Dumb Mistakes Everyone Makes When Eating At Buffets

Buffets are the epitome of excess and indulgence. Whether you frequent a bargain lunch buffet or an opulent five-star smorgasbord, buffets can be overwhelming and a bit dangerous. The questions we ask ourselves at a buffet can be as endless as the offerings. Where should you start? What foods should you avoid? How can you tell if something has been sitting out too long? What if you drop the serving spoon? Don’t worry, we have you covered. There are some tips you can use to ensure you don’t get sick and get the most bang for your buck. Join us as we go through the dumb mistakes everyone makes when eating at buffets.
#Food #Buffets #Seafood
Grabbing the fried food | 0:00
Choosing your favorites | 0:54
Dangerous foods | 1:37
Crab legs and oysters | 2:21
Drinking anything but water | 3:11
Using the wrong tools | 4:08
Opting for the starches | 4:56
Dropping a serving spoon | 5:52
Not making a plan | 6:46
Skipping meals before you go | 7:27
Contributing to food waste | 8:01
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[@MashedFood]

Do you have any tips to share for eating at buffets?

[@edkeaton1085]

Everything in moderation.

[@73lyfe96]

Start out with one plate at a time. Also drink water with lemon

[@arsenicCatnip2763]

get coupons

[@Myxotosis]

Mashed can y’all stop posting the same Damn buffet video tho?

[@bruceaskew2107]

Go straight for the steak or prime rib

[@cannotmisseverblack9035]

Real tips: 1.) Don’t eat rice 2.) Don’t drink soda first 3.) Go for food that are expensive 4.) Eat food you don’t eat daily 5.) Eat everything you love 6.) EAT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN 7.) Don’t believe this video.

[@sandracarter5355]

Lol u should make a video

[@sasukeshippuden1995]

Read this and just clicked something else to watch

[@SRWill64]

You should stay away from rice and mashed potatoes. You can have those at HOME and they taste better if you put the work into them and make them from real potatoes. It's not rocket science but it is true.

[@antoniokim8033]

Can'tMiss Everblack big tip don’t go to a buffet like 20 minutes till closing time

[@Okadike]

@Joe Garcia 🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤🍤

[@christopherxgordon]

Here's the best tip when you go to a buffet: Get what makes you happy. You don't need a video to dictate what you should and shouldn't eat. If you want the bread, get the bread. Live your best life.

[@conclavecabal.h0rriphic]

Oprah...is that you??

[@ladylyrichere9373]

here is the best tip....just don't whine about the video

[@SixFootScream]

Wow. I feel like I have seen this a thousand times!

[@styx53ocean]

Maybe because you have......not half a dozen OTHER channels

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

and???

[@styx53ocean]

I worked at Ponderosa (remember them??) and EVERYTHING we put out on the buffet was fresh and was rotated every hour. Honestly, Mashed, if buffet restaurants were as bad as you claim, everyone who ate at them would get food poisoning. You need to do your own research instead of relying on Reddit and other questionable (at best) sources.

[@mercedyzmarieguion292]

styx53ocean Styx, I remember Ponderosa back in the day. 'P' had some mean steaks!! It was almost, I say almost as good as Brown Derby which is where you went if you desired a prime piece of meat..mmm, those were the days!!!!!

[@tootsiedawn2016]

I remember Ponderosa. I also remember Western Steer. My first job was at Western Steer. They had THE BEST buffet bar. We called it the Hot Bar and the Cold Bar. They had the ABSOLUTE BEST yeast rolls and french fries. I was living in my first apartment and, quite honestly, I would have starved to death had it not been for the hot/cold bars at Western Steer. My manager let me eat for free off the buffet bars. She, quite literally, saved my life! Every bit of my income went to rent and lights. I had a roommate but she didn't work like she should have. I moved to West Virginia for 6 months and by the time I got back Western Steer had gone out of business. It was a sad time for my hometown. People in North Carolina LOVE to eat. We take our food very seriously. So, the closing if Western Steer was a huge hit to us.

[@sharonsmalls6846]

They had good chicken wings. I love chicken wings. No one makes them really good today.

