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A buffet is a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners generally serve themselves. [1] Buffets are offered at various places including hotels and many social events. Buffets usually have some hot dishes, so the term "cold buffet" (see Smörgåsbord) has been developed to describe formats lacking hot food.
Pancho's main product is an all-you-can-eat buffet, [5] though unlike many other such buffets additional food is brought by waitstaff rather than self-served, except for in the chain's "Super Buffet" locations. Pancho's fare include tacos, flautas, enchiladas, tamales, rice, refried beans, guacamole and many other traditional Tex-Mex items.
The Thrillist called the pu-pu platter "an amalgam of Americanized Chinese food, Hawaiian tradition and bar food." [2] The pu pu platter was probably first introduced to restaurants on the United States mainland by Donn Beach in 1934, [1] and has since become a standard at most Polynesian-themed restaurants such as Don's and Trader Vic's.
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The basic menu includes traditional ballpark food such as hot dogs, nachos, peanuts, popcorn, and soft drinks. [16] [17] In 2008, all-you-can-eat seats were also inaugurated in numerous NBA and NHL arenas. [18] Some buffet restaurants aim to reduce food waste, by imposing fines on customers who take large amounts of food, but then discard it ...
In Northern Europe, the term varies between "cold table" and "buffet": In Norway it is called koldtbord or kaldtbord, in Denmark det kolde bord [2] (literally "the cold table"), in the Faroe Islands, kalt borð (cold table); in Germany kaltes Buffet and in the Netherlands koud buffet (literally "cold buffet"); in Iceland it is called hlaðborð ("loaded/covered table"), in Estonia it is called ...
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The choice of blue plates, especially during the Great Depression, may have been related to color psychology, as blue is not a color associated with food, and people might want to eat less food when it is presented on an unappealing blue plate instead of a more appealing color. [5] "No substitutions" was a common policy on blue-plate specials.