I have noticed that buffets are more popular in certain regions of the country. In the south for example, buffets run rampant. In ny where I live now people turn their nose up at a buffet. I don't mind a buffet if I see it is well run and organized and attended by staff. Preferably a buffet should have several attendants that serve you.
Down south there was a huge seafood buffet restaurant we would go to with my family. My father had a special plan of attack for the buffet. The way he saw it the line forms at the front end of the buffet - here you will find all kinds of salads, cold macaroni and potato salads, crackers, soups, and breads. Moving on you begin to see fried seafood stuff like fried clams, shrimp, fish, hush puppies, and other filling things. Then on to non-seafood items like baked chicken, rice, pasta, meatloafs, etc. Eventually all the way in the back you start finding the good stuff... oysters, mussels, clams, crab legs, lobster, crafish, grilled fish, etc. So his plan was to start at the back of the buffet and work his way to the front, bypassing all the stuff they try to fill you with so you won't have enough room in your tummy for the expensive things.
Down south there was a huge seafood buffet restaurant we would go to with my family. My father had a special plan of attack for the buffet. The way he saw it the line forms at the front end of the buffet - here you will find all kinds of salads, cold macaroni and potato salads, crackers, soups, and breads. Moving on you begin to see fried seafood stuff like fried clams, shrimp, fish, hush puppies, and other filling things. Then on to non-seafood items like baked chicken, rice, pasta, meatloafs, etc. Eventually all the way in the back you start finding the good stuff... oysters, mussels, clams, crab legs, lobster, crafish, grilled fish, etc. So his plan was to start at the back of the buffet and work his way to the front, bypassing all the stuff they try to fill you with so you won't have enough room in your tummy for the expensive things.
