Serve yourself

The Five Star International Buffet varies its menu, so diners can try new dishes to complement favorites

By Nadine Kam

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 08, 2012

~~<p>One casualty of the diverse restaurant scene as it’s grown over the decades is the buffet restaurant. While most were not as extravagant as those in Vegas, the idea of a mountainous plate of food appealed to those with ginormous appetites and/or a taste for variety. It was top-of-mind for any large gathering, assuring hosts that all would find something to like and no one would go home hungry.</p>
<p>Over time, diners became more sophisticated and more health-conscious. In weighing the cost of an average buffet against what they were being served and whether they could eat their money’s worth of food, many decided the value wasn’t there. On the restaurant side, the economics probably didn’t work out either when considering costs and the handful of big eaters who could wipe out the priciest edibles.</p>
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One casualty of the diverse restaurant scene as it’s grown over the decades is the buffet restaurant. While most were not as extravagant as those in Vegas, the idea of a mountainous plate of food appealed to those with ginormous appetites and/or a taste for variety. It was top-of-mind for any large gathering, assuring hosts that all would find something to like and no one would go home hungry.

Over time, diners became more sophisticated and more health-conscious. In weighing the cost of an average buffet against what they were being served and whether they could eat their money’s worth of food, many decided the value wasn’t there. On the restaurant side, the economics probably didn’t work out either when considering costs and the handful of big eaters who could wipe out the priciest edibles. Login for more...