that reuse leftover food from the day before.
Almost all buffets are using left over food, not all but most.
But there are reasons for it.
First of, if we don't do this we will throw away lots of food which is a shame.
And it is just leftovers, so they should be perfectly fine to eat... that is if the chefs are competent in what they are doing.
Second thing is money, if we can reuse the leftover food from the week instead of throwing it away, we will save quiet a lot of money to, food aint cheap.
If people come in and just eat the crab legs , or prawns then othee food gets neglected.... i agree sometimes you need to be able to reuse stuff due to this.
Frankly if you ask me anyone who loads up on only one item at a buffet misses the point of a buffey all together and also makes ot harder for the restaurant to present a balanced buffey choice.
Food taste better the next day.
Actually...I think it's best to eat whatever you want, despite what other people think. If you like food with broccoli in it, that's cool. If you like rice with noodles, have some rice with noodles. I know some people have a tradition or a way of eating, but we're all different.
I dont think you understand, you can buy as much as you want at stores and fill up faster with those, but then your just eating things that are not chinese. In fact you could get that stuff at hometown buffet and not be judged, then do it. But not in a Chinese restaurant, your be getting judgmental looks. and pluse why come to a Chinese restaurant I mean buffet when I could just go to an American restaurant and get that stuff that are chinese.
+string master *plus
+Bexy Evans I agree with you! There are some flavors that you can't get unless you're at one of those Chinese buffet restaurants!
who cares if they give you judgmental looks...If they do they don't deserve your money. (if you mean the customers, I rarely see any Asians at a "Chinese buffet") then again, who cares what others think! Your there to eat and enjoy yourself, not care what some strangers think about you.
+Chance Jewson I go to buffets when I want to eat a lot of good food and I want to get my money's worth. The first thing I aim for is sushi. Fuck anything that's only veggies (except spring rolls, they're great).
i do what i want
except for the salad thing, I won't get any, don't worry lmao
Alisson Tafur I can eat at least five dishes of fried rice and low mien; also I skipped the salad too 😂 I also hate seafood so why would I eat seafood if I hate it?
Wade Wilson true girl I only eat lo mein, rice and steak and broccoli with spring rolls and many Americanized Chinese food things, I don't like seafood either lol
Alisson Tafur sr
Alisson Tafur lol ok good
Alisson Tafur stfu
What Chinese buffet costs $20-30???
That's the dinner price for "adults," depending on where you live. I guess the pricing system is hit or miss...
Not anywhere in Kansas.I don't think I have ever paid over $12 at Chinese buffet.
They are from NYC prices are pretty high there.
+yaimiana Very true.
Seattle it cost about the much
Hey Mike, sorry to tell you that you're partially wrong about the very last (secret) tip. If you have had very good fried rice, chances are the rice was actually cooked the day before. There are lots of higher end restaurants that actually precook rice and store them in the fridge to be used the next day for their fried rice.
yea true the fried rice is not the best example lol but as someone who's worked in Chinese restaurants, I'm telling you guys, do not eat there early in the day, there are a lot of things picked out from the night before and re-served.
- Mike
My tactics, pick a chinese buffet with actual sushi. Nigiri, rolls, handrolls that all use salmon, tuna, eel and other high quality fish. I won't mention the Buffet I go to in California, but all I do is eat the sushi. I get plate after plate full of sushi till I am wicked stuffed. By the end of the night, I ate well over 60 dollars worth of sushi and only paid 30 bucks. I can also spend the same amount and just go to all you can eat sushi bar, but the tips bring the price up to around 40 bucks. Well worth it in my opinion, cause at the sushi bar I can get all the specialty rolls I want, all the nigiri I want and other various rolls. Do your homework on sushi prices, you will never pay per roll again once you learn the all you can eat sushi restaurants. Location is key. No restaurant tips from me for Orange County, I keep them to myself. These places are jewels, super clean, super friendly staff and excellent food. At the end of the night, you go home stuffed and ate over 100 dollars worth of sushi for 40 bucks. When I go with a friend, just imagine 2 large guys eating till they can't eat no more. We highly believe we were the reason for a restaurant closing in Brea,CA. Can't say for sure. We just know we went there every Wednesday, ate 100's of dollars of sushi for 20 bucks each and by the third or fourth week they closed the restaurant and changed to just a bar. Sad day for us at the time, but we found other jewels. Happy Buffet eating. :)
You are a true buffet warrior
uuummmm sushi is japanes
That makes me think of a place in my city that opened about a year and a half ago. The place I go to has all you can eat sushi freshly made to order. They also have a hot bar with some standard things (some extra neat stuff) but I have learned from a lot of experience there to go for the gold and stick almost with the sushi.
