This is why I love it when the government prints out 700 billion to fund something or other. It may look like free money, but that money comes out of our pockets in the form of all our money being worth less.

Bloody central banks. It's a way to tax us more without it being quite as obvious.

Vex

Ireland454 Posts

May 13 2009 08:47 GMT

#42

On May 13 2009 14:05 ShoCkeyy wrote:
Haven't you noticed lately, every time you eat at a restaurant, the serving size just gets smaller? That shit pisses me off. I don't want to pay for half of the food that I eat, I used to eat about a year ago. Then later on the year pay even more to eat half of this half. Like and example, Ruby Tuesday. I used to eat the Penne Shrimp Pasta that was in a huge bowl that you would get full from it easier, and now it's in a horizontal plate and I didn't even get full when finishing it. Same goes for Chili's, Outback, Alehouse and the rest of these damn places. Give me your thoughts on this situation, and screw that whole "economy sucks." I don't give a fuck about that. If I'm paying 13-15$ for food I should be getting a good amount.

eating less has worked wonders for you

Macavenger

United States1132 Posts

May 13 2009 09:08 GMT

#43

Serving sizes in this country need to go down, honestly. Restaurants serve massive quantities of food that are far more than anyone should be eating in one sitting generally. People eat those huge portions and then wonder why so many people in our country are obese. -_- One of my favorite local restaurants is a little Thai place that serves relatively small portions, which are excellent and don't cause me to overstuff myself or have leftovers.

I used to play WoW with a guy who moved from Canada to the US while we knew him, and one night on Vent we talked about differences he'd noticed between the two countries. One of the first things he mentioned was how ridiculous the amount of food served in restaurants here was; even big international chains like McDonalds serve far less food in Canada than they do in the US.

Rice

United States1332 Posts

May 13 2009 10:08 GMT

#44

usually when i went out they give you entirely too much food...

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

May 13 2009 12:35 GMT

#45

Yeah, I've noticed this too, although has anyone else noticed that while food portions have gotten smaller, drinks have gotten larger? I remember whenever I ordered a small drink, it would be just a little larger than my fist (and this is when I was younger and smaller), now whenever I order a small drink I get like a 20oz cup...or at the very least it feels like a 20oz cup, I never actually measured it.

Railxp

Hong Kong1313 Posts

May 13 2009 12:50 GMT

#46

You know you're getting old when....

AH REMEMBAH THAR GOOD OL' DAYS WIN FOOD CAME IN THIIIIIIS HUGE SIZE AND A MAN COULD FEED HIS FAMILY AND THE DOG WITH JUST THREE DOLLAHS.

and i remember the good ol days when 6piece chicken mc nuggets came in good ol environmentally destroying Styrofoam boxes.

ShoCkeyy

7815 Posts

May 13 2009 21:26 GMT

#47

I remember I was paying 3.47$ for a two mchickens with cheese and a medium soda... Now it's like 5.34$ -_-

Chef

10810 Posts

May 13 2009 21:31 GMT

#48

Invest in a girlfriend. She can cook for you. It might be more expensive, but at least you can watch her to make sure she doesn't urinate in your food.

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Mungo, Dear Mungo

We've one rule to obey,
The rule that must stay,
A rule to ensure business,
A rule for our goodness,

You may spit in the pot,
And serve the meat half-rot,
You may leave flies in the their soup,
And place pubes in their fruit,

But Mungo, _never_ kill a customer,

pinenamu

United States770 Posts

May 13 2009 21:40 GMT

#49

the hamburger meat in the dining hall here got smaller and smaller as the year went haha. now i don't even taste the meat when i get a hamburger :p it's more like vegetables with just two buns on the side haha

oh and anybody notice that a lot of small burger places are charging for refills?

ShoCkeyy

7815 Posts

May 14 2009 00:09 GMT

#50

On May 14 2009 06:40 JinSol wrote:

oh and anybody notice that a lot of small burger places are charging for refills?

that's an outrage...