[@rickthibodeau9172]

I worked at an Asian buffet, they would put out a lesser amount of the easily spoiled items and rotate the pans more often. They even put out sushi on a plate that sat on ice, however, they only chose sushi without raw fish. Anything with mayonnaise in it went into a bowl that was also set in the ice(ice was up to the lip of the bowl). I still remember how disappointed I was with how wasteful customers were. I threw away full plates of food from people going up for a third and fourth time to"get their money's worth".

[@genekelly8467]

@@rickthibodeau9172 Bad sushi will kill you.

[@redseasplitter]

My aunt kept going for crab legs plate after plate they banned her from going there anymore 😂😂😂

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

People think steamed seafood is a healthy, low cal, tasty, route. WRONG. Usually too much sodium and other contaminants and cholesterol.

[@hotcoldman777]

What is so special about Crab Legs ? 🤢

[@sparkomatic803]

@@hotcoldman777 Crabs think their legs are special.

[@nerd888]

@@CRuf-qw4yv So what people can do what they wanna do with their lives

[@maggiem8440]

IDK why I keep watching these but here I am and here you are

[@davidji2030]

Dont choose something you can cook at home? But anything can be cooked at home...

[@damionoliver6183]

If your goal at a buffet is to nickel and dime them, you already lost. Just eat what you like and enjoy yourself? And it's not just buffets looking to spend the least money on their ingredients. I worked for a high class restaurant that charged an arm and a leg for small portions and their food quality control was worse than any chain restaurant I worked for.

[@andrewthezeppo]

truth, the fancy restaurant I worked at was so expensive that even with a 50% employee discount I rarely ate their, could still get better food elsewhere for less money

[@opuntian]

I totally agree with u. I once worked in a 5*hotel in India & the food preparation sucked big time. I would rather eat from a smaller restaurant.

[@clear9978]

The what’s the point if they are telling you to not eat anything there 😡🤦‍♀️

[@352GNV]

@Banhmiso1 no one is going to a buffet for healthy food, they are going for a large amount of choices and an experience.

[@neville3151]

Once ate at an "all you can eat seafood buffet". Without going into three days of unpleasant details,suffice it to say....never again! 🤢

[@sisterluke]

If you must go to a buffet(which I don't recommend because they are a germ fest), avoid anything with high carbs and go for the meats if you aren't vegan or vegetarian. You usually get your money's worth if you grab the steaks, roasts, prime rib, seafood, etc.

[@brandonclarke1615]

You keep recycling videos.

[@CKMan88]

This channel is running out of ideas!

[@sodaking6858]

Ikr this has to be the 5th fucking time I've seen this video on this channel miserable bastards if you have no new ideas just stop

[@gman3664]

@@CKMan88 No CK its a highly uncreative channel

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

don't like it? then you upload. kwitcherbitchin!!

[@stpdtwnk]

Video Mashed should do next: Dumb mistakes not to make when Uploading a video. 1) recycle videos.

[@alfonzo9389]

When I was a kid buffets were like a food playground to me. Now I just find them gross :/

[@drewgrows7765]

One of the biggest mistakes is eating carbohydrate rich food. The strategy of so many restaurants that bring out some kind of bread while you wait for the main course. In the end you can't eat much of the meal and you believe the portions must have been generous

[@keinlieb3818]

"Eating fried food is a mistake at a buffet." How about you let me eat the way I want to eat and you go ahead and eat the way you want to eat.

[@bobjacobson858]

Frankly, I think many fried foods are disgusting, especially breaded foods.

[@kayzadengineer4827]

Agree 100%

[@dmnemaine]

@@bobjacobson858 To paraphrase the comment you replied to: That's nice. You eat what you like, and I'll eat what I like.

[@bobjacobson858]

@@dmnemaine By all means; you have my blessing. I never said you shouldn't; I simply pointed out that I don't want fried foods when I go to a buffet (or any restaurant), which is in agreement with Mashed who provided this video.

[@lazybelphegore6748]

They didn’t say you couldn’t, dumbass.

