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Completely unrelated, but this guy does reviews of Chinese buffets and he is hilarious. He is on like day 80 something, and he is doing it until he gets food poisoning.
https://youtube.com/@mulletreview69
Edit: Changed the link to his page, because I accidentally somehow posted an ad.
TBF, with the volume he’s going for, it might got get enough time in his system to poison him :)
There was one like 3 or so videos ago that I was sure would end the series, between the warm sushi, curdled Mac and cheese, and mystery meat. But nope, I think he has built an immunity.
My mother was like that, ate gum off the sidewalk as a kid. Had an iron stomach as an adult. We would all be sick as dogs from bad food and she would not only be fine but eat the left overs the next day.
I think you posted the wrong video.
Thanks lol. Lemme try again, idk how I posted the ad.
Where’d that dude’s neck go?
He’s a human thumb
What is his charge? Enjoying a succulent Chinese meal?
succulent Chinese meal?
Democracy Manifest!
Ah, I see you know your judo!
Get your hand off my penis!
My succulent Chinese penis!
This feels penny wise dollar stupid, by the restaurant.
If I go into an all-you-can-eat restaurant, and a person like this guy isn’t there being treated like royalty for being a regular, I know the food, and the vibe, will suck, and I’m not coming back.
The whole thing reeks of bad management, by an owner or manager who has no idea what line of business they’re in.
It’s amazing how many businesses are operated like that. There was an old school arcade near me and it closed down a few years ago because it wasn’t making money, but that was largely their fault, it didn’t advertise itself properly, didn’t sell food or drinks (apparently to protect the machines, which I get, but also at the same time it’s also incredibly dumb) and was only open normal business hours rather than after schools and on weekends.
It got to the point where I was starting to look at taking out a loan from the banks so I could buy the idiot out, because the basic idea was actually great. Then covid happened and that was the end of that.
didn’t sell food or drinks
Wait, they tried to run on just the cost of the machines?!
Wow is there a word for being business blind? That is like not selling smokes or scratch tickets at a gas station.
My best friend was asked to leave Ci Ci Pizza because "he had enough " when pointed out the All You Can Eat sign the franchise owner got angry. These fuckers don’t actually believe in all you can eat they just don’t realize how mucb average American eats.
Also the guy was also a foreigner so kinda makes sense. I mean do they have all you can eat buffet anywhere else but America?
There is this cafe in my vicinity in Norway that does that. It was situated on the main highway going south from Oslo, but ended up a bit out of the way when the new modern multi lane road was built. They do decent food, nothing exceptional. Two or three main courses with associated sauces, selection of deserts, selection of steamed vegetables. You have to drive to get there and it seems well visited three few times I have been there tbr last five years.
They do have a good reputation for catering. Think that’s what keeps them “real” proftlitable.
I mean do they have all you can eat buffet anywhere else but America?
HA!
Wait are you serious? YES people all over the world love all you can eat, much like people tend to like eating.
In Estonia we call it “rootsi laud” or “Swedish table”. You can just keep on going to refill your plate with anything you want. On average people pay for more than they eat so the few outliers like me stuffing tons of salmon on my plate don’t make the place bankrupt.
I think hotel breakfasts do this in most of the world, but here we also have it on ships, where the food is actually good
So no, it isn’t unique to the US.
I mean do they have all you can eat buffet anywhere else but America?
They most certainly do have places that offer unlimited amounts of food for a fixed price, but not necessarily in the form of a Chinese buffet and often using a different name for it, in for example Belgium it would usually be called à volonté while in for example Switzerland it would usually be called à discrétion.
It’s a fairly common thing in France, especially for asian theme restaurants in my experience.
Pizza Hut in the UK has all you can eat. That’s the only place I’ve ever seen it done though, unless you count free drink refills at IKEA.
They used to have an all you can eat lunch buffet at the ones in the US too.
Sounds more like a lard ass that eats 20 times the amount that he has to just because he can.
“All you can eat” is a binding contract.
It is very much an implied contract. One of the most basic types, where you sell a thing and the thing must be what you said you where selling. For example if I sell you a fridge, it has to keep food cold.
