How to BEAT a LUXURY BUFFET!!! UNLIMITED SEAFOOD!!

this is where it gets really important the buffet costs 73 yes how does someone come here and really get their money's worth what yes pay one set price and eat until you can't eat anymore but do the same rules apply when dining at a luxury buffet just right here in this small little area they have a ton of unique seafood wow that's everything you can think of [Music] in this exclusive series we're demystifying high-end cuisine and high-priced ingredients what's the most expensive buffet you've ever eaten that i don't pay for buffet today we're going to see a premium buffet from a chef's perspective learning how they satisfy demanding guests who are paying top dollar we've got five main stations every station has a signature we're getting one last taste of the highlight it's amazing i see a full tuna looking at me and most importantly have you had abalone never learning the right strategies to beat the buffet there's so much food here we're not trying everything i think we should get some snails that's what you're gonna get at a buffet yeah no right i don't know what to do it all starts right here we've come to jw cafe known for its sumptuous buffet style offerings you can see this battling a man a fact to the finish we can walk to the end if you let cause you and them see that time's not a thing here when you've been blessed and born to the left see me so right when you walk in they have the dessert section they've got fresh fruit they've got little cakes and bars they have a freaking chocolate fountain you see that everything looks so beautiful that i cannot eat it well everybody's about to tear it apart so we might as well be part of the destruction [Music] this looks amazing [Music] look at that meet chef renee oscar renee has a strong culinary foundation and 26 years experience in international hotel kitchens now he's the executive chef managing all f b offerings in this hotel's restaurant chef put it there how are you doing welcome to hanoi thank you very much what kind of skills and experience do you need to properly run a buffet at this scale um people people skill because we work with so many chefs we have about 180 in the hotel how can one person manage all that i mean what does your day look like quality check i would say 20 30 of the time and the rest of the time is planning and execution have you ever tried to go to a buffet that you didn't work for and say i'm just gonna do a quality check for you guys for free no okay i was just thinking of a way to get a free meal high-end experience comes with a price tag unless you bring your own film crew here you'll pay about 73 dollars in the usa it'd likely cost much much more how many different food items are available when you pay that 73 dollars 400 400. for that price your promised theatrical gastronomic tour how are you able to manage getting that much food prepared every section has a chef that's responsible for it so basically we work as a team together with all our chefs we plan the menus together like a symphony that's been orchestrated a thousand times before chef renee is the conductor and every station works as a perfectly tuned instrument what time do you need to begin preparation to have all these items ready in time these items went on this morning at 7 30. food that needs time to be prepared starts first everything that's roasted or grilled is prepped and kept over fire with portions sliced and peeled off during service lamb legs bone-in rib eye steak 26 pounds of meat grilled to perfection next suckling pig roasted chinese style duck dried for two days it gets seasoned and roasted beijing style [Music] while the meat is being prepared other stations are just getting started [Music] pasta freshly made from flour eggs and salt [Music] kneaded flattened and cut into fettuccine strips dessert crafting the perfect sweet blend of flavors releasing one final gush of sugar-induced dopamine before you finally collapse from over-feeding the seafood coming just in time loaded with a variety of sea creatures from around the globe shrimp gooey duck mantis shrimp crab canadian lobster and this 100 pound yellow fin tuna i'm not sure what heaven's like but if it can compare to this i'd consider being good it's all original enough staring at the food chef renee is serving a taste fresh off the grill roasted lamb left [Music] it's a beautiful bastard australian lamb did it fly here it's probably on the boat then i'm not jealous sorry these days with corona i get jealous of food that can fly because i can't fly can we give this a try let's dig in i'm gonna cut this a little bit are you gonna no i'm not bite off of that [Music] [Applause] [Music] original smoky and just super simple you just bring it out the natural flavor it's a little salt little pepper and just a natural spice that the lamb has comes out beautifully usually lamb has such like strong taste but when you eat it you don't taste it at all but it can be gaming lamb when it becomes over the flavor becomes more strong so you need to make sure that it's not too old wow that's fantastic wow what are the biggest challenges in running a buffet this large the biggest challenge is to make sure that the people who come towards the end of service still have the same experiences if you just walk in the beginning i don't like food that sits in hot dishes i mean after 10-15 minutes all the vibrance is out of the food the flavor gets out of the food and everything starts to taste the same here they have a different strategy less waste better flavors all it requires is some thoughtful planning i don't need recognition about 10 of the dishes are cooked to welcome the soon arriving guests at 12 p.m it's all about refreshing batch cooking making sure the food is not out too long the desserts are artfully plated side dishes salad pizza ready to go cold cuts and cheese oh yeah baby abalone congee expensive heartwarming i know the future sifu it's going to be the item everyone is after seafood is king in vietnam people come to italy because of our seafood selection i don't need oysters shopped sashimi sliced half the live seafood remains in the tank for guests who want to cook to order and half is steamed boiled or grilled for a taste of instant satisfaction right now preparation is underway for the brunch coming up at 12 o'clock right here the seafood section she's getting everything set up and put out they have slipper lobster spotted crabs they have baby lobsters everything just right here you can get full of this super unique very expensive seafood before we get started i have to ask the chef what is the right way to kind of cheat the buffet and really get your money's worth here that's what i'm looking at we're spending 73 how do i eat maybe 200 worth of food can it be done chef it is 20 minutes until meal service begins is everything ready very happy with it with the tuna here are you gonna cut this up live in front of people and get sashimi from this yes absolutely let's do that right now absolutely and cut to voiceover and then we will appear back and we have oh look at this wow the art of filmmaking here we have some sashimi tuna do you know what part