If I go there on a weekday for the lunch buffet, I can get unlimited sushi (and hot bar) for about thirteen bucks. It is heavenly. Glad to know there are other places out there like this :).
Whenever I go to sushi buffets and get like the salmon or eel, the ones that have fish sitting on top of a little thing of rice, I just eat the fish and leave the rice. I can eat lots maor dat way *^*
sushi is Japanese not Chinese
All fried rice is day old rice. It makes the best fried rice because it dries and doesn't stick.
Yeah, pro chefs advise it.
These rules are the golden rules at any buffet.
Avoid the veggies and starches and attack the meat section.
You take all of crab leg and you been here 2 hour so you go now.
specopsbrat 😂
specopsbrat HAAAA LOL!;I DIED, CAME BACK AND LAUGHED AGAIN!
This happened to us a few years ago. My family and I went crazy with the seafood. Didnt touch much else... the people didnt like it.
Oh, well.. i paid to eat what i want and how much i want of it :D
specopsbrat Hahaha. You eat mo vegetables No you can't bring sleeping bag here. You go home.
No. I will eat my body weight in crab legs.
So basically boils down to: drink tea and go for the meat dishes? So I've been doing it right all along! :)
The buffet Zen is strong within you
I hit the sushi HARD as soon as I walk in the door. And Hibachi
I never eat steak in a Chinese restaurant, especially buffet. The meat is tough even if it is raw.
One of the better Japanese restaurants I ever ate at was run by a guy from Taipei. He figured it was more profitable to hire Japanese cooks than open another Chinese restaurant. Smart guy.
LOL, that's a losers bet!!! All that rice stuffs you fast.
Steve Gilbert me too
Steve Gilbert same. sushi first then traditional "chinese" dishes.
i spend money to eat what i want.
i eat what i want.
Seriously, I can't stand when people say we're doing something the "wrong" way...
Note: Soda has been shown to actually make you MORE hungry and thirsty.. so.. you end up eating more. Also.. who the fuck goes to a Chinese buffet to watch calories?
Soda making you more thirsty is bullshit.
The carbonation in soda will fill up your stomach with air. Stick to plain water. Also caffeine (in tea, coffee and most sodas) is an appetite suppressant.
Loya Frostwind well don't u just burp to get it out and usually I can drink a lot of soda but I feel full with water lol
idiots!
- JAVA - I prefer to drink hot tea and a glass of water with my meals. Soda just doesn't go with Chinese meal. Be care of eating the imitation crab-I got very I'll eating this ( It's the sorbitol in it that make you sick, same stuff in sugar-free gum, etc.). Have no problem with real crab or seafood as long as It's fresh. I like ginger at the end of my meal and fruit-instead of cookies or ice cream-for dessert. Also, don't fill up on the fried stuff and bread. Eat the baked or broiled meats and veggies instead.
hahhaha this makes us sound SO cheap!! (but it's true lol) ps. my mum would make us skip the previous meal to make us extra hungry and yes, would scold us for taking fried rice, forcing us to eat more prawns even if we didn't like it! .. haha.. I learnt from a young age ;)
1. Meat
2. Meat
3. Meat
4. Meat
5. Meat
6. Meat
7. Meat
8. Meat
9. Meat
10. Ain't nobody got time for vegetables.
In toronto ,it might be
All meat, no veggies Truckerguy1983 and you'll be constipated for days afterwards.
I go eat 2 fat ass plates of lo mein then a pound of general chicken with white rice about 3 to 4 pounds of shrimp almost 7 pounds of crab legs then at the end I get 2 plates 1 with nothing but fried stuff the other with all of the meats I didn't get.
I'm 6'3 and weigh 285 I've been told to stop getting crab or I will have to pay again.
