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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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Doyouthinktheyknow · 06/04/2024 08:00

Oh yes. Best buffet breakfast ever on a cruise.
Huge platters of pineapple, melon, all sorts of croissants and other pastries😍
I always feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven.

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 07:59

LizzieSiddal · 06/04/2024 07:56

We’ve just come back from holiday and after 7 sumptuous buffets breakfasts, I have the same wish.

What a way to start the day.

I know :-(

But you know (presuming you're also in the UK), we're lucky to live in such a cool country, I think we can get away with laying out fresh food at night and having it be totally fine the next morning. So I might experiment with setting a table tonight, it won't have everything but can still have a fair few things.

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LizzieSiddal · 06/04/2024 07:58

I should add that our hotel had people cooking eggs, whichever way you wanted them, bacon and pancakes, so I’d obviously need a chef standing by the cooker as well as the buffet.

ShoNuff · 06/04/2024 07:57

I think I’d be much more likely to eat breakfast if I had staff who prepared a tempting breakfast buffet for me every morning Grin.

There is an amazing deli near my workplace that does the best salad bar. Fresh, interesting salads, laid out in such an aesthetically pleasing way and so delicious. I have to sit on my hands not to get up and go there every day, as I’d be broke if I did. But it’s just so much more tempting than my own crappy homemade salad.

LizzieSiddal · 06/04/2024 07:56

We’ve just come back from holiday and after 7 sumptuous buffets breakfasts, I have the same wish.

What a way to start the day.

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 07:52

Dreamingofgreece · 06/04/2024 07:46

Could I add thick slices of freshly baked bread ready for toasting and some warm hard boiled eggs?
I'd also like a salad bar laid out ready every lunchtime

Yes, and water with slices of lemon in it.

For some reason when I'm in a hotel, I'm even okay with rehydrated scrambled egg, the kind of thing that would make your stomach churn anywhere else

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froomeonthebroom · 06/04/2024 07:52

Could they also cook omelettes to order please?

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UnmitigatedAssholen · 06/04/2024 07:51

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.

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I would actually do this twice a week! Do you pay guest prices on the breakfasts?

Otherwise maybe I could hire someone local and give them say 50 quid a week to come and lay breakfast for me, hover in the kitchen, and then clear it away. Talk about an indulgence 🤣

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Dreamingofgreece · 06/04/2024 07:46

Could I add thick slices of freshly baked bread ready for toasting and some warm hard boiled eggs?
I'd also like a salad bar laid out ready every lunchtime

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.

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