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Tensai176
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It's inevitable, the price levels just gonna keep increasing. | ||
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DrTJEckleburg
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Etherone
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AcrossFiveJulys
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THEY TOOK ER FOOD | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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On May 13 2009 14:18 HnR)Insane wrote: No, I really haven't noticed this actually. You are crazy then peter :[ wait you're vegetarian >.> no wonder... | ||
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kOre
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Thing was, right above the bananas it said "$1.79 per lbs" which means it should have costed more ... stupid cashier MUAHAHAH! But yes, I went to Moxies and before I used to get full off one of their pastas, now I need like 2 to be full and I swear like when I went to Moxies the first time it opened (when the serving was bigger) it was cheaper ... | ||
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Cambium
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They are like 1.5x Canadian, and 100000000x Japanese. | ||
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anTi_
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FuDDx
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On May 13 2009 14:21 Oystein wrote: Every time I have been to the US, the food quantity was never an issue. If anything they gave me to much food Agreed Also the quality of the food here is horrid compared to other places.(as far as my wife the nutrition expert tells me.) | ||
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kOre
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PH
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I don't eat out at sit-down restaurants that often, but I haven't noticed a difference. | ||
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plated.rawr
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On May 13 2009 14:21 Oystein wrote: Every time I have been to the US, the food quantity was never an issue. If anything they gave me to much food This. I could barely eat down half a plate of the regular servings over in Boston. I swear, if they halved their servings, they could solve the world's food problems. >.> | ||
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randombum
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I always notice those two things at most restaurants I have been to lately. | ||
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imBLIND
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Last Romantic
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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. ._. | ||
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omninmo
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On May 13 2009 14:22 Tensai176 wrote: Inflation. It's inevitable, the price levels just gonna keep increasing. yes. but to understand inflation.. you should not fear rising prices, for this is just a symptom of the root issue which is the fact that dollars are losing value. so what $1 could buy now takes $2. | ||
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Zalfor
United States1035 Posts
but it is true that americans get wayyyy too much food compared to what we should be getting. thats why i stopped eating out/ eat only 1/2 of the food given. | ||
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DeathSpank
United States1029 Posts
On May 13 2009 15:44 imBLIND wrote: in and out burgers got smaller.. the hell you talking about?! ...they wouldn't do that.. I gotta check up on this....if you're lying expect a giant fist to punch you through your monitor. | ||
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geometryb
United States1249 Posts
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. ._. that's dumb. you're missing out on a lot if you only eat fast food and the high end stuff. | ||
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food
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On May 13 2009 16:25 geometryb wrote: that's dumb. you're missing out on a lot if you only eat fast food and the high end stuff. i wonder what is he missing out on, shitty pastas or overcooked steaks? | ||
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Marine50
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On May 13 2009 14:49 seppolevne wrote: Restaurant chains aren't even that good. Find like a Mom n Pop place, they won't skimp out on you. (Easier in a city) rofl good old Mom and Pop to play fair | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
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Bloody central banks. It's a way to tax us more without it being quite as obvious. | ||
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Vex
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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 | ||
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Macavenger
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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. | ||
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Railxp
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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. | ||
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+ Show Spoiler + 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, | ||
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pinenamu
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oh and anybody notice that a lot of small burger places are charging for refills? | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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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
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 I wonder sometimes about how the food quantity/quality in England has evolved in the two years and change I've been away. | ||
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Last Romantic
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On May 13 2009 16:25 geometryb wrote: 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. | ||
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JeeJee
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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 | ||
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Oystein
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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. | ||
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Fr33t
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Last Romantic
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On May 14 2009 13:47 Oystein wrote: 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. Hm... I feel that the experience can still be nice but more for the social value. | ||
Liquid`Drone
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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.. | ||
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