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

May 14 2009 00:59 GMT

#51

We get free refills of soda here (which doesn't really happen in England.) as well as unlimited side dishes at places where you dole them out yourself or other restaurants like those serving BBQ. (Mainly kimchi, radishes, sauces.) Also there is a culture of service (in some places) where you get freebies - I've had free smoothies, free extra pieces of food from stall owners and also in other non-food places I've gotten extra such as posters, keychains and other cool items

I wonder sometimes about how the food quantity/quality in England has evolved in the two years and change I've been away.

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

May 14 2009 02:05 GMT

#52

On May 13 2009 16:25 geometryb wrote:

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that's dumb. you're missing out on a lot if you only eat fast food and the high end stuff.

It's not like I've never eaten at mid-tier restaurants before.

:x though I'm curious as to what you think I'm missing out on.

Snet

United States3573 Posts

May 14 2009 02:15 GMT

#53

Restaurants in Maryland hook you up.

BottleAbuser

Korea (South)1888 Posts

May 14 2009 03:12 GMT

#54

There was a general food price hike around here (Korea) about 2 years ago, with the whole grains shortage thingie. But I can get full on about $4 here.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

May 14 2009 03:28 GMT

#55

really depends
the very upscale places do serve very little food (counted literally 8 pasta .. thingies? in one serving. EIGHT. you know as opposed to like normal servings where it's too many to count). of course the food is a pleasure to eat, it's delicious and the atmosphere is unbeatable. i walk away hungry though and a significantly lighter wallet so *shrug*. hasn't changed much imo

the regular 'asian' restaurants around here still give pretty decent portions (ymmv), but the 'western' ones too little imo now. i usually have to get like an extra bowl of soup or something to feel full in those

i haven't been to fastfood places in years, aside from subway, so dunno if anything changed in those. i used to love bigmac though, was like 5 bucks or something with fries/drink/tax. 5.17 maybe? something like that

Oystein

Norway1602 Posts

May 14 2009 04:47 GMT

#56

On May 13 2009 15:55 Last Romantic wrote:
Either you eat something cheap so you can get a lot of it [in n out, chipotle, etcaetera]

or you eat at an incredibly upscale 150/ea prix fixe type place.

Anything in between is really pointless imo as you can just make your own food and have it be just as good and probably healthier + cheaper. ._.

I disagree, I have eaten at every type of restaurant from bars to Michelin star restaurants. If I had steered away from everything in between I would have missed out on so many great food experiences, also I rarely find food on upscale places to be that much tastier than food from more normal places.

Note that I am talking about local owned restaurants, not fast food chains.

Fr33t

United States1128 Posts

May 14 2009 05:10 GMT

#57

I've noticed lately that I have no problem downing a pasta dish anywhere I go where as maybe a year or two ago, I would have enough left over for lunch the next day. I wouldn't even mind so much if the prices stayed the same, but like you said they have gone up in some places! Oh well, it still isn't bad enough to where people won't go out to eat so I don't see this changing back anytime soon.

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

May 14 2009 06:04 GMT

#58

On May 14 2009 13:47 Oystein wrote:

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Hm... I feel that the experience can still be nice but more for the social value.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28786 Posts

May 14 2009 11:21 GMT

#59

On May 14 2009 12:28 JeeJee wrote:
really depends
the very upscale places do serve very little food (counted literally 8 pasta .. thingies? in one serving. EIGHT. you know as opposed to like normal servings where it's too many to count). of course the food is a pleasure to eat, it's delicious and the atmosphere is unbeatable. i walk away hungry though and a significantly lighter wallet so *shrug*. hasn't changed much imo

the regular 'asian' restaurants around here still give pretty decent portions (ymmv), but the 'western' ones too little imo now. i usually have to get like an extra bowl of soup or something to feel full in those

i haven't been to fastfood places in years, aside from subway, so dunno if anything changed in those. i used to love bigmac though, was like 5 bucks or something with fries/drink/tax. 5.17 maybe? something like that

they serve very little food in each dish but you normally get at least 4 dishes.. the only times ive eaten at really upscale places I've had at least 7 dishes, that leaves me full even if each of them have been small..