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Please sir, can I have less on my plate so I don t leave so much food to waste. Photo: Aci Helena.
While dining at a local club a few years back, the husband ordered a small-sized version of fish and chips, as offered on the menu.
Imagine his embarrassment and my mirth when the meal arrived in a cute little paper pirate boat that would appeal to any child diner but certainly not to his child within.
I was equally embarrassed at another club when I ordered a seniors’ meal (long before I was “officially” a senior) because it offered a smaller size and I didn’t want a huge lunch.
The thing is, neither of us are big eaters and we don’t like wasting food, especially when we’re paying for others to cook and serve it. We’re not the type of people who order entrees, mains and desserts, because we just don’t have big appetites.
We’ve become experts at shuffling leftovers around on the plate to avoid the withering looks from wait staff, or concerned inquiries about the quality of the food ( beautiful thanks, just too much for me ). We ve mastered the craft of artfully placing a somewhat crushed serviette to cover the half a cow left on our plates. Some venues are happy to supply containers to take home leftovers but in these days of heightened litigation and the fear of diners getting food poisoning, most refuse to offer that option.
Yes, our Italian friends laugh at us while they happily take our leftovers and we re mocked by those in our family with large and extra-large appetites.
But it’s high time that restaurants, clubs and pubs started taking notice of what we’ve been asking for for years smaller portions of adult meals.
We do not want chicken nuggets and chips, or kids’ pasta. We want to order a meal from the adult side of the menu that’s closer to the size of a kids’ meal.
In this day and age, it’s not just an option to suit “fussy” people like us.
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Big plates, bigger waste: Is it time for restaurants to reduce their serving sizes?