I got kicked out of one once. Then another made me pay for lunch and dinner because I was there for too long. I really wasnt though, maybe an hour. Ate a shit ton of crab and frog legs so I know thats why they did that
they don't want to see me and you at the same spot I'm telling you lol
Based off your first comment I think we could shut a buffet down no problem lol
Haha seems to be but all you can eat shouldn't be just a saying they should actually mean it
How does one focus on the crab and scallops and not feel like you're putting the restaurant in bankruptcy?
Because if they knew how to manage a business, they would either limit it or increase the price of the buffet.
One person isn't going to put a restaurant out of business. And they control how quickly the food comes out. If everyone is eating all the crab legs, they just don't bring any out for 5 minutes, and people eat other things and fill up while they wait.
You do what my sister does and don't care. She will eat 3-4 plates of nothing but crab legs. And that's after she's filled up on the other foods.
Because the cost of eating there costs more than a pound of expensive seafood.
Erwin Schrödinger maybe she likes crab legs. Everyone here are saying eat what you like.
Yeah , god forbid you just eat what you like and are hungry for
exactly
If you want specific meals, might as well just go to a restaurant.
They explicitly said at the beginning of the video that this was a guide for people that want to get the most value out of their meal. If you want to just fill up on carbs, go right ahead, but you just spent 18 bucks on 8 dollars worth of fried rice and soda.
Reidsome
The best "value" is eating a meal that you enjoy. I love broccoli and chicken dishes. I also love Chinese tea. I am not fond of crab legs. Some of the things I like are on the list. Other things are not. I eat what I like, which makes the meal the most value for my visit.
+Donald Fry Then a Chinese restaurant is the best choice for you instead of a buffet.
i'm not gonna eat something that i don't like just because its expensive, lol
what do you like on a Chinese buffet?
Seafood, sushi and prime rib - that's all you'll ever need at these buffets.
Eh don't really like prime rib love sushi and general tso's or orange chicken
I disagree with everything you say. I go to a buffet and eat what I like. It's my wasted money after all.
What I learned. Just sip some tea and don’t eat anything.
honestly I'm not sure that's enough to stop me from liking general tso's
I like how Ben yells out "Number three!" while holding up one finger.
"but i like broccoli!"
"NO"
Made me laugh harder than i probably should have!
wtf so just eat crab legs and hot tea ?
yes!!
I could easily eat $200+ worth of crab in a sitting, most of the weight is in the shell.
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These guys are stupid. It's a buffet, eat whatever the hell you want.
Beni McAltair
How are they stupid if they eat wat they want?
I thought this was going to be more about etiquette than about how I can be a bigger fat ass than I already am..... still, ty for the tips ÷)
shack it baby don't break it.
Sky lol, me too!!!
I'm diabetic, so I'll take my diet coke and save my carbs for the food.
diet coke is worse for you. diabetics fall for that one all the time. you are safer to drink half of any soft drink than 'diet' drinks
Erin May Diabetics don't seem to understand that diet sodas do exactly the same thing as sodas with sugar because your body treats the fake sweeteners the same as real sugar when they're drank as much or more than regular sodas. It's not good for you and it definitely isn't better than regular soda.
nicole atkins it is all about that title basically if it says diet then it must be for people on a diet.
I'm almost certain that all or most of you don't have to poke and stab yourselves with lancets and syringes all day long. Diet soda does nothing to my blood sugar. Diabetics are already deprived of anything that tastes good. I'm not giving up the occasional diet coke as a treat.
Sugar.Starch Fat slows the absorption of sugar into the blood. And potatoes, corn, bread, pasta, rice, all of it might as well be served in a sugar bowl with a skull & crossbones on it because everything delicious is freaking poison for diabetics.
Everytime I plan on going to a chinese beffet I make sure I workout a lot before hand. Not only does this make me able to eat more, but it also helps me digest the food much easier. So I dont get an upset stomach from eating a lot. I am not sure if this works for others, but it works for me. :D thanks for the info btw. I didnt know some of that stuff. The beffet here only serves caffeinated drinks so their customers would eat less, because of the caffeine so I dont drink anything when I go there. However if they serve lemonade then you must get that. Its better than tea because it helps you digest food much better and it stimulates your appetite. So you eat more. Stay away from the caffeine drinks!!! Caffeine is known to make people not want to eat. That is why some buffets only serve drinks with caffeine in it... Its also good to drink a glass of water before you go there. It may make you eat less, but it will help with digesting the food. Well thats all I know...
good strategies
Thanks.
hey are u related to joe whitaker
No im not donnk, but I am related to satan though.
