ビュッフェ
びゅっふぇ
noun
buffet, all-you-can-eat
1.
buffet, self-service meal
A style of dining where food is displayed and guests serve themselves. Often used for hotel breakfasts, party catering, and restaurant dining.
ビュッフェ形式のランチだ。
It's a buffet-style lunch.
ホテルの朝食はビュッフェだった。
The hotel breakfast was a buffet.
このレストランはスイーツビュッフェが人気で、週末は予約が取りにくい。
This restaurant's dessert buffet is popular, and it's hard to get a weekend reservation.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French buffet. The pronunciation follows the French original more closely than バフェ or バフェット.
VARIANTS:
バイキング is another common Japanese word for buffet-style dining, especially all-you-can-eat restaurants. バイキング is wasei-eigo originating from a 1957 Imperial Hotel promotion inspired by a Scandinavian smörgåsbord. ビュッフェ tends to sound more upscale.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ビュッフェ形式: buffet style
- 朝食ビュッフェ: breakfast buffet
- スイーツビュッフェ: dessert buffet
- ディナービュッフェ: dinner buffet
- ビュッフェ台: buffet table