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We have a favourite restaurant which we can really only go to on special occasions as it´s pricey.
There´s not a great deal of choice on the menu & the veg tend to be salad or roasted peppers & chips. OH doesn´t eat chips, so last time we went he asked if he could have extra peppers instead.
His plate arrived overflowing with a double portion of veg plus the chips :-S :-S

A couple of times we have eaten in privately owned establishments where the food has been excellent but the balance of the meal has been wrong so OH was overfed again.

There is an amazing cafe near Goodwood where everything is homecooked and fabulous,

Her salad is gorgeous and wonderfully presented but it has no dull bits,spud or a roll. To order a baked potato or a roll would just make the meal too big to eat.

I have explained this to her. t first she thought I was complaining but I do hope she accepted my explanation that it was just too much loveliness at once.

We had something similar at a Greek night in a local pub.All the protein and salad you could want but a small portion of bread.

Do not know where others on here live but I live in London and regularly eat out in Pubs etc., in the country, and we only ever go back to the generous pubs. Not the overloaded, which you tend not to get much of.

And I would certainly not go back to any eatery where I considered I was being overcharged for very little posh nosh....

We all understand about overheads, but if you are mean with the portions I would imagine that many people would not go back to be conned.

Also someone did mention childs meals, these in many places are not the same meals as those for adults and I do not want to eat out on Fish Fingers, Pizza or burgers....

Ah, brugger, I've choked on me G and T again

A quick snort at this time of day.

Doesn't surprise me.

Snorts @ Sharron!

Went to a funeral that was catered at the local pub.

The only vegetrian choice was some sandwiches that were inedible so I left several on my plate with a bite taken out of each,just to indicate how unpleasant they were.

Other Half eat them!

I think he enjoyed the funeral so much he wanted one of his own!

Well yes protein is better but the chips are cheaper. It's all about profit.

WE WENT TO ONE RECEPTION
POSH HOTEL
THE BUFFET CAME OUT
NOW WITH BUFFET YOU HEP YOURSELF
AND PICK WHAT YOU WANT

WE WERE TOLD
1 MINI PIZZA,1 SAMOSA,EITHER 1 SAUSAGE ROLL OR CHICKEN DRUMSTI CK, 1HELPING OF SALAD,
THIS WAS AT FIVE,THINK RECEPTION WAS OVER BY 9
EVERYONE HAD GONE LOOKING FOR FOOD,
HOTEL MENUE WAS SO EXPENSIVE

My OH is a human waste disposal unit but I don't necessarily want to be giving him my dinner.

Sometimes even he is beaten by a meal.

Carol we went to a wedding once, they wedding was @ 3pm they served a buffett at 5pm and that was it , by 10 pm Itsmytelly and I was straving that we left and went for a curry... :-D

Not a problem in our house Sharron I have teenage boys who can eat the horse chase the rider and still have the fridge and cupboards open 10 mins later asking what else there is to eat ;-)

Morning All :-D

There is a popular restaurant near where I live that serves excellent food and has very good menus.
I love going there but recently have found too much food on my plate,sounds daft but imo it's a turn off,and any meal asked for comes with chips,rice,pasta and salad! I have asked for just one of the options but when my meal comes there they all are and I just feel so guilty when food is wasted.
On holiday in Canada, a few years back, I ordered pancakes with maple syrup,asked if I wanted adult or junior, when I said adult the waitress advised junior, good job I took her advice as even then I rec. six pancakes :-0....delish....but couldn't eat 'em all :-(

There's so much waste in this world it's just crazy!

Mau

Wend,I am talking about food.

Doesn't bother me, but I'm a pig :-D

I am not really chippist but the bulking agent of these huge meals is often chips.

Big hulking beefcakes usually need extra protein,

Yesterdays evening meal for 2-
1 large and 1 small cod, and 1 large chips.

If 3 people are in - 2 large cod and 1 large chips. 1 of the cod is split 2 ways while OH grumbles that the chips have to go 3 ways. :-D

Although not being caught out in quite the same way as Iris, the size of the meals in some US restaurants was a shock, and I did rant to OH about the waste. We were told that most people asked for doggy bags, but that's not something you can really do if you are staying in a hotel. We were too full from the main course to ever consider a dessert!

The problem is that one size does not fit all.

I'm 5ft 6in, I walk the dog each day and do pilates once a week but otherwise have a mostly sedentary lifestyle. Therefore I'll need a smaller portion than someone who is 6ft 3in, plays sport on a regular basis and exercises every day.

The problem for cafes/restaurants is they can't give everyone the exact size portion they need. I suspect they probably play safe and go for the larger size portion, assuming that those who don't need as much will leave what they don't need.

Of course that last bit doesn't always happen but that's another thread.

Have they tried asking for a smaller portion Sharron, the wagon that used to come to our village was happy to put fewer chips in as it meant they did not have to cook as many thus increasing their profits.

hi sharron,
i agree with you, hugh plate fulls are a turn off, 20 years ago in the usa 4 of us asked for a banana split each,the waitress did look surprised and when it came we could see why.....4 hugh banana,s on each dish, 8 lumps of ice cream and enough choclate sauce to float a boat in. and before anyone ask's,no we did not eat it all. when we asked the waitress why she didn't warn us how big they were ,the answer was "i though you knew". :-S