Recently shopped for a new refrigerator, and YOU WOULD FUCKING THINK THEY WOULD KEEP FOOD COLD, WOULDN’T YOU?!?!
Ha! Yeah new stuff is getting really bad. My local waste transfer site has an issue with way way too many dead new fridges to the point the guy who removes the freon in the area (it was like a part time thing) had to go on stress leave after doing 75 hour weeks.
I’m torn between agreeing he abused the “all you can eat” concept, and the fact that people who eat less than average aren’t given a discount. Overall I think this guy is an outlier and should be factored into the business plan.
They have restaurants where people who eat less are charged less and those who eat more are charged more. It’s called a la carte.
There are also buffets where you can be charged based on how much you eat , they’re called “buffet by weight” or by the plate.
If you don’t want people to eat all they can eat, don’t open an all you can eat restaurant.
Generally guys like this are factored into the business plan, but sometimes people try to outsmart (or in this case outeat) the restaurant.
I remember reading once that crab legs were often a loss leader food. The restaurant offered crab legs to pull people in despite being too expensive for the buffet. Most people ate a few and then filled up on cheaper foods. Some people however would just eat crab legs.
I remember another example of this where a customer stayed from lunch until dinner. Not only did lunch cost less, but now that’s two meals. The fix there was a three hour table limit. Basically affects no one, except the exceptions.
My friend got him beat. He once went to Golden Carroll for breakfast they finally kicked him out during the dinner service. Only reason he got away with it so long is he would switch tables also tip wait staff real good. Besides doubt they gave a shit. But management sure hell did. He almost got banned. But when me and brother threaten not to ever return if he was they relented. Besides by then he was to broke to come without us paying so that wasn’t ever going happen again.
Yet it is cool crazy story and amazing when you learn it true.
I see nothing wrong with a time limit - it just enforces the idea that you’re paying for one meal. But the more I think about it, normal restaurants serve you the amount they want you to eat. All you can eat restaurants offer a distinctly different product, which it seems like they should be prepared to deliver even when it’s occasionally more than they prefer.
Sensible time limit seems fine, though, I see it implemented in a nearby buffet like that, and I think they have time slots in schedule, which allows them to clean up/refresh food in between the time slots, too
Golden Carroll does it All You Can Eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Basically eat all you want but if they switch from lunch to dinner your time is up.
But Chinese restaurant are only opened (at least around here) from noon to 8pm. And never seen sign accept once in a sushi one that had a sign for 3 hour limit. Which to me was more than fair.
That what these places should have. Set time limits clearly posted.
I would say that they should be required to let him finish his meal, but they can refuse to let him back again.
Accordingly, should people who don’t eat much ask for a discount?
No, the terms were clear before they started eating. They should probably just skip those buffets and go to a nice restaurant.
Likewise, if the terms are “all you can eat” they should let the guy do that.
100%. If they don’t want him back, that’s okay for me. But for this meal, he paid for it. Or they could give him back his money, fine as well.
It sounds like that one Asterix movie where they had to do the twelve tasks.
In one task Obelix went into an all-you-can-eat restaurant and had to eat everything he was given. He did. Then the cook ran out crying that he has nothing else to serve and he is now ruined.
Obelix went out like, “Such a weird cook; he gave me appetizers and left!”Those roast boars always looked like the tastiest thing ever.
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
It still stands up well today too.
I’ve got some great nostalgia for the Asterix movies, dubbed in my native language, from watching them as kids.
Recently on some Christmas we met with family and ended up watching Mission Cleopatra (or however it’s translated), for Christmas. No regrets.
Good art is timeless
The Egyptian hypnotist scene was one of the funniest things I had ever seen at the time 🤣
“Those must be very useful for reading in bed”.
Oh I remember that one. Good old times
Been a lot of years but I think they did run out “after (or during?) appetizers”. Probably with the intent to dispirit the challengers, or maybe overestimating their own stocks.
They owed him food. The deal is that they owe him all he can eat.
