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Also the portions are large (which everyone already knows). But it is also culturally normal to take a doggie bag of the leftovers home with you, to supply add
by rogerbinns 11y ago
Also the portions are large (which everyone already knows). But it is also culturally normal to take a doggie bag of the leftovers home with you, to supply additional meals. ie one restaurant meal is good for more than one meal.
This arose because the easiest way for a restaurant to increase revenue is to increase portion sizes and hence the price.
- goatforce5 11y agoI've eaten at places in the US where they're straight up confused/offended if you don't doggie bag your leftovers. "What? Was there something wrong?" "No, i'm in a hotel and don't really have anywhere to store or reheat it." "Yeah, but... Are you sure you want it?"
- brookside 11y agob/c waste is bad. もったいない as the Japanese say.
- SCHiM 11y agoHaha, yes. A friend of mine went to live in the states for a while. The first time he saw people taking their unfinished meals with them he thought he was eating in some kind of restaurant/food shelter combination. Needless to say, he quickly caught on to the trend and now actively advocates it over the European system.
- fludlight 11y agoWhere in the world is taking leftovers home NOT normal?
- breakingcups 11y agoEurope.