"jmcquown" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> I often only ate a few bites at one sitting, so I would order
>> something from the menu that would make great leftovers.
>> Also, I love prime rib, but I couldn't eat a whole portion,
>> I'm sure not going to leave it there to be thrown out. Before
>> anyone says it, no I don't want the princess cut or anything.

> Absolutely! And like you, I'm not going to leave half my meal on the
> plate
> to be tossed out. I'll take it home and eat it the next day, or the day
> after that.
>
> As for portions, I don't eat all that much. But I'd much rather be given
> more than I can eat and charged a fair price, and take home the leftovers,
> than be given one of those "fru fru" plates with a couple of steamed baby
> carrots and green beans artfully arranged around a tiny lamb chop and be
> charged a fortune.

I don't get that, either. I guess the more the kitchen rubs their
hands in your food, the more it costs.

> And I've never had *anyone* offer me leftovers except when my SO and I
> were
> reheating stuff we brought home from a restaurant back at the hotel room.

That was out of the blue, I've never heard of people doing that.

nancy