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4687671 No.4687671 [Reply] [Original]

What's a good way to eat at a chinese buffet

I always end up bored with the food in front of me.

>> No.4687681

I see your problem. Put the food in your mouth, chew, and swallow. Staring at it in front of you is going to get quite boring.

>> No.4687686

no starches, rice and noodles are a big no
meats are what you focus on
cleanse your palate with variety between plates, hot, cold, savory, sweet, don't be afraid to have some icecream or a fruit plate mid way through your meal so help you recover from all the salty food.

get your moneys worth and don't fall into the sushi trap either, they try to trip you up by making you think you are getting a good deal on sushi but its just a trick to get you to eat rice and fill you up

>> No.4687699

I camp the spawn point for crab legs

10 plates of crab legs, I don't even give a fuck

Bowl of butter on the side, chink

>> No.4687708

dude that red meat on a stick is the best thing chinese buffets serve.

>> No.4687722

>>4687699
This, my good sir, would be a sight I would enjoy witnessing.

>> No.4687762

>>4687722
There's not much to it, really, I've done it dozens of times

Go to restaurant, get a plate, fill it with nothing but crab legs, grab a bowl of butter, go sit down and eat

Repeat process until all the crab legs are gone (won't take long, it's normally a popular item)

Stand near the area with an empty plate, waiting until the little angry Chinese woman comes out and dishes out the crab legs

Refill plate, repeat process, laugh as other fatties too lazy to stand glare as you get the prized crab legs

>> No.4687772

>>4687699
>"Camp the spawn point"
I like the cut of your jib.

>> No.4688277
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>>4687686
some solid advice, man

thanks

>> No.4688306

>>4687762
As much as I'd like to do this, I am a pussy ass little bitch and can't handle being glared at by everyone for taking all the legs

>> No.4688320

>>4688306
because they're an expensive item even for imitations.

You need to work on your self esteem issues, it's good to be considerate but if you care too much about what people think of you. Then that's no good

>> No.4688330

You go, get the items you want, and leave when you are satisfied.

>> No.4688334

i camp at the crab rangoon spawn point.

people complain, but then i say i-i-i'm just w-w-aiting for my friend in the bathroom over t-t-there

works everytime

>> No.4688337

Do as I do at any buffet, it's been some time! As you are eating, try to create an amazing "looking" dessert item from anything you can, Soups, meats, rice...anything. Just make sure it looks awesome, but will taste awful! Then, place it in the dessert section, and see if anyone takes it. Tons of fun. Make it a game and do it with friends, the creator of the first dessert eaten wins. Works best with small plated desserts, but you can make your own version of the game.

>> No.4688342

>>4688337
wow, wow,....fucking wow
i am going to do that lol
those fat fucks

>> No.4688345

>>4687671
Starve yourself for 3 days before it, just drinking water. Load up a plate, inhale. Repeat.

>> No.4688349

>tfw I went to a pizza buffet by myself one time
>ate a slice
>got ashamed with myself for being such a fat cunt
>left

Cost me $15 for one slice of pizza ;_;

>> No.4688351

>>4688349
you're gonna be ok

>> No.4688354

>>4688349
what kind of pizza was it

>> No.4688356

>>4688354
Margherita. The best kind.

>> No.4688357

>>4687762
This is solid advice in and of itself, but doesnt protein and fat provide more satiety? Seems like eating starches would fill you up faster but if you're a fatass you could over eat. Much more difficult to overeat meat.

>> No.4688360

>>4688349
did you go to Cici's?

>> No.4688365

>>4688360
No.

>> No.4688367

>>4688356
well you did good there, you shouldve at least taken two slices and mutilated the second one on yourplate to make it look like you had an appetite

>> No.4688369

>>4688367
Why would I do that? I didn't give a shit what they thought of me.

>> No.4688375

>>4688369
you got ashamed for being a fat cunt? or was this all inner turmoil, i mightve just interpreted it wrong.

>> No.4688386

>>4688357
What you say is true, but that's why you moderate your portions so you can enjoy different varieties of meat. Remember, you must eat of EVERY meat. Except the oysters and clams. I just don't trust Asian buffets when it comes to those.

>> No.4688389

you know you should go to a buffet to enjoy the many typles of food they have not to try overeat just so you can feel like you beat the buffet out of money. Really all you are doing by overeating is making yourself fatter so you actually loose out in this way. What you should be doing is looking at getting the maximum amount of enjoymnet out of the food for the money. What i have found is it is important to go to a buffet hungry. What i then do is on my first plate i select an item from each of the bins if i can including noodles and sushi. I then find the ones i like the best and fill the subsequent plates with them. That is how you get the Most enjoyment out of the buffet.

>> No.4688391

>>4688360

>$15
>One Cicis buffet

Pick one

>> No.4688406

>>4688375
I was ashamed because I knew I shouldn't be doing it, I was fat and only getting fatter.

I'm at my heaviest right now though, 319lbs

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>>4687671
Fucker that layout, floor, and entry way look very familiar. Are you by any chance at or near Adrian, MI?

>> No.4688410

>>4688407
It's most probably a google image

>> No.4688418

>>4688410
That would be some eerie shit. Literally everything in that picture is exactly the same if I went to the buffet in town. Right down to the soup. Even the sauce bowl in the pan above the nuggets is the same.

>> No.4688427

Where's the pic of the navy guy on the boat
and it's talking about how the guy fucking destroys?

>> No.4688528

>>4687671
bored...

food is for eating faggot. not to be admired by being looked at.

