{"id":1169,"date":"2010-10-01T06:17:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T10:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2010-10-02T07:07:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T11:07:16","slug":"strategic-food-attack-at-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/strategic-food-attack-at-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic food attack at functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/noenthuda.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/13\/strategic-food-attack-at-functions\/\">more on the optimal use of buffets, especially for Indian food<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/91252560@N00\/3236277758\/\" title=\"Day 28: Eff It, Let's Eat Indian Food\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3308\/3236277758_0b22b1f8cb.jpg\" alt=\"Day 28: Eff It, Let's Eat Indian Food\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" title=\"Attribution License\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hobnobblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-dropper\/images\/cc.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" border=\"0\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photodropper.com\/photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">photo<\/a> credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/91252560@N00\/3236277758\/\" title=\"theogeo\" target=\"_blank\">theogeo<\/a><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At Sharadha\u2019s wedding too I had managed to spot and exploit arbitrage opportunities. For example, I realized that people never stood in queues to get second helpings, and that I could peacefully get around the line by taking the plate from the hardly-crowded salad counter and then going to the main line looking like I was going for second helpings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;And if you find yourself at a buffet which has lots of financial traders, I really pity you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The previous link on the topic was <a href=\"http:\/\/milkmiracle.net\/2010\/09\/25\/buffet\/\">here<\/a>.  For the pointer I thank Karthik Shashidar.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2010\/10\/strategic-food-attack-at-functions.html\">Originally posted on Marginal Revolution<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/curry-leaf\/\" title=\"Curry Leaf\">Curry Leaf<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/turmeric\/\" title=\"Turmeric\">Turmeric<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/curry-mantra\/\" title=\"Curry Mantra\">Curry Mantra<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is more on the optimal use of buffets, especially for Indian food: photo credit: theogeo At Sharadha\u2019s wedding too I had managed to spot and exploit arbitrage opportunities. 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