[@vsgfilmgroup]

The crab leg one depends HEAVILY on the buffet. Some places go through such a volume of crab legs they've got no real choice but to get them fresh. A REAL word of advice: don't pile up the crab legs. Instead, get a few at a time; the longer they sit on your plate, the more they'll get cold, soggy and hard to crack. A couple at a time will keep them hot and easy to work with.

[@steventrosiek2623]

Great advice. Thanks.

[@williamfroh8830]

Thanks that's useful knowledge I always skip them because they are so hard to eat

[@vsgfilmgroup]

@@williamfroh8830 Glad to help, man. I love them, myself. They really can be hard to eat but they're so worthwhile. If you take them a few at a time and eat them while they're hot you should have a much better time of it.

[@tannerz21gaming65]

In California, moon stars have cold snow crab legs, so they’ll never be hot. It taste good, but after you eat a lot, it starts to taste nasty since it’s cold

[@Lvnvj]

Trick is to drink mashed potatoes so you don’t get full drinking soda.

[@anthonynathaniel3560]

I just drink gravy when I go 😂

[@antoniokim8033]

Dylan no get water and you won’t go overboard on drinking like you do on a soda and you’re already full

[@sexualtaco308]

Ok but I love Golden Corral's buns

[@bigdigg322]

So fire with the honey butter!

[@mrsklightning]

Yess so soft, and that honey butter 😍

[@sheilastarks149]

Yes they are good. But don't eat out in Vegas, because I might get hella sick from staff who don't wash hands or have filthy kitchens.

[@1969cy]

I like to hit the Chinese buffet about a half hour before the dinner starts. That's when they start bringing out the "better" and fresh dinner items. Yes some items are labeled dinner only but other items that were not available for lunch are still up for grabs.

[@mountnman3609]

So....Let me see if I understand this correctly... Buffets try different "tricks" to fill us up for the least amount of cost to them. So...our goal is not to go and eat what we like or want, but to avoid all the "tricks" and eat the more costly stuff, whether we like it or not.

[@Elazul2k]

Post 2020 video: What's was a buffet and how it died during the Pandemic.

[@chrissinclair2435]

My 1st job at 15 (1972) was at a buffet and after seeing how the food was prepped I wouldn't eat there. Dropping meat on the filthy floor and brushing it off and just throwing more pepper on it, mixing huge tubs of turkey stuffing with hairy arms, even had a customer ask me "what's that?" on her plate and it was a fried bandaid. But I did meet my future wife there so it was a GREAT place to work! p.s. the scenes from BIG and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels are priceless.

[@nickgehr6916]

There's no such a thing as dumb mistake, that's an experience

[@lilchristuten7568]

That is objectively not true. If you see someone make an avoidable mistake and you see the consequences of that mistake and then you make the same mistake, then you have made a dumb mistake. For instance, you see someone eat rotten food and then see them get sick with diarrhea and vomiting, and then you eat the same rotten food, then you have made a dumb mistake.

[@eurosensazion]

The best buffet few years ago was lunch time Japanese sushi buffet. $13 bux and that place was fresh. You order items and they make it and bring it to you fresh. I'd obviously first ask for all beef items till I ate 10 oz of steak and then get my shrimp tempura and variety of sushi's. I'd throw half the rice. Felt like a king.

[@MrMferg240]

i'll eat what ever the hell I want at a buffet.

[@antoniokim8033]

MrMferg240 stay away from shrimps at a Chinese buffet they don’t clean it properly and just fry it and sometimes you’re chewing sands

[@goodra999]

Antonio Kim or at most Chinese restaurants?

[@ggarzagarcia]

Biggest mistake eating at a buffet: going to a buffet.

[@wilijamesme]

They could have just said “DON’T EAT AT BUFFETS”. Period. End of story. 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@beckybohot5480]

Thank you

[@raychang8648]

My Mom would always stuff her purse with the "complimentary" baked potatoes we would get when we sat down at buffets. We'd eat them the next day.