>> No.4688552

>>4688407
chinese lestaulant arr rook same

>> No.4690520

scrape your left overs back into the dishes you got them from.. waste not, want not,

>> No.4690574

>>4688389

Hey fellas, he's back

>> No.4690688

man i am chinese and i have never seen this stuff before. buffets i have been to in hong kong serve western style food

i think this exists only in america, is this a popular thing?

>> No.4690701

>I always end up bored with the food in front of me.

Well stop eating at the damn place then

>> No.4690703

>>4690688
its popular in europe, too

>> No.4690709

>>4690688
Its very common in the US. It shouldn't surprise you really, chinese food in america is of a whole different genre than chinese chinese food.

>> No.4690713

>>4690688
Westernized asian food is the kind of asian food we normally eat.

Does China have American Buffets full of dishes that originated in China?

>> No.4690726

>>4690713
nah the one i went to it was pretty much what i had experienced at a vegas buffet, but I guess you could get stuff like soba and dumplings.

I ate some beetroot and my relatives were perplexed.

american chinese cooking is meant to have some really good dishes tho, right? australian chinese is pretty much just homogenized cantonese cooking.

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>>4690726
My personal favorites for american chinese food would be

Crab rangoon, deep fried pastries filled with crab cream cheese

General Tso's Chicken, chicken deep fried and covered with a spicy, sweet sauce

Hot and sour soup, tons of shit, I don't know exactly what all is in it but it's good.

Main course dishes typically have meat with really terrible texture (in my opinion), so I stay away from those.

>> No.4690751

Try stuff you might otherwise glance over.

The food may or may not be to your liking, but at least it's not a bland experience. Trying new things is always good.

>> No.4690763

>>4690744
yeah i am reading the wikipedia page for american chinese and my mind is getting blown. i can totally see the appeal but

i always see people in here claiming that american chinese is better than actual chinese

nahhhhhh

>> No.4690766

>>4690763
depends. Actual chinese can range greatly from just terrible terrible things to really good things. I mean cantonese food is just shit. But that doesn't mean all chinese food is bad.

>> No.4690770

Same storz as this anon but Im going to a cruise on a buffet. Same tips as for this anon?

>> No.4690771

>>4690763
I don't imagine actual Chinese food utilizes frying as much as American does?

>> No.4690780

>>4690770
Well fuck me with my bad grammar. Shit Im too tired for this.

>> No.4690782

Just get a plate of chicken nuggets, fries, and macaroni

>> No.4690783

>>4690766
what don't you like about cantonese food? you don't fuck with yum cha??? D:

>> No.4690785

>>4690783
gimme sum dim sum nigga

>> No.4690790

>>4690771
not as much deep frying. chinese people assume that westerners love deep fried food that is overseasoned.

>> No.4690796

>>4690785
dude sometimes i think about how hard dim sum stunts on western breakfast that my heart swells up with a strange racial pride and i shed a tear

like do you want to eat eggs on toast or eat twelve types of delicious and meticulously prepared BURNERS

>> No.4690800

chink here, I fucking love the imitation crab baked with cheese. Don't know why but i love it. I only get one serving though, with each additional bite i feel like im going to throw up. other than that I like getting the crab rangoons, general tsao, fish, whatever looks good. as long as I get two plates of food i dont mind paying 10-12 bucks.

Also, I only take broccoli from the chicken or beef with broccoli areas.

>> No.4690802

as much as you can

>> No.4690804

>>4687699
>I camp the spawn point for crab legs
10/10

>> No.4691020

>>4687686
I once ate 8 plates of sushi, the people at the buffet were astounded I could eat that much rice haha (I'm talking like dinner plate sized portions too, like 8-9 pieces of sushi a plate) I think I got my monies worth!

>> No.4691025

>>4690790
Sounds about right except for the deep frying. I love heavily seasoned food or food with a very flavorful sauce, I can eat bland stuff such as tofu, I just prefer to have a lot of flavor

>> No.4691029

>I camp the spawn point for crab legs

made my night

>> No.4691046

the local one I know of, avoid the buffet and order beef and brocoli, or orange chicken. they are so nice, but I avoid a buffet n any place. even the salad bars and not hyper sensitive but a good way to get sick , quick.. I am Kinda like Red, from that '70s show. if I wanted to make my own salad I would make it at home.. nose picking little brats, whosccratch their ass and pick thieir t nose. or blue hired garinnies on walkers or fat asses zeloous guarding the latest pile of fried shrimp. no thanksu. I'd rather just order and very good. I am not familiar with nuances or inflections, but some good food. but order. not the bar . unless you like a place place like Ryan's or ?China cafeteria. 12 14 bucks, plus tax, eat all you can, move along. the local place is very good. but not the bar really good americanized food, and side dishes. but not the bar. lowest common denominator. and not being a smart ass . the huge bar thing, you could do with out. they do that, but you might as well go to a local store and buy egg rolls. thee people I now are nice. but leave the "bar " off. for any cuisine. or food.

>> No.4691098

>At chinese buffet
>Notice they mislabeled the crab as "Fried Crap"
>raugh
>Spend next day vomiting shitting and pissing

>> No.4691323

>Go to chinese buffet with family
>They eat only one plate
>I eat like 4-5 to make sure I get my monies worth
Good thing I lift or I'd become a fucking balloon.

>> No.4691340

I tend to just make a plate of beef with broccoli and lo mein with a small portion of steamed rice. I'm boring, I suppose.