Death by Buffet Food

For the past few weeks I have been attending a few networking events due to work. While I don’t mind the events, I feel that I could die a slow and rather boring death on buffet food.

At the first event, an IBM event that had a lot of free stuff I could potentially set up my own computer related store, I thought that the smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels were a nice accompaniment to the beef and horseradish Yorkshire puddings and cheese and tomato sandwiches.

At the second event, a luncheon (so said the invitation) to meet NHS Professionals, a similar buffet was served – in that the bagels and Yorkshire puddings were replaced by sandwiches. I thought that, being Central London, the same caterers had been used.

At the third event, an event not even in London but in Woking, similar fillings were again served. I’m not a fan of Salmon as it is – anyone who knows me well knows that I hate river fish – but food is food. After all, there’s only so much horseradish I can consume before I start feeling queasy, and Tomato and Cheese is a standard and rather dull addition to my plate.

The only food stuffs that altered drastically at the events were the desserts. At the first event I avoided the funny looking jellied custard dessert and concentrated on grapes. At the second they didn’t even provide desserts! At the third, I had a delightful carrot cake – by far the best catered dessert.

Desserts aside, I would like some diversification in the savoury line-up of the next buffeted event I attend. My staple diet must consist of more than Salmon, Beef and Cheese if only for the sake of my poor palette.