Oh My! I Ate Not Even Half of Its Worth!
@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
April 18, 2018 4:19am CST
My niece treated her sister after her graduation last April 6, on a buffet at Oriental Hotel-Legazpi, situated on top of a mountain.
There were 11 of us, not including the two small kids.
She paid 899 pesos ($17.98) for each adult and my 8-year-old niece for 399 pesos( $7.98). The two very small grandchildren were for free.
There were lots of different kinds of foods, desserts, and juices.
I chose only a few of the appetizers and a little of fried rice. Then, I went back to see what more will I like. I didn’t touch the meat dishes. I got instead two slices of pizza of different kinds. I got the Waldorf Salad and ate a lot of it. Then, after a while I made halo-halo. I also got small slices of cakes. I had a choco marble shake and tried a little of each juice. I had the mushroom soup.
I estimated what I ate as not even half the buffet amount paid for me. 
But my brother-in-law keeps coming back to the buffet place. He even had a shabu-shabu. He said he has to have a taste of everything to make worthy the buffet amount. 
Well, I know that part of the amount for buffet was the ambiance of the restaurant. 
What about you? Can you eat so much when you go to a buffet restaurant?
What are the dishes you will eat most?
But my brother-in-law keeps coming back to the buffet place. He even had a shabu-shabu. He said he has to have a taste of everything to make worthy the buffet amount.
Well, I know that part of the amount for buffet was the ambiance of the restaurant.
What about you? Can you eat so much when you go to a buffet restaurant?
What are the dishes you will eat most?20 people like this
24 responses
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
18 Apr 18
Wow that's nice, I love to eat..
But I am curious about shabu-shabu.. what is it?
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
18 Apr 18
The way I see it, it is a Chinese dish wherein you can choose from the array of ingredients for that then you can choose to cook it yourself or have the chef cook it for you. Just like those noodles but I saw that there are veggies. I regretted not having tried it.
I even told my brother-in-law, I don't want to cook for myself. I go to the restaurant to eat without cooking that's why.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
18 Apr 18
@SIMPLYD ohh I see. Hehehe!!! I would love to try it soon.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Apr 18
@LadyDuck Wow, that is already expensive here. Usually, ordinary buffets here only costs 200-250 pesos of $3. Their buffets consists already of 6-8 dishes, two types of unlimited iced teas and an array of sliced 2 or 3 kind of fruits and halo-halo stuffings. 
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
18 Apr 18
I fast before indulging in an " eat all you can" buffet style meal
. I'm a voracious eater if I want to and from time to time forget staying healthy, we use to often go to these kinds of places in Alabang town center.
. I'm a voracious eater if I want to and from time to time forget staying healthy, we use to often go to these kinds of places in Alabang town center.4 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Apr 18
@louievill Oh, my! You're really smart to make the buffet so worthy of your money. 
Actually, I only get so little rice. But if there is fried rice, which is my favorite that can really fill me up already.
Actually, I only get so little rice. But if there is fried rice, which is my favorite that can really fill me up already. 1 person likes this
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
@SIMPLYD when Im full but still " palaban" ( in the fight) I would go to the wash room and wash my face so I will get an appetite again or go out, have my arm stamped and tell them that I will come back cause time is not yet up and go to the children's play ground below to swing and see-saw so I would get hungry again
The trick is eat the expensive foods first like " lechon de leche" and sea foods to get your money's worth, eat little rice cause that is cheap and it would make you full, also deserts would make you full, I only eat desserts when I think it's time to end the madness like ice cream, todas ( the end) of my gluttony when I ate the halo-halo
so I will get an appetite again or go out, have my arm stamped and tell them that I will come back cause time is not yet up and go to the children's play ground below to swing and see-saw so I would get hungry again
The trick is eat the expensive foods first like " lechon de leche" and sea foods to get your money's worth, eat little rice cause that is cheap and it would make you full, also deserts would make you full, I only eat desserts when I think it's time to end the madness like ice cream, todas ( the end) of my gluttony when I ate the halo-halo1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
It was for dinner at about 7:00 so, I just ate a very light snack at 3:00 in the office.
But the appetizers are delicious and I also ate fried rice, since it's my favorite, so much so that I was half full already and wasn't much interested in the meat dishes anymore, which are the main entrees.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 18
i usually take a spoonful of the different dishes and maybe 3 tablespoonfuls of rice. i take the quantity i know i can consume. i do not leave anything uneaten in my plate.
i always think about what my late parents told me:"there are many who do not eat, you are privileged to have something to eat!"