When I go to a Chinese buffet, I eat what I like, and do not worry about being judged. For me money is not what it's about, its the quality of my dining experience. Oh and did you know most of the so-called Chinese food served here in America is actually a fusion of Southern Asian and French cooking. Early Americans thought that all Asians were Chinese.
I don't understand. What's the point of going to a Chinese buffet, to "eat for fun", when you're supposed to be skipping popular dishes that you enjoy? Maybe fried rice, Shanghai noodles and general Taos chicken aren't the most "tactical" dishes to eat, but they are tasty? Eat for fun... Lol
+Bruce Wayne Actually Chinese don't think those popular dishes are Chinese food. they are american made chinese food. If going to China, no one would eat them. Seafood is more tasty for Chinese people than those "popular dishes" even westerners don't think so.
+Bruce Wayne lol when I go to a chinese buffet, I eat plenty of meat and seafood, sushi etc. before I start with rice or noodles or fried stuff. End up eating six plate or more lol Always laughed at those german people who went to eat salad or fried rice or some stupid appetizers or they built their own three course meal hahahaha. I just shoved in my plates as fast as possible before the 20mins hits me with saturation haha
if you love fried rice and sticky chicken dishes and to you thats fun, no problem. They are advising us to get our moneys worth though. Have fun but get good value also. Eat crab, scallops, beef etc. If you hate those things and prefer general Tsao chicken, fine
+Bruce Wayne Its because if you just wanted those foods, you could have bought them for 10-15 dollars and filled up faster instead of wasting money going to a buffet and filling up on just those foods. At a buffet you get more varieties, its your chance to try a lot of new things that you haven't tried before for one price man! its going to be really boring if you just go and get the same thing that you eat every day and can easily get a store right next door from where you're living.
A Kayfabe Exactly! People these days tend to spend money without calculating and then wonder why they dont have any money left before the end of the month. They dont have that point of view. A good example would be going to a bar. Why would someone pay 5-7 bucks for a damn drink like gintonik? U could buy a whole fking meal with it but instead they spend that money on alcohol lol I would call it "spending without thinking" syndrome xD
but the best fried rice is made from day old white rice.
Its the only way i have ever made it.
True. My wife is full filipina and eats LOTS of white rice. There is always some leftover for her to make fried rice with whatever is in the fridge to add in -- egg, onion, diced beef hot dog (I love my Nathan's), and recently some diced pepperoni we got from the italian deli. Mmmm. goooood flied lice!
you can dry it out on a sheet pan in your oven on the lowest setting checking it and stirring every 15 minutes or so
Lol, great logic here. Eat for fun... but don't eat or drink these things cause you will be judged by people who believe you should "eat for fun."
My favorite trick with a chinese buffet is, find the one that's in its "Grand Opening". Chinese buffets and restaurants suffer from what I call "Six Month Syndrome". They put all of their money and effort into that first six months that they're open. The food will be the best quality, cooked by people they're paying very well, who are new to that restaurant and haven't developed any problems yet.
After six months, the cashflow problems start, because they've been shoveling cash into the place hoping to build a clientele. Now the scrimping starts, and the first things to go are -- those attentive servers who come often to replenish your tea (they get their hours cut back and some get fired), the really good cook they're paying enough to buy a Tesla (if he hasn't already quit because of some real or imagined slight), and the food quality will slide. The oil gets changed less often, the grills cleaned less often or less well, and the grease traps are let slide longer. They don't buy that prime cut of meat, they buy the next grade down. They switch the fried chicken dishes like General Tso's (sorry, I love it so much I make it at home now) from the white meat Americans love to dark meat, because it's cheaper. Frankly, I think the dark meat tastes better. They also cut the meat smaller and put more breading around it.
