the most admired buffet in Japan

I've never been to Japan but have always held their buffets in high regard.

I had the good fortune of working for a small Japanese company in London and because so many of the director's Japanese ex-pat friends were chefs, they were able to host family style buffets at home with the best raw fish and sushi. Lucky, because in London this food is unbelievably expensive so I would not otherwise have experienced it. We also had picnics, where we'd add a line of rice onto a sheet of dried seaweed, add whatever from a selection of goodies and roll it up to munch.  Happy days.

JK.....I was blown away by the absolute cleanliness of each line of product AND the chafers each supported by their own induction heat source....lives ago,I set up catering buffets over sterno and that was thought to be pretty cool at the time

CR....I have never been across the big water Charles,but always experience a vicarious thrill when you toss off semi-mythical country names as if we all get by those places pretty regularly

couple weeks ago I splurged on a fuzzy-logic rice machine.....with Basmati Rice,the little machine gives me a 1 hour lead to put together an impromptu dinner

It all looks delicious, except for that "uncooked"  roast beef!  But, auh....  Where's the food?  I guess I'd have to pay for 3 or 4 plates; I love to eat but would become rather irate if ONE plate was all I received for a meal. 

Posted by: @chris

It all looks delicious, except for that "uncooked"  roast beef!  But, auh....  Where's the food?  I guess I'd have to pay for 3 or 4 plates; I love to eat but would become rather irate if ONE plate was all I received for a meal. 

I think you are limited to what you can consume in 3 hours or so.....as for the roast beast,that`s how they get it from the cow

@john-barry John, I hope my post didn't imply I'd been to Japan, as I have not - sadly. But you should remember, your own country is probably bigger than Europe and all the places you've visited are equally mythical here.

@charles-rockett..........so far,I have you dealing in vintage vinyl somewhere on the outskirts of Paris.......performing secondary reconnaissance on London`s east side....and one (as yet unconfirmed) rescue visit to Narnia 🤔 

I`ve had feet on the ground in all the contiguous 48.....I recall a Walmart, McDonalds and a check cashing joint of ill repute

@john-barry All I do is work and as you note, recompense my miserable existence with the best music that talent put to vinyl and shiny shiny little cars. Otherwise, I trudge from Paris to London and back, dreading Britain's invigorated border force and their new-found sovereign-tea ☕️ while smuggling out model cars in the hope of saving on a massive VAT bill.  Trust me, a Walmart parking lot is more glamorous and hell - you might even bump into Clarence Thomas in his camper van.

Posted by: @charles-rockett

@john-barry All I do is work and as you note, recompense my miserable existence with the best music that talent put to vinyl and shiny shiny little cars. Otherwise, I trudge from Paris to London and back, dreading Britain's invigorated border force and their new-found sovereign-tea ☕️ while smuggling out model cars in the hope of saving on a massive VAT bill.  Trust me, a Walmart parking lot is more glamorous and hell - you might even bump into Clarence Thomas in his camper van.

"you might even bump into Clarence Thomas in his camper van"..............hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ????.......how many tries do you get for each ticket ?

Posted by: @john-barry

"you might even bump into Clarence Thomas in his camper van"..............hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ????.......how many tries do you get for each ticket ?

JB, sadly the video has been taken down from everywhere, because it is so embarrassing. But I'm sure you must have heard it.....

I prefer the RV parks.
I prefer the Walmart parking lots to the beeches: things like that.
There's something normal, to me, about it.
I come from regular stock.

@charles-rockett  well........................that settles that