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
The buffet that for me is so very nice was that at Mandarin Hotel about 20 years ago. There are really a lot of international dishes, that I was able to eat grilled lamb for the first time. It's a treat for my birthday of our rich family friend.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Apr 18
@ridingbet Yes, it is so tasty. I like beef, lamb and goat . Others find their odors and taste offensive. But I find them delicious.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
@SIMPLYD i have tasted mutton when i was in Kuwait. it is tasty because you had lamb meat, right?
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
19 Apr 18
A buffet is meant to choose from but not choose everything (lol)
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
Yes, but it is also to choose everything or get a taste of a little of everything, because anyway you paid for it. My brother-in-law after eating went out with his family for picture taking and watching the dance of fire outside and when they came back, he again goes back to the buffet tables.
Me and my sister, we remained in our seat and chatted , then once in a while go back for desserts and fruits.
Me and my sister, we remained in our seat and chatted , then once in a while go back for desserts and fruits.1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (16521)
• China
18 Apr 18
You are right ! It doesn't make sense to eat more than enough.However your brother in law must have eaten the half the buffet amount on behalf of you.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
Yeah, actually, he has eaten for my sister and the two girls.
He is actually a former assistant in a tanker. He resigned when their snack house by the side garden of the lawn of my parents' house, has flourished already.
So, he wants to see if the foods are really that delicious.
It's the reason why he is a bit fat already.
He is actually a former assistant in a tanker. He resigned when their snack house by the side garden of the lawn of my parents' house, has flourished already.
So, he wants to see if the foods are really that delicious.
It's the reason why he is a bit fat already. 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Apr 18
@changjiangzhibin89 Yes, I had a post about their snack house before.
No, he wants to know if they are delicious to his taste.
No, he wants to know if they are delicious to his taste. 1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (16521)
• China
19 Apr 18
@SIMPLYD I remember You have mentioned their snack house in a previous post.Maybe He wanted to learn something from the buffet .
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
18 Apr 18
I love a buffett @SIMPLYD . I only go to one once a year and that is when my sister comes down for my BD. I take a little bit of everything.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
18 Apr 18
Yes, I like to eat in buffets but I make sure not to drink water or juice or soda or else I get full fast and I will say
sayang ang bayad". hehehe
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
18 Apr 18
@SIMPLYD Hahahaha that too. I do not eat rice anymore. I can eat more
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@Letranknight2015 (51490)
• Philippines
22 Apr 18
Anything that has vegetables that is for me and haven't eaten before. Nice to know you have eaten on the buffet.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Apr 18
@Letranknight2015 Yes, you have to be extra careful now. Gout can make you not move for days. My father had that and for 3 days he wasn't able to move around.
@Letranknight2015 (51490)
• Philippines
23 Apr 18
@SIMPLYD I don't think I'm worth the buffet anymore. I can't risk having a painful gout again.
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@wolfgirl569 (94703)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Apr 18
I get enough usually to cover what I paid and I love to go buffet style so I can get different things.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
19 Apr 18
I think that's a very reasonable price for a buffet. We only go to breakfast buffets when traveling. The most costly was $75 per person at our hotel in Hong Kong, and that was years ago. I usually have an omelette and am stuffed, but my husband grazes through everything! lol
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
I love breakfast buffets. We had that too in the hotel we were billeted last December when we went to Manila for our Corporate Christmas party.
My husband too, can eat much. Oh, men have bigger stomachs to fill compared to women that's why.
Wow, $75 for a buffet is already so expensive here.
Wow, $75 for a buffet is already so expensive here. 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
@DianneN Hubby and I are also fond of eating like pigs.
We once ordered a lot and told ourselves that we overly ordered when the foods arrived. However, we laughed out loud when we have finished them all and no left-over at all.
Well, we are both foodies. And when I ate a lot for a week or two, my stomach begins protruding. That would make me exercise every day.
We once ordered a lot and told ourselves that we overly ordered when the foods arrived. However, we laughed out loud when we have finished them all and no left-over at all.
Well, we are both foodies. And when I ate a lot for a week or two, my stomach begins protruding. That would make me exercise every day.1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Apr 18
No, you cannot take out any of a buffet.That's not allowed.
You have to eat there. Actually, you can stay there and eat whenever you still can for as long as the band is playing.
We stayed there for about 3 hours. My sister and her family roamed around the hotel and even went up the third floor to have pictures taken by the poolside. Then, they came back to eat again.
They are identifiable anyway because we just stayed and listened to the band and would go to the buffet table to get this and that. 
You have to eat there. Actually, you can stay there and eat whenever you still can for as long as the band is playing.
We stayed there for about 3 hours. My sister and her family roamed around the hotel and even went up the third floor to have pictures taken by the poolside. Then, they came back to eat again.
They are identifiable anyway because we just stayed and listened to the band and would go to the buffet table to get this and that. 1 person likes this