After one year, they have lost so many good cooks, they have their third-string cooks on as the first string. The food is edible and sometimes even good, but it's uneven and sometimes disappointing. Those steam trays aren't getting changed out as often, and some of the food on the line is, for buffet food, very old. You have trouble finding your server because she's probably out back having a cigarette, or sitting in a disused section of the restaurant texting her boyfriend. She doesn't care what you think, and a smile is the furthest thing from her face.
At a year and a half, the cashflow has gotten so bad, they can't afford to pay anyone anymore. They may have gotten some health department fines for a dirty kitchen, because that Greek cook can't be bothered to clean up after himself. Yeah, they've gone so far downhill on cooks, they're hiring rejects from the gyros house down the street. He has no clue how to cook Chinese food, but he's winging it from a cookbook. So the place closes "for renovations". Yeah, the renovation is to find a new crew that has money to reopen the restaurant "under new management". This starts the cycle over again.
Meanwhile, the people who have been leaving the restaurant all this time are working at the new restaurant six blocks over that's still in month two. Go there now.
$30 for a buffet? Yikes, its only $9 where I live. How about eat what you want.
What if my goal at the buffet is to enjoy what I like eating vs lowering the restaurants profit on purpose?
LOL.
To be honest Chinese buffets have extremely thin profit margin if any. All those near me are closed after at most a couple of years. There's just no money to be made unless there are a lot of "dumb" customers or strict dieters.
Then you’re white
@@kitty4536 I know one around here that's been open like 10, went there when I was a kid and its still open
I don't care if they are leftovers. I am an animal
I actually prefer some foods the second day. it lets the flavors marry in *some* cases. fried rice is one of them. I like second day lo mien too.
fUll 951 even if other people were eating the fried rice the day before and the Chinese placed them back in the buffet?
Mike Hunt yeah. that's how second day food is consumed. the other people are not eating directly out of the serving tray. just using a giant serving spoon.
I totally understand your distrust of other human beings and/or consuming one day old food. but I've yet to see anyone shove their bare hand into get some rice or just plop a chair down and start eating at the serving tray.
I have eaten meals I've saved for over a week at times from the fridge. I just use my senses, and if it looks and smells good and the first bite taste fine. I'm all over a week old food item from the fridge. let alone one day old food.
I don't think it's of the highest standard a restaurant can hold but it does not surprise me a buffet of all food serving establishments would practice saving good food from one day to the next. it's in thier interest to have the freshest items available and if they put something out that doesn't please the customers taste, made fresh or yesterday. that's on them.
Second day pasta is the bomb. Eating it rn
Jeff Iz GAWD LoL, that's mom says about spaghetti!
Who plays $20-30 for a Chinese buffet?
Define "real." I've been to plenty of real Chinese buffets that don't cost more than $10-12.
jdawn1982
Real as in with food the Chinese would actually eat.
FYI it cost more because they are in New York.
It would cost MORE than $15 in ANY world class city.
jdawn1982 I know there are places in NY that are really expensive and really bad
I guess I come from a place where cost of living is a lot less so it's just crazy to think of something that would be $10-12 around here as so much more somewhere else.
jdawn1982 Yeah..the area is everything. In Canada if you went to a $12 buffet it would definitely be in the worst part of town and you would get food poisoning pretty much guaranteed.
30 bucks for a buffet lunch here is 7 bucks like 11 for dinner
also I already knew all these tips. I'm very relived that this is also common practice I though I was just a greedy ass hole
Same prices here to!
There's different types of buffets based on ratings.. One star buffet is a lot different than say a three or four star buffet. Here in Houston there's many different priced chinses buffets. Our Chinatown is huge though so if youre in an area with a low populace of asian Americans than you're less likely to find really good Chinese buffets. We even have Vietnamese buffets here and Korean bbq buffets so I'm just lucky haha
$60.00 for a family of 3 here where I live
Here's a tip. When you go to a buffet eat the things that you like.
Who spends $20-30 at a Chinese buffet? I've never spent more than $13 at a Chinese buffet for dinner including crab legs. Lol
The better ones, with real sushi, larger snowcrab legs, crayfish and clams in shell, are $17 to $21, regardless of location in the U.S.
Used been going to the low end buffets.
Broccoli is not used in real Chinese dishes? oh lord, come to Hong Kong or Southern China, there are many dishes with broccoli. LMAO.
Yep!! You are right, I spent three years in the orient and there was quite a bit of broccoli.
