midnight buffet
Late-night food array
A midnight buffet is a late-night spread of food, traditionally offered on cruise ships as an extravagant display available around midnight for passengers who want a meal between dinner and breakfast.
The term evokes indulgence and excess—elaborate presentations of carved meats, desserts, and finger foods available to anyone still awake and hungry: We hit the midnight buffet after the show.
- cruise shipPleasure voyage vessel
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
- spreadTo distribute widely
carving station · indulgence · guilty pleasures · all you can eat · snacks · desserts · cravings · ship · all-you-can-eat · hungry · trays · champagne · open bar · pastries · starving · stomach growling · food coma · decadent
- cruise diningcaptain's dinner, formal dinner, assigned seating, open seating, captain's table
- Ocean LinersTitanic, Lusitania, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Britannic
midnight buffetbreakfast service
Organized morning meal provision
breakfast buffet · early bird special · brunch · continental breakfast · lunch service
midnight buffetà la carte
Separately priced dishes
plated dinner · tasting menu · table service · prix fixe · prix fixe menu
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