[@lilsuka7613]

Well when I go to cicis pizza I try a little bit of everything and what’s the point of eating healthy in a buffet

[@evilarchconservative2952]

LOL the buffets that I go to all have small soda glasses. I always just put a few things on my plate at a time. That way the food is still warm when I eat it. The only food I leave on my plate are items I didn't like. Yes, I try new foods at a buffet. 👎This video implies most food poisoning occurs at buffets.

[@yooootoooober]

Evil Arch Conservative You stoopit.

[@Mattius08]

I took some public health courses in college and after that I will never eat at a buffet ever again

[@bigeyetuna6228]

Thank God, go back to school dip****

[@lucaspukas7757]

Mattius08 I have not taken any health courses and I already know how unhealthy and unsanitized it is. Let the big fat people like big tuna have at it 😂

[@chaoscommentary2179]

I go to a breakfast buffet in my small town normally get meat lovers scrambled eggs with cheese with toast, orange slices and a tall glass of milk

[@vsgfilmgroup]

Also, clearly, Mashed has NOT accepted my dare to go one video without using the word "healthy."

[@stephenprice3357]

I recently went to a Chinese buffet and I stayed away from all the starchy food such as rice, potatoes, etc. and i also ordered a water with my meal. I strictly at a ton of expensive foods such as shrimp. The buffet owner got upset because I had eaten about 15 full lates of shrimp and told me never to return in front of everybody and I was so embarrassed.

[@vsgfilmgroup]

...John Pinette, is that you? Have you been there four hour?

[@starcruiser1241]

Steak, red meat, and expensive seafood. Don't load up on potatoes fries rice or bread 🙌🏼 and easy on the salad it just fills you up in the beginning. Save the salad and fruits for the end

[@paitoonkhemapanon9692]

Thanks for sharing pretty awesome So true

[@cnyreview3632]

If you haven't guessed already, *Debbie Downer* is the producer of Mashed.

[@ChildofGodjmh]

And Eeyore is her assistant!

[@wandaperi]

and the dude from the old #ClearEyes ads \ #BenStein

[@123RADIOactive]

Okay they are literally running out of ideas here lol There's a lot of food ideas they could make an video on. 1) Ways to slash your grocery bill by a certain %. 2) Which fast foods is the most expensive? 3) How to make a meal out of dollar store foods. 4) Foods with the lowest calories. 5) Leftover foods that tastes the best. 6) Restaurants with hilarious names. 7) Healthiest snacks you can munch on.

[@deezimmo4814]

I have tried something new at a buffet..it was so over seasoned that it was inedible. I do not eat at buffets because I only want one serving and do not want more than that. I cannot sit and stuff my face simply to get my "money's worth". Plus, buffet restaurants tend to have a lot of carboxy-methyl-cellulose (food expanders) in salad dressings and ice cream (it is why after eating ice cream you feel too full).

[@lucaspukas7757]

Dee Zimmo I totally agree with you!

[@soulfreaz]

Load up on meat with a tiny bit of carbs. The meat costs the most and the carbs are cheap and fill you up faster.

[@wandaperi]

Why fill yourself up if you have expensive meats

[@soulfreaz]

@@wandaperi It's all about getting the most for your money. Cargo pants have a use too.

[@MichaelPaoli]

Some buffets add to food waste by limiting number of plates. E.g. I know some that limit customers to two plates ... so then customers tend to pile both plates very high - as they can't go back after those first two plates ... and much of it goes to waste, as inevitably they take too much, and/or find they've taken stuff they quite don't like - in quantity - rather than just a tiny sample to taste it first.

[@kongtoch9715]

Go for carbonated water. Helps digestion and leaves more room for food when you burp;)

[@mikehong2691]

Eat&Drink in Moderation-You Will Be-OK!!!!-Raymond "Mike" Hong of Oakland, CA&UC Berkeley's Caldining Employee! (I'm Going to A Reno Trip&This Video is Helpful-Thank You!)