Wing C I like broccoli-and beans-but I will go around getting all day.
A better way of putting it would have been that it isn't part of traditional Chinese dishes. Broccoli is from Europe and was introduced through trade. It started to be added later because it was cheap and filling.
Did you know Broccoli was also the producer of the James Bond movies?
These two guys are idiots and this video is a joke.
Mike's philosophy is exactly like my dad's. Don't eat anything without meat in it. LOL Yes, my dad is also chinese.
There's a great documentary called The Search For General Tso. It's an interesting history of US styled "Chinese" food. Worth the watch if you're into documentaries.
The Chinese are just trying to give us all heart disease so they can take over the country, right? I've seen what they really eat as the buffets are closing down. They wouldn't touch what they serve.
But yet it still proved that it is an original Chinese (Taiwan) dish.
John Boykins the stuff on the buffet is white people food, they usually eat some soup or something.
Then again those refilling the buffet were Hispanic and the restaurant was probably owned by Vietnamese people but still.
Thanks. Always
waning to learn.
Greg Noblin o
If everyone followed your advise and ate only the most expensive items on the buffet and everyone got more value than they paid for... how would the owner pay the bills, the employees, or even make any profit. They would be out of business in three months, the employees would be out of jobs and you'd be looking for a new restaurant. We should take care of one another, and not only think of ourselves. In my City, the Buffets all cost around $12, eating a pound of crab legs you say cost $12 per pound would wipe them out!
+Mason Lady Not my problem.
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What Chinese buffet is 20 to 30 dollars?? I have never been to one that cost more than 8 dollars.
Jennifer F. In NYC or LA
Off the Great Wall Hm... ok. I have only eaten at buffets here in Texas, where I'm from.
My chinese meal that was just right down the street costed 7 dollars and I'm in Queens, NY.
I think these guys are from NY too
Perspectives. XD
Jennifer F. Here in MN, they're usually $10-$12.
Here in Brookyln is about 10 bucks.
General Tso was a real person. He just had nothing to do with the chicken.
John Goff Was going to say the exact same thing, thank you sir.
How could they not have known that and still pass themselves off as knowledgeable?
Wrong sir, he was a chicken, and a magnifecent general until that pecker-face lost his leg at osinakwaetaka, in a onion field
John Goff never heard of it
All these were opinions not facts people do what they want. Children are the only ones to be influenced by TH-camrs who claim to know something I'm not sure what that is though?
Here, Ill shorten this video down to one sentence: Don't eat anything that sounds good to you.
no, the shortened version is :
eat all the protein
Okay fuck head. I'll be sixty, killed by cancer and I'll make sure its known in my will that I want to be burried next to all of the trendy health nuts who were decapitated in car accidents at 28. I hate to break it to you little guy but that paleo diet wont get you out of here alive. See what I'm saying? Let people enjoy life however they want. My grandpa has smoked since he was nine and still drinks at seventy-five. A client at my old job died at 97 and still had his grandson sneak him McDonalds and Jager until the day he died, still very well avle to get around and think for himself. My ex girlfriend did none od those things and had a relatively healthy diet. Guess what? Shes about to die if pancreatic cancer.
Nah nevermind, lets take those precious moments a healthy diet will supposedly give us and use them to troll on TH-cam. Makes sense.
***** don't worry. we'll continue to murder animals in mass every second of every day. and kill some more just for fun. we all do strive for healthier diet. but this is a video about buffet. like Mikey said. this is about eating for fun. not a daily lifestyle
You are the most condescending piece of shit I have ever met
$20-$30 for a buffet? wow, where do you guys eat? I can get a buffet here for $10-$15
20 dollars you get unlimited crab
Really? I'm chinese and I have paid 49 to 50 dollars per person
Yeah it only costs like 10-20 dollars
That's what I was thinking! I usually pay between $6-8 for a Chinese buffet. So in that case I am definitely getting my money's worth.
Version 1
1. Get little things of everything.. on your first plate. Try it first.
2. Don't overdo it something is not good then you should ignore it.
3. Ignore those egg roll, rice, noodles.
4. go for the seafoods, meats, less carbs mean you can eat more..
5. drink water or tea instead of soda..
Version 2.