They owe him money if they stopped him from eating all he can eat!
I hate the idea that giving money back can just fix things. If the guy paid for all you can eat then is stopped halfway though but given his money back literally no one is happy, instead of a nice (if massive) meal as planed he has been put though a bad time and the restaurant just lost food for nothing.
Same with shit like amazon, you buy a thing wait for it and then after a month they go “oh well” and give you your money back like it “undoes” the time you spent without the thing you bought but never got, the frustration or even the time without money.
I remember doing a hike with my dad on a route that briefly overlapped the Appalachian Trail. We got to talking with a group of hikers who were doing the whole trail (~2200 miles) and they said they burned so many calories each day that it only made financial sense to eat at all-you-can-eat restaurants, and they claimed that at least one such restaurant offered to give them their money back to leave, after the owner thought they were eating eat too much food.
I mean I’m not a doctor, but I don’t think that’s how calories work beyond a certain point.
At one time I researched hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. It was recommended to plan for a 4000-5000 calorie / day diet. But most thru-hikers found it was physically impossible to carry enough food and they lost 30-40 pounds on average over the course of the hike.
Appalachian trail is a little bit easier in terms of access to civilization.
Alright that is a lot more than I would have thought. I guess I’m just used to strength training and running around.
I mean I’m not a doctor,
You could have just stopped there before embarrassing yourself.
Thanks for your input
It was to be fair some very good input.
You don’t think that people who burn more calories through physical exertion will need to consume more calories through food?
You don’t want to get them in a single meal though. Because a lot of them will end up being wasted instead of completely absorbed.
I said beyond a certain point. Your body is very good at preserving calories. Unless you’re starving yourself while training you shouldn’t need like a megadose of calories.
Do you even know that calories are?
Yes and I promise they’re not as simple as the mental model you have in mind
Looking through this thread with actual trainers and doctors dramatically suggests otherwise.
I’m not either but biking 30 miles to get groceries in the mountains made me feel so hungry like I was desperate for water in the desert. I would eat beforehand, eat 3-4 chicken sandwiches when I got into town, and then eat a ton afterwards. If I didn’t eat snacks on the road, I would have to walk up the hills and of course there was plenty of lay down in the street cramps from hell. You’d be surprised how many calories rigorous exercise burns. I’m not talking about light hills, it’s the if the bikes brakes fail, the helmet ain’t doing much and I probably would die. But hey I got great pictures.
'Tis no man. ‘Tis a remorseless eatin’ machine!
New Kid on the Block (1992)
Lionel Hutz: Mrs. Simpson, what did you and your husband do after you were ejected from the restaurant.
Marge: We… pretty much went straight home.
Lionel Hutz: Mrs. Simpson, you’re under oath.
Marge: We drove around until 3 AM looking for another all-you-can-eat fish restaurant.
Lionel Hutz: And when you couldn’t find one?
Marge: We went… fishing.
[sobs]
Jury Member: That could’ve been me!
Why doesn’t he just give up and switch to sweatpants?
He says the crotch wears out too quickly.
YARR! That’s going to replace the whale in my nightmares.
“All You Can Eat Buffett”
All you -can- eat
Not “should”, or “want”, or “desire”
Americans are a little extreme sometimes
- Gad Elmaleh
There’s a 90% chance it’s originally from someone else lol. He got exposed for stealing tons of jokes/bits a while back (mostly from English-speaking comedians since the vast majority of french people don’t watch them)
Edit : unless it’s from his US tour. I assume he didn’t try to come here with material from famous local comedians and tried to pass it as his own
“you’ve been here four hours!”
EAT BROCOREE
EAT VEGIETABLE
YOU. SCARE. MY. WIFE.
Why you have spare rib? You so big, eat vegetable.
/John Pinette is damn funny! RIP brother.
“All you can eat does not mean eat all!”
I don’t use the word “hero” often, but he is the greatest hero in American history.
Also that goatee lol what does he think he’s hiding
what does he think he’s hiding
Seventeen more chins.
That could have been me!
At least he didn’t pull his chair up to the buffet, and started digging in.
