Buffet Breakfast

I didn't actually say I booked that one gj! I can't find it now, or even remember which one it was, or I could put a link up. It's a central London one.

Well, I must say I would not ever even begin to think about tipping food in my handbag!? lol. But yes, if there is one item you didn't like, you could put it in your paper serviette and put it in- but it would certainly make you think about not going for 3rds and then leaving most of it- or taking a large portion of something new, only to find you don't like it. I think it's a great idea.

'That's £20 for all-you-CAN'T-eat': Restaurant 'fines' diners at Chinese buffet for leaving food on their plates

By Emily Allen

Published: 18:04 GMT, 16 May 2012 | Updated: 06:42 GMT, 17 May 2012

A Chinese restaurant offering an all-you-can-eat buffet is charging customers £20 in 'wastage' if they leave food on their plates.

Managers at the Kylin Buffet in Ocean Road, South Shields, have put up a notice urging diners to eat up all their food - or face the penalty charge.

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I'd love to go and stay at the St Pancras Marriott- one day I will- lol, but not for the breaky.

There was so much food at the buffet at a hotel we stayed at in Spain that I was tempted to fill a bag and go and feed the stray cats (I could see one man feeding them across the road).
But - is that a good idea or not?

Or feed all the poor disabled beggars on their streets.

it was this one gj. Queen room with brekker plus £59 (for two)

I would have to stuff some in my handbag!

Jalima I always take any left over food from my à la carte meal for the stray cats- much to DH's embarrassment.

DH would say leave them to their own devices to keep down the mice; the better they are fed the more they breed etc etc.

I mean the cats!!

Are you married to my DH O) ?

Agree about the cruise comments, janeainsworth we have been on quite a few and have never seen people pigging out at buffets or anywhere else. There is so much good quality food on offer there is no need to pack yourself a lunch from the breakfast buffet. Frankly, I hate to see people doing that, and despite all the good reasons given by others on here, I have always felt it shows a mean streak and is penny pinching.

If you want to see gluttons !! I was lucky enough to be on a cruise for my 70th Pride of America there was more food on the plates than I eat in a week my sister said have they finished ,yes that is the seconds mind you the size of the people matched the amount of food the alarm often went in the lift to signal overload

Is there something he is not telling us gj?
He told me he has never been to Switzerland (although he has travelled the world)

LOL my DH is British, not Swiss, and we met in London, not Switzerland? lol
Clapham Junction in fact- how romantic.

Jalima you say you took a Danish pastry for Ron...... Was he hiding out in your room?

To the lady who reported me - thank you. I did wonder if perhaps I was being harsh, and seeing stereotypes where none existed, but I think what you did was confirm for me what I often think here - I don't fit here, and I don't think I want to either.

My Dad, when staying in a hotel, used to have a room service breakfast. He couldn't usually finish it all. He didn't want to hurt the hotel staff's feelings so he'd take the uneaten items away to dispose of once he was away from the hotel. He was a real old fashioned gentleman who didn't want to give offence to the kitchen staff! It was very typical of him. I do miss him.

When we were on a coach trip in Germany we were specifically requested not to stock up on food for the rest of the day at breakfast time. We were also told this is a particularly English habit.

It made me ashamed to be British.

Re doggy bags - IMO it is quite a different thing to ask for a doggy bag if you have been served too much at the table, from taking a lot of extra food from a buffet to eat later.
Friends of ours regularly ask for doggy bags at pubs where the portions are huge.
The dogs are always happy when they've been for a pub lunch.

Mind you we have occasionally asked for a 'human bag' after mistakenly ordering too many dishes at a Thai or Indian.

I have seen the restaurants that charge for leaving food. I think it's certainly common in the Far East. I think it's to discourage people from taking loads more food than they can possibly eat and just wasting it ( and I've certainly seen this happen). I've never been penalized for leaving a small amount of food that perhaps I didn't like or found I just couldn't finish.

I couldn't agree with you more Synonymous. These business's have to make a living usually they provide a beautiful breakfast that we eat at the time. It is not meant to feed us for the rest of the day. I do think its very unfair to take things and put them into a bag for later. (akin to stealing)

Ha Ha that made me laugh too !

Might this be getting a little boring now?

Oh dear! When I was on a Ramblers' half-board holiday, the hotel breakfast in Seville was a mountainous buffet and we could have eaten all morning! However, I wore a dress with capacious pockets and used to take away an apple (or two) for elevenses and lunch, rather than eat them on the spot which would not have raised any eyebrows.