>>>>Re your sandwich- soon it will come with a nutrition label. Check out http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/52272.html for a sample of what you can expect.
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>>>Good. Maybe once that happens, we can get restaurants to offer reasonable portions.
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>>>I actually think providing the nutrition information is a reasonable middle ground between holding the restaurants responsible and expecting people to know what's good and what's bad.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Hi Tamar
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>>What do you call "reasonable portions"? - reducing what they give you or increasing it?
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>>I'd always thought that here in the UK we get "portions" (always hated that word when applied to food) whereas in the States you get dirty big "helpings".
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>>So when you say "reasonable" do you mean "what a reasonable person would eat", rather than the supersize-me fare that you alreeady get, or do you mean that the helpings are too small to be reasonable (for the price)?
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>>To British eyes, you already get HUGE helpings, at a reasonable price. :-)
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>>Terry
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>All restaurants should be reconfigured as 'All you can eat' places. The price could be based on body weight. You would be weighed as you come in the door. Or they could charge based on inches of waist circumference.
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>Actually there are salad bars that are 'all you can eat' and charge by the pound for the weight of your tray. Of course, then they fill the salad bar with things like 'pickled herring' that weigh a ton.

Pickled herrings - I love!

But that's not 'all you can eat' if you have to pay by what you eat, surely?

Recently discovered an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet in Brighton, for a set price. It's worth it just for the crispy aromatic duck and hoisin pancakes alone (one of the reasons for living) - as many as you like. Then there's king prawns, just about all your favourite dishes, and a grill where you can "mongolian" your selection