Beyond Buffets And contrary to the stereotype, these cruises offer more in the culinary department than a midnight buffet.
Cruises once made a mockery of moderation: they were belt-loosening blowouts, infamous for high-calorie cocktails, poolside inertia and postdinner dinners (a k a midnight buffets).
Moderate-cost dining: Much of a visitor to India's dining is done in hotels, particularly in smaller towns, so start here at the Moomal Tourist Bungalow where lunch or dinner menus go for $3.50, served in the spacious-but-simple dining room or frequently outside in the evening, buffet style beside a roaring fire.
The $19.50 prix-fixe Sunday brunch buffet and $17.95 Thursday evening buffet are bargains.
The animals can be pretty lethal to humans, especially if they attack in a pack, but here they are said to be pretty docile, spending the day sleeping in nearby caves and turning up for their regular evening buffet.
We tried a prix fixe menu, a Sunday night buffet, we advertised and we hired a publicist.
Even the midnight buffet has changed with the times.
This Hoops Party includes a delicious early afternoon buffet lunch catered by Compadres, refreshments, remarks from Men's Tennis Coach Peter Wright and Assistant Basketball Coach Chris Walker, and performances by the Cal Band and Cal Spirit Groups.
One of the first times I ever got really drunk, I binged at a midnight pancake buffet and told everyone that I was Jim Morrison.
At the pretty (and air-conditioned) Lazare's restaurant, separate from the evening buffets, one can order spiny lobster -- although unavailable when I tried -- and sample more sophisticated cooking.
