Food Theory: How to BEAT the Buffet (Food Theory's Lost Episode)

Theorists, what you are about to see is from the Food Theory vault. It is an episode that was almost never aired, due to the events of last year. Remember buffets? The all you can eat experience of piling your plate so high with crab legs, various meat, and desserts? I wanted to figure out how to get the best bang for your buck at ANY buffet. I did the research, live and in person before everything shut down. The buffet we went to does not even EXIST anymore! Yet,I knew the knowledge we gained was worth sharing so that you too could beat the buffet.


Want More FOOD THEORY?

Join our other Theorist Communities!

Need Royalty Free Music for your Content? Try Epidemic Sound.

Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Luke Barats
Editors: Dan "Cybert" Seibert
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

#Buffet #Mukbang #Hack #Restaurant #RestaurantHack #FoodHack #Menu #FoodTheory #Food #Recipe #Matpat #GameTheory #FilmTheory

[octomanuno]

"There is a 41% chance that you are wearing sweatpants."

Me, wearing sweatpants: *s o r c e r y*

[LonelySandwich]

"its not about the food its about sending a message"
-joker in a alternate universe probably

[Tavinhu]

“The plates are smaller to make them take less food”

Me making a food pyramid in the plate : *i have no such weakness*

[ChengTeoh]

I'm going to assume that the other 59% of people are just wearing no pants ... fight me on that!

[jadenbree]

My dad is a state trooper and one time he and a bunch of his work friends had a competition of who could eat the most at a Chinese buffet…the owner came out and said “it’s all you can eat, not eat til you die” 😭😭

[AyoDen]

My mom's way to beat the buffet: Stuff food in plastic bags and smuggle it out

[panzerfaust]

Golden Corral will probably send a hit squad to silence Matt after this

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's an equivalent to an FBI's most wanted list for buffets and MatPat is their public enemy number 1.

[Antonio_Ortiz]

I've had several occasions where the staff looked in disgust as I stacked my plate with 50-60 pieces of sushi (which I always finish) and have once had a hostess suggest other food options when she realized that I was only going to ask for sushi rolls, and I firmly declined and ate 11 rolls total.

[lolgetrektnojutsu]

There’s Markiplier and Darkiplier
There’s Jacksepticeye and Antisepticeye
And then there’s MatPat and Pre Saint Judes Haircut Green Screen MatPat

[ahmadpickett]

It's crazy to see matpat actual talking and moving his body

[OfficialBurrow]

I was actually the "meat bouncer" (actually a specialty cook) for 4 years... There wasn't any boss telling me to do or don't do.. anything. You can come and get as much meat as you want, at the end of the day, we weren't thinking about you at all, also we weren't allowed to refuse the customer of another slice. I actually used to pre-slice them so anyone could have as much as they want. My boss never told me I wasn't allowed to do it. I worked at a local buffet though, this might not be the same elsewhere, but I actually enjoyed when people came to my specialty bar because I am the one who cooked the steaks and ribs and I always got compliments for my cooking which made me smile instead of being overbearingly grumpy like most of all my coworkers there.

[momentswithmccoy]

I usually eat beef alone at buffets, if the waiter complains or “suggests” I eat something else, I refer them to my extensive allergy list which keeps me from eating a lot of cheap foods. Which is both true and keeps them from “so far” kicking me out 😂

[DarthArachnious]

If you want to hurt them, take a group of pre-teens. My nephew and his lacrosse team ate everything, including the fake parsley in the ice display. They ate all the expensive octopus trying to gross each other out. One kid ate a whole platter of dinner rolls and still had room for 3 whole chickens. They're animals.

[ryanhiggins]

I ate so much crab leg at a Chinese buffet that they kick me out.. I said “but it’s all you can eat” and they told me “yes, and that is all you can eat”

[jonathanwang]

"Asian's don't eat till they're full, they eat until they recuperate the cost of the buffet" - Uncle Roger

[april]

Honestly, I don't go to buffets for the "all you can eat" factor, I go for the variety

[lavendersage]

"The meat bouncer is judging you for your gluttony" is the best sentence I've ever heard 😂

[KyrenShat]

When I was younger I went on a cruise ship and the buffet there had really good pancakes for breakfast, I remember having so many pancakes (like over 12 times going up for 3 pancakes per plate) the server just started calling me the pancake king and would refer to me as it whenever she served me food. That was pretty cool

[mustachio]

"Mom, why is that man measuring a plate?"
"Oh don't worry about it, he's a youtuber."