Opinion Buffets vs restaurants

[Blue_boost]

Anyone got any McDonald’s food handling stories? Some of those 15 yr olds would love to soil the broth

 

[Memberberries]

Once you enter a casino they will find any way to empty your wallet fast.

casinos in Australia are a joke and have no right to be called casinos.
The star are in big trouble.
No one wants to be CEO of that place! Lol

 

[Memberberries]

Btw the polls are getting closer.
Had at least 3 people of Pacific Islander heritage vote on this poll now!

 

[HD and Ink]

I've heard some rotten stuff from mates of one of my kids that have worked at KFC. If I ever go to Maccas I'll get a cheese burger with tomato and lettuce or a 1/4 pounder with the same. No guarantees but mostly their pretty hot not lukewarm.

Btw this shop in Leichhardt

Great Meats Co | your local meat trader

Great Meats Co is a local specialty butcher and wholesale meat trader sourcing quality produce from all over Australia and supplying via online and a retail shop in Sydney's Leichhardt. Run by chefs and restaurateurs and operated by top butchers.

greatmeatsco.com.au

They sell 4 patties, cheese and I think potato buns for $24. Add lettuce, tommy, beetroot and you get a damn fine burger

 

[Blue_boost]

Btw the polls are getting closer.
Had at least 3 people of Pacific Islander heritage vote on this poll now!

the buffets are coming home in the poll. A big bucket of food wins many over

 

[Memberberries]

the buffets are coming home in the poll. A big bucket of food wins many over

I prefer quality over quantity.

plus restaurant dining will greatly reduce the chance of having your ass run like a tap for the next 36 hours!

 

[Memberberries]

I've heard some rotten stuff from mates of one of my kids that have worked at KFC. If I ever go to Maccas I'll get a cheese burger with tomato and lettuce or a 1/4 pounder with the same. No guarantees but mostly their pretty hot not lukewarm.

Btw this shop in Leichhardt

Great Meats Co | your local meat trader

Great Meats Co is a local specialty butcher and wholesale meat trader sourcing quality produce from all over Australia and supplying via online and a retail shop in Sydney's Leichhardt. Run by chefs and restaurateurs and operated by top butchers.

greatmeatsco.com.au

They sell 4 patties, cheese and I think potato buns for $24. Add lettuce, tommy, beetroot and you get a damn fine burger

I went to KFC at milperra road last week.
well I went shopping at Aldi but the wind was blowing in a northwesterly direction.
The smell of KFC was going right through me so I had to roll the dice.

not a big fan of franchise food anymore.
Franchise food is for people of greater western Sydney!

 

[Bazildog]

I have been lucky enough to go to more than I can remember great restaurants here and over seas over the years.

BUT… fuck me I love a good buffet..

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Restaurants are always better. But I love a good breakfast buffet. Had one in Fiji that was in a room half the size of a football field, and the entire outer edges of the room were filled with different foods. Hundreds of different breakfast dishes from different countries.

America also do great breakfast buffets. Especially in Vegas. Australians just don't know how to do a good buffet.

 

[Memberberries]

Restaurants are always better. But I love a good breakfast buffet. Had one in Fiji that was in a room half the size of a football field, and the entire outer edges of the room were filled with different foods. Hundreds of different breakfast dishes from different countries.

America also do great breakfast buffets. Especially in Vegas. Australians just don't know how to do a good buffet.

yeah I’ve heard overseas have awesome buffets.
I’ll check a few out when I head over there.
Can you recommend your favourite places in Vegas?
I’m definitely hitting up Vegas when I go.
@Blue_boost I member you have been to Vegas too. Give us your 2 cents.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

I've heard some rotten stuff from mates of one of my kids that have worked at KFC.

I have worked as a chef in many different restaurants, pubs, clubs, etc. My best recommendation is... Don't eat out. Cook your own food. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[Nano]

Used to love buffets, Seven Hills RSL was my favourite. Turned to shit like every other buffet in Sydney.

The amount of times I have vomited after smashing that buffet with the boys on my membership card lmao

 

[Memberberries]

I’m no expert in the kitchen but when you see chefs never smiling and looking like they hate everything and the place has a high staff turnover, then you want to avoid eating there.

you also want to avoid eating at places which pay their chefs cash in hand and have high staff turn overs.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

yeah I’ve heard overseas have awesome buffets.
I’ll check a few out when I head over there.
Can you recommend your favourite places in Vegas?
I’m definitely hitting up Vegas when I go.
@Blue_boost I member you have been to Vegas too. Give us your 2 cents.

Honestly, it's hard to go wrong anywhere in Vegas. Most love Wynn Buffet, but I personally think it's a bit too high class.

The best one I've had in Vegas was probably when we stayed at the Westgate. It was just a great mix of fatty goodness. Had everything from cereal, to bacon and eggs, to fried chicken and waffles. And when you arrive for breakfast at 7am, they ask you if you want champaign or beer with your breakfast. Found that part a bit odd.

