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To want a breakfast buffet at home

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 07:42

I want to wake up every morning and come down to a table laid with random things, like slices of cheese, pineapple juice, apple compote, muesli, iced water, yoghurt, coffee, hot chocolate, and just kind of start my morning by picking at this and that. But how do I get around the fact that I don't want to get it all out/prepared?

I'm going to have to hire staff, aren't I?

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mumda · 06/04/2024 11:22

Ordinaryfolks · 06/04/2024 07:46

If you live anywhere near a premier inn, you can book their breakfast without staying. Not an everyday option obviously but an occasional treat. We’ve done it when camping.

Are there always hoardes of children running about unsupervised?
Only been once and won't do it again.

LadyPenelope68 · 06/04/2024 10:34

UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 08:37

OMG pastries, how could I forget!!! I could get some frozen pains au chocolat and bake them the night before

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Tesco do packs of already baked, mini assorted pastries, they’re delicious!

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 10:30

MeMyCatsAndMyBooks · 06/04/2024 10:28

When I was young and visited my grandparents, every Sunday my grandad would do this.

From bacon & egg sandwiches, to toast, to cereal and fruit. It was amazing. I miss it so much.

That's a lovely memory to have.

Maybe you could join me with your own Sunday buffet?

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MeMyCatsAndMyBooks · 06/04/2024 10:28

When I was young and visited my grandparents, every Sunday my grandad would do this.

From bacon & egg sandwiches, to toast, to cereal and fruit. It was amazing. I miss it so much.

mondaytosunday · 06/04/2024 10:25

Ooo I'd love this! Breakfast is my favourite meal (though at home I stick to the same one every day) and love those hotel buffets. Yes, staff! I'd love an invisible entity to lay it out then clean it up! Can we make it all calorie free to? And clean every other bit of the house?

D20 · 06/04/2024 10:18

A few weeks ago I had double ordered some lemons so had some in my black tea with a squirt of honey as served in the US. Going to see if I have any lurking in the back of the fridge…

AcheyBreaky · 06/04/2024 10:17

UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 10:14

Well, I've decided on Monday I am going to have a travelodge breakfast, will report back.
Tonight I'm going to prep my own Sunday hotel breakfast buffet at home, and will have:

  • Orange juice
  • A weird juice (probably cranberry)
  • Muesli
  • Yoghurt
  • Spanish omelette
  • Pre-baked pastries
  • Sliced cheese
  • Coffee
  • Hot chocolate
  • Rhubarb compote (will make today)
  • Water with lemon and ginger

Don't forget to only provide shot glasses for your juice to necessitate multiple trips to the juice station to get a decent sized drink.

Also on the juice topic, I think you need at least 3 to enable juice mixing. I like a cranberry/orange mix myself. Bonus points for watermelon juice which is the holy grail at a buffet.

D20 · 06/04/2024 10:16

Get yourself some teabags in little paper packets too. Pukka and Yogi both do them.

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 10:14

Well, I've decided on Monday I am going to have a travelodge breakfast, will report back.
Tonight I'm going to prep my own Sunday hotel breakfast buffet at home, and will have:

  • Orange juice
  • A weird juice (probably cranberry)
  • Muesli
  • Yoghurt
  • Spanish omelette
  • Pre-baked pastries
  • Sliced cheese
  • Coffee
  • Hot chocolate
  • Rhubarb compote (will make today)
  • Water with lemon and ginger
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D20 · 06/04/2024 10:12

A couple of ‘home kitchen’ type of businesses local to me do cold breakfast buffet boxes to order. Pastries, waffles, fresh fruit, mini pot of yoghurt and granola. I’m surprised supermarkets don’t do these to be honest.

Speaking of waffles, I got a box of frozen ones and you just pop them in the toaster for a couple of minutes and they’re pretty decent. I was actually thinking of breakfast buffets this morning whilst eating instant porridge.