this is from the back your back is a little less fat okay right on i'm gonna just grab a little piece you gotta oh hey you have chopsticks i'm gonna give it a little dip there we go [Music] oh it's so cheers it's a local tuna from the machang area i love that it's local i never would have guessed that it's from the triangle the texture is so different from the tuna i have in a good way like usually it's far apart you know yeah super fresh super yummy this is where it gets really important okay and this is where um we should talk quiet because there's some corporate people around us the buffet costs 73 what is a good buffet strategy because i know i shouldn't go eat some fried rice and bread and call it a day for me i i don't go to a restaurant for value eating i go for experience are you satisfied well let's get back to the question you want to answer what are the most expensive items that you serve here okay because you have foie gras it's a foie gras unlimited yes i can eat as much water as much as you want who could eat more than once well you'd be surprised we've had guests at a table of six ate about 150 slices what yes really without blinking and you didn't have to call the police sorry you didn't have to call it an ambulance no no no they walked out like nothing happened some people love it that's one way to get your money sorry lobster truffles all the meats the seafood in the chinese selection there's a item with abalone country wearing some other high value items so indirectly you've given me the answer yes if you want to beat the buffet you just got to eat a bunch of meat and then get gout [Music] can you make it right when you always online how can you make it right when you be talking all the time right here is our first stop this is the chinese area tons of food but this caught my eye abalone super expensive have you had abalone no really yes so this is exciting and it looks kind of funny it's it what's it look like there's so much food here we're not trying everything it's important to first eat with your eyes it's like foreplay i'm looking at you you look great i'm not going to eat you we got to move on oh really yeah we're not doing it next section here this looks pretty familiar almost like vietnamese street food what you'd find at an out or like shellfish restaurant okay what do you think oh lobster hello okay let's get lobster yay and some snails so they also have canadian lobster back here in a tank i think we just order one and split it okay also i think they have something here i'm guessing you haven't tried it's called a gooey duck i think i've heard about it maybe like on national geographic snail grilled gooey duck grilled and topped with scallion oil and ground peanut spiny lobster topped with beijamel sauce and mozzarella then melted in the oven then the canadian lobster simply steamed this is quite a fancy seafood feast here what i like about it is we've taken a lot of things you wouldn't normally get to try especially all together i think we should start here this is the spiny lobster yeah how many of these lobsters could you eat like 20 10 two oh you were the worst person to bring to them all right cheers cheers [Music] it's cheesy it's chewy it's satisfying mmm i think it tastes very fresh tastes sweet too here canadian lobster look like you when you go in the sun yeah that's right oh this whole day is worth it i've been working so hard walking around staring at food all day the only thing that makes me a little sad is in the u.s i would have just a big bowl of melted butter to put this into here um fish sauce no no no no no no okay well salt pepper lime cheers [Music] so good this is so much better it's better than the other one right yes the meat's real nice it's still got like some chew to it but not like so stringy and overall very satisfying i always wonder like when you're like oprah rich is this like a snack you eat 10 lobsters no yeah they've got some big beautiful snails here i like it it doesn't really have a strong taste very chewy texture here i'm excited for you to try this me too this is a gooey dump my first time having buoy duck [Music] i've never had one this tiny before oh and bigger no they get literally this long yeah you ready for another round chef we're back for more excellent i was thinking usually when i go to a buffet i might mix and match and kind of make my own recipe you have pasta yes you have foie gras yes you have truffle exactly can we mix all those i can mix anything you like he's allowing me to ruin the name of french cuisine chef renee pan sears the foie gras he blanches the pasta and combines it with a green mushroom sauce plate pile it high with slices of burgundy truffle and eat this is a frankenstein creation this is crazy it's not a dish and no one would ever do this except for me and it came from my brain i think we should just cut the foie gras in half at first ready hey cheers oh my god it's like i'm eating like a piece of butter yeah i thought you could say like a piece of art but yeah like butter very rich buttery creamy it's just gently cascades down your throat like a fat kid going down a water slide here i'm gonna mix some pasta with some truffle with foie gras [Music] cheers i kind of like it somehow it worked thank you well i'm a bit of a chef myself i mean i didn't cook it but i gotta say the noodles do a good job of cutting some of the heaviness of that foie gras but it is still plenty heavy but i still like it i can tell i think we should get dessert oh still yeah let's do it here they make a dessert in front of you they make a teppanyaki ice cream rolls you know teppanyaki so the base is vanilla over here they have 16 topping options you pick two i'll pick two and we'll put all of it in there we want blueberry roasted almonds meringue and gummy bears most of the happiness i've felt in life has come by way of my mouth food just makes me feel good it's moira you that's delicious this buffet i could come here every weekend for a year and still find new flavor combinations that set off my taste buds and make me smile like achieving nirvana but with none of the discipline it's not cheap but my god is it worth it welcome to the best ever merch store where you can check out our brand new designs best ever bandanas in black white and red the please send nudes hoodie pillow soft fabric with a quality custom graphic inlay and our street food around the world graphic tee we're now shipping everywhere around the world just visit shopbestdoverfood.com or click the link in the description below to get your new merch today a piece boom guys that concludes our fine dining series a huge thank you to did i say it right yes twin is on the instagram.com follow her there gentlemen only 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Channel: Best Ever Food Review Show

Views: 2,825,956

Rating: 4.9189429 out of 5

Keywords: high end buffet, luxury buffet, fine dining buffet, sonny side, best ever food review show, unlimited seafood, seafood buffet, marriot buffet, Vietnam food, asian food, food in asia, fois gras, slipper lobster

Id: YBH6JjRoPT4

Length: 16min 32sec (992 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 20 2020