Why does the concept of “All you can eat” seem to work?
It seems to take more and more footage over here and for the life of me, I don’t understand why. Yesterday we went to a restaurant that was recommended to us, just to find out that they had changed their concept. Instead of Sushi and warm meals of the menu, you could only order “all inclusive” “all you can eat” for a “flat rate” of 16.95 €.
It is not about the money, no question, although not rich by any means, I am willing to pay that much and more for a meal that was prepared with good produce and a good sense for flavor.
At least when it comes down to food I rather go out less often and have a normal portion of very good quality than an overabundance of mediocre. In the end for more or less the same price anyway. Is is fun to people to overeat to get their moneys worth?
How do you see that and how is it in your countries?
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Relates to eating.
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I am not a fan of "All You Can Eat" restaurants. I really don't like the idea of eating more than you can actually take just to get your money's worth; it's not right. However, all-you-can-eat places here in the Philippines are such a hit as well. I guess people think it's cheaper than paying by-the-meal.
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We're all grown ups now. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?
It's an American thing. I think it caught on here because people like to feel like they're getting a lot of value for their money. Unfortunately it ended up working just a little too well. Many of my fellow Americans are becoming larger and larger...
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There are lots of places here in the UK like that. I have been to a chinese buffet all you can eat once...and it was really nice. But the amount of waste people left on their plates was horrendous!
Piling their plates as high as they could with different dishes that certainly do't go very well together.
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PaulaQ it may be an "American thing" now but is very old..A long time ago i accompanied my grandfather to scandinavia,and on the first day we were invited to a buffet called a smorgasbord..My grandfather led me along the table saying decide what you want..then we went back along the table,this time with plates and took what we wanted ,there was no limit..The only time i ever went back for more was once in melbourne australia,the target ?Huge prawns!damn but those things were ..MOREish...GO Aussie!!.
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OK....if you think that way
To me it is a more "general" question to how to human mind works
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Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimbel in the wabe.
All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
I have an all I can eat kitchen, so why would I want to eat out?
PaulaQ it may be an "American thing" now but is very old..A long time ago i accompanied my grandfather to scandinavia,and on the first day we were invited to a buffet called a smorgasbord..My grandfather led me along the table saying decide what you want..then we went back along the table,this time with plates and took what we wanted ,there was no limit..The only time i ever went back for more was once in melbourne australia,the target ?Huge prawns!damn but those things were ..MOREish...GO Aussie!!.
Ohmigosh, you're right about that one! I guess we Americans think we invented everything! 
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I eat very little so " All you can eat" dont agree with me. 
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I eat because Im hungry and when Im hungry Im really really hungry and if its free drinks on top of that I dont miss out on an opportunity to get really freakin wasted so.. ..."all you can eat" really is the shit for me 
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some people are jus greedy and they will certainly try to eat all they can 
but i wonder is the quality so good cos they must have to prepare it all and it jus sits there waiting to be ate .... how long can they keep it hot without replacing it?
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It works because people are greedy. I visit those places in the UK but not often as like you I would rather have a smaller a smaller portion of good quality food.
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