On 2/6/2021 11:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/1/2021 6:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> Cuisine minceur was roundly mocked for charging the earth for a
>> miniscule portion of food.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> I recall in the early 1980's my parents went to dinner with another
> couple at one of the fancy restaurants in The Peabody Hotel in Memphis.
> My parents didn't have huge appetites but my father told me he was
> *stunned* at the miniscule portions. A tiny piece of meat, a couple of
> boiled fingerling potatoes and maybe three haricot verts, oh so artfully
> arranged on the plate. At a cost of about $80.

The fancy expensive restaurants are all about presentation (eye candy)
rather than a decent meal.

"Two small shrimp on a pile of grass - $20"

Some here have complained about getting too much food. Why? Just take
some home for a snack later if you can't eat it in the restaurant.