Worst buffet

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I have my own rules about buffets: The wetter the item is, the easier it is to keep hot on a steam table, and therefore, the better it's going to taste.

This is partly so. Hot gooey, moist or fluid items won't lose much in the way of volatiles, and better yet they won't dry out. But some things will dry out or crust over. A proper onion soup has wine in it, and if you keep it simmering too long all of it will vanish, for eample. Some kinds of gravy form crusts when enough fluid evaporates (they look quite unapetizing, too.)

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Fried chicken is fine for a few minutes. But avoid it if it been sitting there.

Absolutely. Notice that roasted chickens are served right off the roaster. Even KFC doesn't keep chicken out too long.

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My grandfather was a Health Inspector for New York City. He used to yell at me when I ate hot dogs: "You're eating lips!" I still eat hot dogs....

You know the old German saying "One should not examine too closely how laws and sausages are made." Low-quality hamburger isn't that bad. Mostly if you want cheap ground beef, you'll take pre-cuts and grind them. A pre-cut is a larger piece of beef not cut down to serving size. Often it's full of veins, nerves, gristle and other edible but not quite appetizing parts. A particularly low-grade burger will use some cow organs not commonly eaten by people, such as cow heart (it smells just like beef, but it's tougher and bitter).

Quote: Nareed

You know the old German saying "One should not examine too closely how laws and sausages are made."

I like old sayings like that. One of my favorite is Pecunia non olet.

I can almost understand that :)

I think vegas should adopt "Caveat emptor" as its slogan, at least as far as tourists are concerned.

Tourists, of course, at least the newbies aong them, come thinking "Vini, vidi, vici."

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I think vegas should adopt "Caveat emptor" as its slogan, at least as far as tourists are concerned.

Tourists, of course, at least the newbies aong them, come thinking "Vini, vidi, vici."

I think the slogan at the airport should read "Proxima sed non corona."



Apparently it means "Close, but no cigar"

courtesy of a Latin Joke Site so dont know how accurate the latin is.

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I think the slogan at the airport should read "Proxima sed non corona."



Apparently it means "Close, but no cigar"

courtesy of a Latin Joke Site so dont know how accurate the latin is.

That would be even better!

Of course, ask a Mexican national, or a californian, and they'll tell you it means "close but no beer." Naturally the meaning of "corona" has to be beer. In that sense, it would be better to use a different Mexican beer: Victoria :)

Actually in Spanish "corona" means "crown." There is a corona brand of cigars as well as beers. But the word that definitely says cigar and sounds halway Latin is "Havana." Ok, vulgar Latin.

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In that sense, it would be better to use a different Mexican beer: Victoria :)

Actually in Spanish "corona" means "crown." There is a corona brand of cigars as well as beers. But the word that definitely says cigar and sounds halfway Latin is "Havana." Ok, vulgar Latin.

Vulgar Latin was sometimes referred to as romanice loqui or "to speak in Roman" which eventually became Romance Languages. We refer to all the languages that descended from Latin (Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and the smaller ones like Catalan, Galician, Corsican, etc.) as Romance languages.

I think that Mexicans love Victoria because it isn't exported. You never see gringo's drinking Victoria.

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Terrible's buffet lives up to its name. I'd add an extra R, because it's terrrible.

OK, well I'll cast a dissenting vote on Terrible's, AT LEAST for BREAKFAST. Because...

a) Excellent and relatively quick made to order ommelettes.
b) Some Fresh Fruit & good yogurt.
c) INEXPENSIVE. The point level redemptions for a Breakfast buffet are pretty low, especially if you
rack up some points on a bonus day.

I will acknowledge that at one time they had the rudest 80-ish year old lady at the cash register, but
I don't think she works there any longer.

I understand that the Sahara buffett is now closed. I've heard some pretty awful things about the IP buffett, but I've never sampled it myself.

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I understand that the Sahara buffett is now closed. I've heard some pretty awful things about the IP buffett, but I've never sampled it myself.

Sahara buffet remains closed. They resort has two coffee shops & Steakhouse only. Riviera is only open for breakfast and lunch. Stratosphere is $20/day, Circus Circus is $25/day. Hilton is $13, $14, $18 Breakfast Lunch Dinner (no all day package).

Am I the only one around here that would put Caesar's in the running?

I've had two very bad experiences with their buffet, including quality, quantity, service and price.

IMO, the worst of the major strip hotels.