[@patriciamedlin8638]

Well what I took away from this is: Don't go to a Buffet! If you do go though, don't take a chance on eating half the food unless you what to risk getting sick, don't drink to much so you can try all the stuff you have no clue if you will even like or not! 😄😄

[@mitchgawlik1175]

So, what this video is saying is go to your fave buffet, just don't eat anything, drink anything, touch anything, sit anywhere or go to the restroom.

[@chaos817]

Lot of buffet places I been to charge extra for leaving food on the plate.

[@ryderdriver954]

Great place for kids! I remember filling up on carrot sticks and jello!

[@kingvk9985]

I don’t go to a buffet to beat the system and make them lose money. Just eat what you like and have a good time. If you want salad go for it, if you want chicken go for it. There is no point in stuffing yourself with food that you didn’t want to eat just because you want to beat the buffet

[@christopherxgordon]

I don't care if it's unhealthy! The fried chicken from the buffet is usually one of the best items, imo! 😂

[@adventuresblissconnection4198]

Thank you

[@fungoorstitch]

He double-dipped his chip. He dipped his chip. He took a bite. And he dipped again.

[@carolineorita3961]

It's a buffet, eat what you like, that's what you want there for. And you know the price you going pay- so it's your own bad, duh. And it's not like home, you not cooking

[@JEDJ3Di]

You guys really love Mr. Bean

[@jackjohnson7396]

First mistake, going there! 🔥

[@edkeaton1085]

I do enjoy a good buffet from time to time. This was good information to know and put to use. Thanks for the upload. I enjoy your videos and channel. 😊😎

[@curtistinemiller1560]

When it comes to buffets you're damm if you do dann if you don't.Dang........

[@kdeloris2225]

The buffet at the Luxor in Las Vegas is awesome. You will eat your self into a food coma I promise🤣

[@DeWin157]

The Bellagio and Ceasar's Palace buffets are awesome as well.

[@kdeloris2225]

@@DeWin157 yes they are💃🏽

[@grizzlybear4122]

Not going to live forever and this is an age in time when the average person can finally eat this that kings and queens never imagined.

[@lolineko2083]

I want to go to a buffet restaurant. But this will have to do xD

[@richards6965]

I don't worry a lot about the plate size. I make many trips to the buffet so my food doesn't get cold.

[@Iwasbornonapril1mao]

You probably threw up if you were eating at a buffet while watching this

[@rachelebert4941]

Tried and true favorites.. I rarely ever eat anything new..

[@billiebleach7889]

I looked at two of your videos. Both had at least 20% identical footage

[@5argetech56]

I bring disposable plastic gloves to use on the tongs... ❤👍

[@ryuf.]

I've seen this video from you like eighty-four thousand times just stop lmfao

[@smartpmark]

@RORO roro badum tsss... (slow clapping)

[@DarthBrandybuck]

I dont want to go to a buffet ever again now

[@cameronwells82]

@7:42 Matt Stonie crushing it.

[@erakkovaatainen]

You can see who is regular buffet customer when they barely walk in from buffet door.

[@Lowshyne]

This is the most American channel I swear 😂😂😂

[@wiibaron]

If everyone 'cheats' the buffet, the price will go up or they will go out of business.

[@hungvu2774]

Very interesting

[@DATISHIM]

It’s your money , eat what you want ! If your so worried about getting your moneys worth, don’t bother even going !

[@ladylyrichere9373]

all these idiots that clicked on the video just to bitch "eat what you want". You saw the name

[@NR-nf1il]

That is why I swore off salads. I would seeing utensil with the handle in the salad that particular salad I did not touch. Most people don't know to put the utensil back properly

[@charlesbaldo]

The best tip at a buffet is not to eat at them.

[@FLYINHAWAIIAN37]

Im waiting on the next Costco video

[@techone19]

Fried foods are the safest food to eat at a buffet. The high heat of frying will kill most bacteria thus limiting your chance of getting food poisoning. Plus! Fried food tastes sooooooooo good.

[@TheD2D21]

Video: That fried food has the nastiest clogging-artery stuff. BBQ Pitt Boys: Hold my beer.

