Ordering Double the Dishes at Fine Dining restaurants
Oct 3, 2010 | 1:09 am
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Ordering Double the Dishes at Fine Dining restaurants
My partner and i like to go to fine dining restaurants sometimes. It isn't money which limits us going more often, it's the fact the bloody portions are so small and i especially am quite a big eater and prefer to go to restaurants with nice food but bigger portions.
I have thought about ordering two different starters, two different mains and two different desserts for myself at fine dining restaurants but don't want to look like a tosser.
Would the chef and the other employees at a fine dining restaurant get offended if you order double of everything ? Also gives you opportunity to try more dishes
I have thought about ordering two different starters, two different mains and two different desserts for myself at fine dining restaurants but don't want to look like a tosser.
Would the chef and the other employees at a fine dining restaurant get offended if you order double of everything ? Also gives you opportunity to try more dishes
Oct 3, 2010 | 9:28 am
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My partner and i like to go to fine dining restaurants sometimes. It isn't money which limits us going more often, it's the fact the bloody portions are so small and i especially am quite a big eater and prefer to go to restaurants with nice food but bigger portions................
Would the chef and the other employees at a fine dining restaurant get offended if you order double of everything ? Also gives you opportunity to try more dishes
Would the chef and the other employees at a fine dining restaurant get offended if you order double of everything ? Also gives you opportunity to try more dishes
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Oct 3, 2010 | 2:15 pm
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My partner and i like to go to fine dining restaurants sometimes. It isn't money which limits us going more often, it's the fact the bloody portions are so small and i especially am quite a big eater and prefer to go to restaurants with nice food but bigger portions.
I have thought about ordering two different starters, two different mains and two different desserts for myself at fine dining restaurants but don't want to look like a tosser.
Would the chef and the other employees at a fine dining restaurant get offended if you order double of everything ? Also gives you opportunity to try more dishes
I have thought about ordering two different starters, two different mains and two different desserts for myself at fine dining restaurants but don't want to look like a tosser.
Would the chef and the other employees at a fine dining restaurant get offended if you order double of everything ? Also gives you opportunity to try more dishes
A single entree in the US can feed my wife and I.
So, with a normal appy, entree, and dessert, I find that to be the perfect portion size at fine dining places.
As for ordering more food, I don't think anyone's going to be offended with that.
Oct 3, 2010 | 3:25 pm
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Don't know where you're located but the size of dishes in the US is preposterous. (And well documented to be so.)
A single entree in the US can feed my wife and I.
So, with a normal appy, entree, and dessert, I find that to be the perfect portion size at fine dining places.
A single entree in the US can feed my wife and I.
So, with a normal appy, entree, and dessert, I find that to be the perfect portion size at fine dining places.
That crap is super hard to split.
Oct 3, 2010 | 4:08 pm
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Don't know where you're located but the size of dishes in the US is preposterous. (And well documented to be so.)
A single entree in the US can feed my wife and I.
So, with a normal appy, entree, and dessert, I find that to be the perfect portion size at fine dining places.
A single entree in the US can feed my wife and I.
So, with a normal appy, entree, and dessert, I find that to be the perfect portion size at fine dining places.
Oct 3, 2010 | 11:14 pm
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Looks like I struck a nerve.
What I was referring to was many and most Americans' desensitisation to gargantuan portions.
So, when they only to see realistic portions in fine dining restos (be it in the US or elsewhere), they are taken completely aback.
What I was referring to was many and most Americans' desensitisation to gargantuan portions.
So, when they only to see realistic portions in fine dining restos (be it in the US or elsewhere), they are taken completely aback.
Oct 4, 2010 | 12:08 am
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I can't answer the OPs question because dinner is my smallest meal of the the day, so I have never gone hungry anywhere, even without the appetizer. The portion sizes he describes are the only time I can come close to cleaning my plate. However, I know MANY people who are not overweight who agree with him completely (and miss out on some seriously good food because of it). I hear it all the time.
Perfect for me.
Oct 4, 2010 | 12:18 am
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Well all I can say is that if I owned a restaurant, and you came in and ordered double, I would only be to glad to serve it to you (with a free glass of the House too)!
Then again, if I owned a restaurant, the portions wouldn't be the size of matchboxes like most gourmet places. It seems rather stupid to me when you have to pay x3 $$$ for a meal, and get three times less than a normal "less-fancy" meal. Shouldn't one get three times as more?
Then again, if I owned a restaurant, the portions wouldn't be the size of matchboxes like most gourmet places. It seems rather stupid to me when you have to pay x3 $$$ for a meal, and get three times less than a normal "less-fancy" meal. Shouldn't one get three times as more?
Oct 4, 2010 | 12:34 am
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Don't know where you're located but the size of dishes in the US is preposterous. (And well documented to be so.)
A single entree in the US can feed my wife and I.
So, with a normal appy, entree, and dessert, I find that to be the perfect portion size at fine dining places.
As for ordering more food, I don't think anyone's going to be offended with that.
A single entree in the US can feed my wife and I.
So, with a normal appy, entree, and dessert, I find that to be the perfect portion size at fine dining places.
As for ordering more food, I don't think anyone's going to be offended with that.
Certainly ordering double is one solution. Chacun son gut.
Oct 4, 2010 | 4:08 am
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You've never tried some frou-frou chef's eponymous restaurant such as Joel Robuchon's in Las Vegas, where your $150 meal will fit in the palm of your hand, you'll wait two hours for it, and you'll be hungry very shortly thereafter. Certainly ordering double is one solution. Chacun son gut.
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Oct 4, 2010 | 8:15 am
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