1. Eat whatever you like..
I always try to sit facing the buffet, if it's a large buffet with lots of tables I sit where I can watch for my favorite items. This way I can hit the table right after the steamed dumplings come out, or they just refreshed that tray of seafood. This also lets you get a good idea of whether this is a well maintained buffet (fresh safe food) or if you will be needing to stop for some antacids on the way home, because you see if they pull the old trays or just leave it there with some fresh stuff put on top and you can see how often they are checking the trays and replacing them in general too.
Where do you eat that it costs $20 to $30? Where I live its AYCE for $9.50.
Donna G I was wondering the same thing. 12.00 at the one I've been to. 9.00 during lunch...
Mercedes Wright IKR
Ours in South Georgia is 14.95 for lunch, and 18.00 for dinner. They stuff the food with MSG's which makes your stomach feel like it's going to pop after just one or 2 plates, which gives you a feeling of being full. 30 minutes later, you pass gas and are starving again. I got really tired of this feeling, and even had a few anxiety attacks from it, so don't eat at buffets any longer.
Stormy Syndrome Thats very pricey for take home gas.😛😛 Im sorry if it upsets you to say that but that part of your comment was funny. I hope your anxiety gets better for you. My daughter suffers from it and it breaks my heart. I truly hope you have a beautiful New Year.😍😃
You definitely have it wrong. MSG makes you want to eat more
So...go to a buffet and not eat my favorite dishes from it. I...don't think so.
U eat at a buffet that costs $20-$30 bucks and half the people their just eat crab legs and shrimp. Geez I have no idea why your buffet costs so much!
The ultimate tip to a chinese buffet... Go for the lunch. Usually $15 and you pretty much have the same menu items there from lunch to dinner anyways.
I know they cook general tsos in dark oil but I eat in anyways😂
dark oil sound like gutter oil
tasty though, all the same
The one and only thing you're doing wrong at a Chinese buffet, is going to a Chinese buffet
Wow I feel pretty good! I knew most of these facts. I don't usually eat the fried rice because I love steamed Jasmine rice!
What Michelin starred Chinese buffets are these guys going to? The one I go to costs $4.99
reusing food is not just a chinese buffet thing . . . if you go out to eat anywhere expect that to happen. it wont kill you and you won't notice most of the time it's just a good way to save money and keep prices low for the restaurant
so true,besides some act like they never had leftovers before lol. i think the main issue would be if someone hacked and coughed the whole time they were there,but how would we know unless we were there right?
i used to work food service on a base, and for example,we would have fried chicken,save the leftover,skip a day and next up chicken soup,salad, or dumplings etc.
okay but the only thing I like is broccoli and beef, noodles, and the fried rice
Right?????
then why go to a buffet? just get take out
the only times i go to buffets are for family or work events so it's not really my say.
Same
Well maybe you shouldn't be heading to any Chinese buffetts
The very best strategy is to fill up a styrofoam plate with the good stuff like skewered chicken, peanut chicken, mushrooms and so on and take it home. They weigh it and you pay substantially less than if you eat it in the restaurant. At our local eatery I get $10 worth of stuff that's good for 2 to 3 meals. I make my own tea and egg drop soup.
You telling me i’ve been pronouncing general tsao wrong my whole life
Jebus where do these guys live where buffet's cost $20-$30?!?!? A local chinese buffet near my work only charges $8 and you can take a plate to go!
The only "Chinese" buffet I know that costs that much is the Mandarin... and most of the food is not even Chinese.
+Sarah DeVries what is at a mandarin buffet? I always wondered
Chasity Allen The Mandarin serves a plethora of vaguely “Chinese” food (Chinese-American style), along with your typical salad bar, seafood bar, sushi bar, and dessert bar. The salad bar alone is the size of an average buffet. They may also feature specials like steak and King Crab legs. When we were there they also had a candy floss station for the kids.
+Andrew DeVries ok. thank you for replying. might have to try one. have a nice night :)
It just depends some buffets r higher end i went to one that was 25 but they include filet mignon hibachi mongolian bbq to order huge sushi selection snow crab etc
More like "The ultimate guide to be cheap AF"
+helloasroma Perfect! But I would add..."The ultimate guide to be cheap AF...and failing at it". Who the fuck pays $30 for a buffet FFS?