[@eddy71454]

I can't believe most of these suggestions even need to be said. The most important one for me is to look at the entire food display before you pick up a plate....or maybe avoid buffets altogether.

[@ArchyDolder]

"Mistakes EVERYONE makes?" - Please speak for yourself and not others

[@LordLoMR2]

I had a friend go to the buffet with me 10 years ago; he just ate the bread and vegetables. Lol

[@matt_vera_era]

No one: Mashed: HeREs WhAt NoT tO EaT aT A BufFeT No one: Mashed: Upload this 7 more times

[@bigtravis6159]

Markup on soda is definitely not 1,150% , whoever said that is mistaken, misinformed or a liar since 3 cents worth of soda does not cost $30 anyplace

[@hollydowns2279]

I have always eaten tons of seafood at buffets and have NEVER gotten ill

[@SRWill64]

I've eaten plenty of sushi from the oriental buffet I go to, sushi and sashimi and a lot of other fish and shellfish and I have been there numerous times and have NEVER gotten sick, not have the other three people I go with who eat pretty much the same thing. This includes crab legs. Perhaps this place is just good at watching the temperatures and they do keep the sushi away from the front door area so that it's not influenced by the scorching heat outside. The possibility of eating an unhealthy meal at this place limits you to 4 or 5 dishes, but I like eating food that is healthy AND tasty.

[@LVang152]

The reason you go to buffet for variety and something you cannot cook at home.

[@tammiemcwilliams4259]

My mother had a cardiac event last time we went to Golden Corral. She ended up having to get a pace maker. The experience was so traumatizing I'll never go to a buffet again.

[@ralfie8801]

Tammie Mcwilliams If it had happened in your own kitchen would you never go in that room again? It had nothing to do with the buffet, it was her overall health that caused her issue, not where it eventually occurred.

[@angelacontreras-murillo44]

@@ralfie8801 exactly!

[@MrSpunkyMunki]

This must be the most deja vu video on youtube, I swear

[@atomiccrusader6839]

They've made like 3 or 4 negative buffet videos

[@garylytton3553]

Hot tea helps digestion. My mom always said her friend would only drink room temperature water. Just think about how fatty foods and ice water mix in your stomach. Oil and liquid don't mix. If you fill up on the delicious bread, followed by liquid causes the bread to swell up in your gut, and you get full too fast. But when I get to a crab leg buffet, that is all I'll eat! If I get sick; I'll risk it.

[@icequeen1439]

ALWAYS, ALWAYS AND ALWAYS load up on crab legs. Every thing is true I agree with!!

[@mijreed]

First mistake: eating at a buffet

[@suncookrocks]

8:02 That's me every time

[@RajesH-xo9ws]

Adding lotsa Masalas/Spices mix to Cooking reduces food to spoil n keeps it fresh for long time...

[@wendywendy646]

Eating bread, potatoes chips, pasta, carrots, brocolli, drinking water is dump thing to do in buffet.

[@WhoStew]

This is what happened to my father at the Chinese buffet the chicken I have a definitely stay away from it got him sick big-time. Never he ate gave him the runs

[@Nsamity]

0:51 still sounds pretty appetizing to me lol

[@tootsiedawn2016]

The best Buffet restaurants in NC are Golden Corral. I say they are the best not because they have great food, it's because they are pretty much the ONLY buffet restaurant that serves American-style food. We have a plethora of Chinese & Japanese all-u-can-eat restaurants. When it comes to Southern comfort food, they are the best. They have gone up in price to pay for renovations, but they removed a few dishes from the menu and the quality of the food has gone down as well. I used to eat there once a month. Since the renovations, I might go once every 3 or 4 months. It's just not appealing anymore.

[@lothean2099]

I dont care. I deep fry my cooking oil in cooking oil for that extra kick.

[@tymesho]

Here in Michigan we have a place/town, famous for fried chicken. More than half goes to waste. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever witnessed.

[@beckybohot5480]

My father always said take only what you can eat. Buffets are wasteful and the folks purchasing get the cost passed on. One family left 2 days worth of good that I could have eaten. That is no joke, but there is no to go if you dont clean your plate