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  • Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world
    38·
    3 months ago

    Actually weird that it has taken so long. As a smaller person I was unable to finish any plate when I visited the states and wished there was an option for me to order a “child’s” portion. This also makes it easier for people to lose weight while not on glp1.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      I don’t think i ever finished a whole meal in a restaurant. I was never able to eat a lot in one sitting. At home i eat so much, but i just spread it out over time.

      One day i went to a restaurant for lunch. It was an american style restaurant, whatever that means and the owner (it just opened) was american. I ordered the menu and while ordering the guy next to me just got his food. The same thing i ordered. It was the biggest plate with the most obscene amount of food i have ever seen. I told the waiter that this is ridiculous and i’m not even gonna eat a quarter of it. If i can have a smal portion (for the same price, idc.) and he was very reluctant to do so, so he called the owner. They wouldn’t serve me a small portion, because other people might see my plate and think they don’t get enough food in his establishment. And i kid you not, a quarter of that plate is still enough to fill two normal plates to the brim. Absolutely wild, and i had to leave

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
    33·
    3 months ago

    This is the kind of article that I always find fascinatingly American in nature. Not just in it’s content about obesity and meal size, but in how insanely blind it is to the literal entire rest of the world.

    It’s all written like smaller meal sizes are this crazy new thing when literally every tourist to the US is constantly talking about how insanely massive the portion sizes are everywhere.

    • Lupo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      I unknowingly bought a pack of 7 hotdogs the other day. Straight up thought I lost a hot dog.

  • dkppunk@lemmy.world
    16·
    3 months ago

    As long as the prices go down too, I’m ok with smaller meals.

    I can’t remember the last time I finished a meal at a restaurant, I always eat half and then take the rest to go. Most things reheat pretty well, even fries taste good when reheated in a toaster oven.

    • Patches@ttrpg.network
      2·
      3 months ago

      Same, if I don’t have enough to take home then I usually don’t go back.

      Can’t afford to waste <3 hours of my pay/life to still be hungry later that night.

  • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 months ago

    Real question, is quality going up?

    I sincerely can’t care anymore about endless portions of trash that taste like slop or BBQ but crave the original flavors that are bold and well prepared, wouldn’t even flinch to pay the same for these rather than a pound of fries and something I cannot finish and will become unedable after an overnight in the refrigerator.