That seems to be the price range for DECENT Japanese buffets with decent sushi, such as Minado. The general buffet rules still apply, though I suggest going at night/on weekends because they offer the best variety during those times, and fill your plates with expensive dishes such as sea urchin.
+dLimboStick New Yorkers, I guess. :)
Whereas where I live, you don't pay $30 for a single meal unless you're at the fanciest restaurant in town. Most cheap restaurants charge $4-8 for a meal, and regular restaurants charge $8-12 for a good dinner, and a buffet might run as high as $18.
+Katerine459 Higher minimum wage will surely make those prices a 'remember when' memory.
+helloasroma so....Chinese
I think that good thing about Chinese buffet is that is it there many different meals options and you can mix for yourself what you like. I got their advice. Anyways I never eaten there rice or noodles and if I did it wa just a trace with comparison to other meals. For me personally beef, chicken and pork meals judt because of protein.
but I like broccoli...NO! LMAOOOOOOOO
Salads are more expensive for restaurants to serve because they go off quick.
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The product has to be changed out more often but it is still super cheap. Your local grocery has over 300% markup on produce and it is still pretty cheap.
To be fair, General Tso (Zuo) was indeed a real person, who died in the late 1800s. He just had nothing at all to do with the chicken dish someone has discourteously attached his name to.
Wikipedia says it was based on an authentic Hunan dish, but sweetened for American palates. When the chef who invented it tried to open a restaurant _in_ Hunan province that served it, though, the locals punished him by refusing to patronize his restaurant and it quickly went out of business.
+Lytrigian Some joints just spice up sesame chicken and call it "General Tso's Chicken".
What about just trying everything and enjoying...it's not about stuffing your face with meat. A bit of salad or veg is good for digesting everything. Silly to suggest eating only one thing because it's the most expensive! What are you there for, to enjoy a good meal or try to hoard as much of the expensive stuff as you can?
Sherri H
I whole heartedly agree!!!
I go to the Flaming Grill Grand Buffet in Manville NJ:
Round 1 - My first stop is to the hibachi where I get 2 plates: 1 loaded with shrimp, chicken and beef - I add garlic and the 2nd plate I load up with vegetables - onions, mushroom, broccoli, green peppers, bean sprouts, eggs.
I have them cook these separately and take both plates to my table....
Round 2 - I go to the steamed flounder, baked salmon and crab legs.
Round 3 - Fried rice, lo mein, ribs, shrimp, and other stuff,
Round 4 - Desert
All for 14.99 - dinner
I love Chinese Buffets, however, as a vegetarian I never get my money's worth.
jcotter1888 nope
That's why I find Chinese buffets with sushi! There, you definitely get money's worth.
$20-30 for a Chinese buffet???? Where in the world are these so expensive?
denmark and nordic countrys
at my local area there are 2 places where both are above 180kr equivilant to around 27$
Right? I pay $12 TOPS for a dinner buffet. Sometimes $10.
That actually sounds fairly cheap for an authentic Chinese buffet. X'D If you want crap buffets like Hometown or Golden Corral, that's $9-10. Besides, several whole plates of seafood for 20 bucks. Why not, right?
TheRacerRich they're in NYC if you didn't know that..
Just eat what you want to eat. Ultimately, you're the one who's forking the bill. The goal isn't to eat your money worth or eat the buffet owner to bankruptcy.
How about going for what you like to eat?
THANK YOUUU like geez what CAN we eat?
How to be weak at a Chinese Buffet*
I eat 13 servings of everything at a Chinese Buffet, so I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right.
Give this man a medal.
Dang bro y'all took away everything I eat
So, no broccoli dishes, no general tsao, no noodles, no rice, no soup, no vegetables (practically all of the reasons I would go to a buffet). I guess that leaves just crab, chicken, egg rolls and dessert?
......so remind me then, what is the sense of even going to a buffet?
The sense is to bankrupt the buffet owner by eating only the most expensive foods (crab legs and seafood etc.) as much as possible so your $20 bill actually pays for $50 worth of food.
I’m guilty of eating all of the things you tell us not to eat, but it’s soooooo gooooood!
How many channels does Mike appear on? Holy cow, he's everywhere.