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 10:11

Tiredforfive45 · 06/04/2024 09:34

Could you become a teenager in an American film? They always come downstairs to a full spread. The proviso would be that is seems you can only take one sip of coffee or pick up an apple to take with you though, you aren’t ever allowed to sit down to eat it 🤔

This is a great idea!
So essentially rather than try and find someone local to hire as a breakfast prepper, I need to look for a live-in rent-a-mom. 😁

She could call me honey and wave me off to work from the doorstep!

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MarmiteyCrumpets · 06/04/2024 10:10

That's the dream, OP! I recommend either a fancy residential hotel or a luxury round-the-world cruise.

Floofydawg · 06/04/2024 10:04

Off on an all inclusive holiday soon and can't bloody wait for the breakfast buffet and salad bar for lunch!

RomeoRivers · 06/04/2024 10:01

Ooooo and I would buy those big boxes of mini pastries from Costco!

RomeoRivers · 06/04/2024 09:56

I LOVE a buffet breakfast! It’s one of my favourite things about holidays.

At the moment we have: cereals, granola, Greek yoghurt, fresh raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, banana, toast, poached eggs, beans, porridge, orange juice and a proper bean coffee machine available every morning.

(My friend taught me a game changing way to make the perfect poached egg in a mug in the microwave in 45 seconds!)

My dream, when the kids start school, is to be able to prepare simple cooked breakfasts on rotation during the week: beans on toast, scrambled egg, bacon sandwiches etc - very much like how breakfast is presented in American films! 😂

Doyouthinktheyknow · 06/04/2024 09:50

UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 08:02

On holiday i always feel so healthy because I've had a big, very varied meal to start my day, where normally I just skip breakfast or have a handful of sad nuts or something

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Me too! I never manage breakfast at home but on holiday I have so much fruit, granola, yoghurt….love it.

I normally find myself having a cooked breakfast at first and then remember that’s not my favourite and go back to the continental section.

Bjorkdidit · 06/04/2024 09:46

Premier Inn (and probably Travelodge) are very variable. Some are very decent, with a wide selection of nicely cooked food, some freshly cooked.

Others are bloody awful, crowded, badly cooked, and lots of missing items.

But I'd think that many hotels allow non guests to have breakfasts for a fixed sum, so it's worth looking around to see what you have available locally.

herecomesthesun24 · 06/04/2024 09:42

Come on OP you are dreaming of a breakfast banquet Travelodge is going to be more like this

To want a breakfast buffet at home
OldTinHat · 06/04/2024 09:40

alpinia · 06/04/2024 09:36

I don't know it it still is a thing but the To Good To Go App used to have lots of nice hotels on there which allowed you to come in to the hotel buffet around 9.30 onwards and fill a tupperware, juice and a hot drink. Most of them used to be about £5. Yummy!

Yes! A pub/carvery/pizza place near me (it's a bit confused as to what it is) offers breakfast remains via Too Good To Go. £3.

bellezarara · 06/04/2024 09:39

I loved the breakfasts at our tiny hotel in Istanbul. Individual bowls of honey, jams, olives, cheese, sweet butter, oven baked eggs or shakshouka, lots of freshly baked bread, pastries and Turkish coffee.

TheSandgroper · 06/04/2024 09:39

Set the timer and temp on your oven, pop your croissant in before you go to bed and come down in the morning to a piping hot pastry?

OldTinHat · 06/04/2024 09:38

Am I blind with hunger or has no one mentioned sausages yet? There has to be amazing sausages on this buffet. And black pudding. And baked beans. And fried bread!!! Why is that not a thing anymore?!

alpinia · 06/04/2024 09:36

I don't know it it still is a thing but the To Good To Go App used to have lots of nice hotels on there which allowed you to come in to the hotel buffet around 9.30 onwards and fill a tupperware, juice and a hot drink. Most of them used to be about £5. Yummy!

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 09:34

Here's what Travelodge does apparently

To want a breakfast buffet at home
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Tiredforfive45 · 06/04/2024 09:34

Could you become a teenager in an American film? They always come downstairs to a full spread. The proviso would be that is seems you can only take one sip of coffee or pick up an apple to take with you though, you aren’t ever allowed to sit down to eat it 🤔

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