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Imagine you’re at a buffet table, what do you put on your plate?

150 replies

RedRed9 · 24/04/2020 21:40

The longest buffet table imaginable: loads of options.

What do you go for?

(I’m bored, hungry and love a buffet!)

OP posts:
tobee · 25/04/2020 00:39

Yes I love a vol au vent. I love all of these things but I haven't had a vol au vent in years. I thought it was just me that liked the guilty pleasure of them! I would like a chicken and mushroom saucey one, a prawn saucey one, and a strange spicy one with mystery meat! Grin What do I mean one? Several. With little lids on.

Then I'll have a glass of champagne attached to my plate with one of those clips.

Plus a mountain of wotsits for good luck.

BlackeyedSusan · 25/04/2020 00:50

vol au vents.. chicken and mushroom.
quiche.. brocolli
egg mayo sandwich,
prawn sandwich
crabsticks
battered prawns and sweetchilli sauce
cherry tomatoes, halved
grapes
strawberries
pineapple on sticks,
onion dip
veggie spring rolls
crackers
wensleydale and cranberry cheese
redleicester cheese
salt and vinegar pringles
garlic bread
olive bread and butter
tomato bread and butter
coleslaw
smokes salmon and cream cheese sandwich

you bastard op, any idea how to get drool out of a keyboard?

ChocolateDove · 25/04/2020 01:17

Pizza
Pasta
Salad
Cheese and pineapple
Sandwiches
Cheese and crackers
Crisps
Carrot sticks
Prawn cocktail
Cocktail sausages
Breaded cheese
Halloumi fries
Chocolate cake
Brownies
Cheesecake
Ice cream and jelly

Yawnfest · 25/04/2020 01:22

Quiche, potato salad, scotch egg, coleslaw, chicken drumsticks or thighs, cheese sticks, garlic bread.

ChocolateDove · 25/04/2020 01:31

Oh forgot about quiche, potato salad and coleslaw.

CheriLittlebottom · 25/04/2020 08:42

Oh god yes, fancy quiches and potato salad. I can never make potato salad right.

Marmite27 · 25/04/2020 08:46

Egg mayo on brown.
Tuna mayo on brown.
Ham on white.
Cheese on white.
Sausage rolls.
Kettle chips & dip.
Onion bhajis.
Cheese savouries (cheddars).
Pickled onions.

Costco two bite brownies.
Costco two bite cinnamon rolls.
Cupcakes.

Marmite27 · 25/04/2020 08:46

I’ve never met a carb I didn’t like 🤷🏻‍♀️

Marmite27 · 25/04/2020 08:48

Coleslaw.
Golden vegetable rice.
Cucumber.
Tomatoes.
Pork pie.

Just for a bit of variety.

sorryiasked · 25/04/2020 08:56

No prawn vol au vents but most of the other stuff here but they don't deliver to my area Sad

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 25/04/2020 09:02

Duck spring rolls
Southern fried chicken pieces
Philly-stuffed peppadews
Pickled onions
Pate and crusty bread
Cheese straws
Sour cream and chive dip
Jalapeno peppers
Mushroom vol au vents
Tempura prawns

Takes me straight to New Years Eve at my parents' house, we have a great buffet

EatsShootsAndRuns · 25/04/2020 09:04

Mini sausages
Pakora
Switch egg
Mini vol au vents
Egg and onion sandwich
Olives
Mini breadsticks
Hummus

autumnboys · 25/04/2020 09:04

Home made coronation chicken - the centre piece of every buffet my mum ever did.
Satay chicken
Mini pork pies
Breaded cheese bites
Tiny bell peppers with cream cheese

RiftGibbon · 25/04/2020 09:09

Dairy-intolerant veggie here, with a couple of other wierd food intolerances.
So salad, houmous, pickles and plain bread. Maybe some crisps, maybe samosas and bhajis.
Last time I went to a buffet lunch they did me plain bread with some salad in it. They'd had 2 weeks notice that I was "nearly vegan" and catering was by an experienced team.

sparklefarts · 25/04/2020 09:19

YuuuuM

Sandwiches (only chicken or ham variety please)
Mini sausage rolls
Mini pork pies
Chicken drumsticks
Chicken nuggets/ dippers
French stick
Different types of crisps
Samosas
Onion bhajis

Mini eclairs
Cake
Cake
Chocolate fingers

Impatientwino · 25/04/2020 09:28

I'm so glad I didn't see this last night!

O.K

Homemade coleslaw
French stick and butter
Cheese and onion sandwiches
Smoked salmon with lemon wedges
Babaganoush
Warm sausage rolls
Thick carved ham with English mustard
Onion bhajis
Samosas
Mini potato rosti
Homemade houmous
Tempura prawns
Pickled onions
Homemade quiche
Roquito peppers
Duck spring rolls
My mums trifle

Ooh that was fun Smile

CheriLittlebottom · 25/04/2020 09:52

Oh and if it's a Christmas buffet, there better be pigs in blankets.

JemilyJ · 25/04/2020 09:55

Cold pizza
Tiger bread with real butter (usually have marg but I make an exception for buffets)
Chicken nuggets
Roast gammon
Sausage roll
Kettle chips
Twiglets
Jacket potato
Cheese

Lovemornings · 25/04/2020 10:09

Ooooh once in a blue moon we used to go to this amazing hotel for their weekend brunch buffet....
Cold buffet - meats, fish, salads
Full English breakfast
Full range of roasts with all trimmings
Full Indian buffet - lots of veggie and meat curries
Full Chinese buffet - dim sum,garlic fried veggies, ribs, noodles
Amazing tables of pudding - rows upon rows of teeny tiny cakes, creamy things in shot glasses, ice cream, meringues, chocolate confections, all beautifully presented and so delicious
Cheese section including huge Parmesan wheels
Chocolates in rows - white, dark, milk
Popcorn
Candy floss
Free pour champagne
And just about every other drink, including slushies

Always tried to have a bit of everything but couldn’t fit it in.
I miss those days!

(Off to forage in cupboards...)

bulliedintonamechange · 25/04/2020 10:24

Oh my god I LOVE buffets

bulliedintonamechange · 25/04/2020 10:24

I would have everything a few times

RedRed9 · 25/04/2020 16:09

Today was the day of the food shop and I picked up so many buffet bits 😂

OP posts:
mbosnz · 25/04/2020 16:18

Sausage rolls, club sandwiches, smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwiches, blinis with horseradish and eye fillet, creamy seafood vol-au-vent, savouries, cheerios and tomato sauce,. . .

iklboo · 25/04/2020 16:18

Vol au vents
Mini sausage rolls
Mini sausages
Mini pork pie
Ham sandwich (2 triangles)
Tuna mayo sandwich (2 triangles)
OR - salmon paste sandwich finger if it's 70s themed
Piece of quiche
Cheese & pineapple on sticks
Silverskin pickled onions
Crisps

Piece of gateau (strawberry) or cheesecake

mbosnz · 25/04/2020 16:21

Thai meatballs with dipping sauce.
Miniature Thai fish cakes.
Spring rolls
Gyoza

Oh crap. I'm going to have to do a buffet now.

THANKS A BUNCH!