On a separate note, Westgate was an interesting place to stay. We have friends in Vegas and usually stay at their place. But we stayed at Westgate one time 'cause it was really cheap. Turns out the reason it's cheap is because they use the hotel to sell time shares. The moment you arrive they ask you to attend a free seminar with a free meal. The moment they said that to me, I said, "no thanks, I'm going to go get drunk"

Researched it and found out about it. Then I decided to piss off the staff there everytime they tried to scam someone into joining their time-share seminars. It got to the point that every staff member knew me by name, and stopped trying to scam people when I walked by 'cause they knew I would tell those people that it was a scam.

Scam stuff aside. Great hotel. Close to the strip, massive swimming pool area, massive sports bar with 100s of screens playing different sports. And cheap because they think they can scam you.

I miss Vegas. I need to go back soon.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

I’m no expert in the kitchen but when you see chefs never smiling and looking like they hate everything and the place has a high staff turnover, then you want to avoid eating there.

you also want to avoid eating at places which pay their chefs cash in hand and have high staff turn overs.

Chefs never smiling is natural. I have worked many different jobs, including some military service. Working as a chef is probably the most stressful and anger inducing thing I've ever done.

But definitely agree on the turnover and cash in hand. If you work in a place with high turnover, staff are leaving because they don't want to be tired up with something illegal, or they don't want to ruin their reputation cooking crap food.

Cash in hand is worse. If a restaurant owner pays cash in hand, I guarantee you that they also do some really dodgy things. Like cutting the green parts off an old rotten piece of steak, or battering and deep frying pork and selling it as beef.

 

[Memberberries]

Honestly, it's hard to go wrong anywhere in Vegas. Most love Wynn Buffet, but I personally think it's a bit too high class.

The best one I've had in Vegas was probably when we stayed at the Westgate. It was just a great mix of fatty goodness. Had everything from cereal, to bacon and eggs, to fried chicken and waffles. And when you arrive for breakfast at 7am, they ask you if you want champaign or beer with your breakfast. Found that part a bit odd.

On a separate note, Westgate was an interesting place to stay. We have friends in Vegas and usually stay at their place. But we stayed at Westgate one time 'cause it was really cheap. Turns out the reason it's cheap is because they use the hotel to sell time shares. The moment you arrive they ask you to attend a free seminar with a free meal. The moment they said that to me, I said, "no thanks, I'm going to go get drunk"

Researched it and found out about it. Then I decided to piss off the staff there everytime they tried to scam someone into joining their time-share seminars. It got to the point that every staff member knew me by name, and stopped trying to scam people when I walked by 'cause they knew I would tell those people that it was a scam.

Scam stuff aside. Great hotel. Close to the strip, massive swimming pool area, massive sports bar with 100s of screens playing different sports. And cheap because they think they can scam you.

I miss Vegas. I need to go back soon.

lol thanks for the info.
Sounds like I’d fun at Westgate?
I’d probably attend the seminar for shits and giggles because I don’t drink anymore?
You should gee them up and pretend to be interested in their scam?

that’s what I would try to do anyway.
Nothing worse than someone trying to sell you something that doesn’t interest you.
But if people are going to take you for a fool and waste your time then the least they can do is put on a free buffet? Lol

 

[Memberberries]

Chefs never smiling is natural. I have worked many different jobs, including some military service. Working as a chef is probably the most stressful and anger inducing thing I've ever done.

But definitely agree on the turnover and cash in hand. If you work in a place with high turnover, staff are leaving because they don't want to be tired up with something illegal, or they don't want to ruin their reputation cooking crap food.

Cash in hand is worse. If a restaurant owner pays cash in hand, I guarantee you that they also do some really dodgy things. Like cutting the green parts off an old rotten piece of steak, or battering and deep frying pork and selling it as beef.

very true everything you have said.
But, if you cannot at least get a restaurant staff member to crack a smile once in a while then that’s very worrying.
The only time a restaurant worker can get away with always being unhappy while serving good food, is if they are full blooded Italian! Lol

 

[Hacky McAxe]

lol thanks for the info.
Sounds like I’d fun at Westgate?
I’d probably attend the seminar for shits and giggles because I don’t drink anymore?
You should gee them up and pretend to be interested in their scam?

that’s what I would try to do anyway.
Nothing worse than someone trying to sell you something that doesn’t interest you.
But if people are going to take you for a fool and waste your time then the least they can do is put on a free buffet? Lol

When we were on the strip we ran into a popup for the Westgate. They were trying to convince people to go to their hotel and do their free seminar. The moment we saw them, the Mrs looked at me and said, "fine. You can shit stir them. But you only have 5 minutes"

I sat there with this guy convincing him I was really getting suckered in to the scam. Eventually his manager returned from her break, immediately recognised me and said, "no. Not him"

 

[Memberberries]

When we were on the strip we ran into a popup for the Westgate. They were trying to convince people to go to their hotel and do their free seminar. The moment we saw them, the Mrs looked at me and said, "fine. You can shit stir them. But you only have 5 minutes"

I sat there with this guy convincing him I was really getting suckered in to the scam. Eventually his manager returned from her break, immediately recognised me and said, "no. Not him"

You need to write a book about your Vegas holidays and turn it into a Netflix series!

I'd watch TV again if there was a show about this! Haha

 

[The DoggFather]

I miss the cheese toast from Sizzler....