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Restaurant Tells Diners To Eat Everything On Their Plate
Chef Yukako Ichikawa will offer a 30% discount to patrons who eat all the food they have ordered, and will kindly ask those who don't clean their plates to not come back. "Finishing your meal requires that everything is eaten except lemon slices, gari (sushi ginger), and wasabi," says the menu. "Please also note that vegetables and salad on the side are NOT decorations; they are part of the meal too."
That assumes that the portions are reasonable for the person who ordered it. My wife is petite, can rarely finish a whole entree, and usually takes half of it home. What's his policy on taking it home for later? Since he seems to be offering garnishes that are appropriate for sushi, chances are that not too many of his patrons are eager to a doggie bag of highly perishable food home.
I can understand this policy at a buffet restaurant, but if I walk in and order a specific menu entree, I expect that the fact I paid for it gives me the right to do with it as I damn well please. I'm not paying him to be my mother. I'm paying him to prepare the damn food.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
Right, because that attitude isn't part of the cause of obesity in American. No sirree.
If people WOULD push back before the plate was clean, they wouldn't be taking in as many calories.
And I'm not just talking out of my ass. I finally broke my parents' 'eat everything on your plate' rule after being on my own for over a decade. After that, I started losing weight. Gee!
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
...that in many Asian cultures it was considered bad manners to completely clean your plate. It's like saying: "You didn't give me enough to eat."
Why would I WANT to come back to a place where I'm treated like an asshole, just because I'm full?
If they think they are better off without customers, then good luck...
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
You can do whatever you want with it. But if you eat it all you get a 30% discount. If you don't he asks you not to come back. Your rights are fully intact as well are his rights.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?