items on buffet you avoid every time

[havanadaydreaming]

what items on the buffet do you pass by every time? not necessarily dishes you dislike but ones you just don't eat on a cruise.  

 

here's mine: 

 

*tilapia - too many other options to select, inexpensive bottom feeder doesn't taste bad but im not scooping it on my plate. 

 

*mashed potatoes - I love em but so dense. 

 

*bread - another of my faves, but I avoid it at Sea. i consume too many other empty calories from Cheers package. 

 

pasta - see previous two comments. 

 

 

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

5 minutes ago, havanadaydreaming said:

what items on the buffet do you pass by every time? not necessarily dishes you dislike but ones you just don't eat on a cruise.  

 

here's mine: 

 

*tilapia - too many other options to select, inexpensive bottom feeder doesn't taste bad but im not scooping it on my plate. 

 

*mashed potatoes - I love em but so dense. 

 

*bread - another of my faves, but I avoid it at Sea. i consume too many other empty calories from Cheers package. 

 

pasta - see previous two comments. 

 

 

tilapia Mushy. No good. dense mashed potatoes, add butter or some milk from the coffee area. Bread only if it is not hard like a rock. The fish now you pay for. Sometimes they have mahi or grouper or snapper. reasonable price.

[teknoge3k]

Honestly I am not sure I've eaten at the buffet on any cruise. We normally eat breakfast in the MDR, lunch at bbq, Italian or Guy's, and dinner in the MDR. 

[Saint Greg]

Everything

[coevan]

never once ate dinner in the buffet on the ship or land, at least since high school. We go out to dinner to be served.

[spookwife]

The hockey puc...err I mean burgers

the bacon. Way to dang salty

the desserts

 

[clo]

Desserts.

[mom says]

Buffet desserts. They always look better than they taste. Burgers. Pasta.

[Kartgv]

Agree with buffet desserts - too often mushy gelatin based that looks pretty, tastes awful.    The exception is cookies - most are pretty good.    We also avoid the pre-cooked scrambled eggs at breakfast - terrible texture and taste; there are usually 'made-to-order' egg options that are much better.   

[sfaaa]

Nothing. If there is no extra charge, I'll take it.

[cb at sea]

WE don't generally do the buffet for anything but lunch, if we're at the pool.  Not a fan.

[navybankerteacher]

Those gaudy colored tasteless desserts, the mystery fish swimming in suspicious liquid, pre-made scrambled eggs, the over-cooked vegetables which have started looking sort of olive, rather than bright, green.

[clo]

12 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

pre-made scrambled eggs

When we were on Hurtigruten, whose food is generally QUITE good, I found that either going to the bottom of the pan of scrambled eggs or along the top could sometimes give me what I wanted.  Soft, almost runny.

[Langley Cruisers]

Scrambled eggs.

[jocap]

Toast not made to order, which has turned to cardboard.

Fried eggs left under a heat lamp.

[d9704011]

Oatmeal; reminds of the glue we made at home when I was a kid.

[DarrenM]

2 hours ago, sfaaa said:

Nothing. If there is no extra charge, I'll take it.

With you.

[Haoie]

If I have it regularly at home, and other banal cuisine, then I'll pass in most cases.

[keywest1]

Most all of the desserts and any attempt at white gravy.  It is NEVER gravy like my Momma or even Dairy Queen makes.

[tip]

deviled eggs!

[navybankerteacher]

Come to think of it, most of the stuff at the buffet is better left at the buffet.  But,  I have never been unable to find something pretty decent: perhaps just some freshly sliced ham on a soft roll with a bit of lettuce and cut up fruit.  Sometimes the soups are good.

 

I have never been a competitive eater — I would never go up against some of the real contenders I have seen loading and reloading their plates - I wonder if they are readying for hibernation.

[clo]

48 minutes ago, tip said:

deviled eggs!

LOL!  Why?  Too dried out?

[clo]

15 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

I have never been a competitive eater — I would never go up against some of the real contenders I have seen loading and reloading their plates - I wonder if they are readying for hibernation.

That's hilarious!  And I am the Queen of Not Wasting Food so  I hate to see it if they don't eat everything.

[DirtyDawg]

8 hours ago, spookwife said:

The hockey puc...err I mean burgers

the bacon. Way to dang salty

the desserts

 

 

I avoid the actual hockey pucks they serve.

 

They don't taste bad but boy are they tough.

 

Puck in Mouth.jfif

[DirtyDawg]

And really bad for your teeth!!!

 

hockey teeth.jfif