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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."
And if you don't, no dessert!
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.
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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!
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Is this an article from The Onion?
Which, in the U.S., it rarely is.
I've always been taught to finish my plate, but some of the meal sizes in the U.S. are just ridiculous. I understand that I'm getting more value for money, but in the end it's likely to just go wasted.
I presume he wouldn't accept that. After all, everybody would simply claim take-it-home rights -and- the 30% discount.. then probably toss it in the nearest garbage can out of view.
So you should be fine at this establishment.
You're not being mothered, you're still more than free to not finish the plate and pay the monetary price.
On the other hand, if you -do- finish your plate, you only pay $7.. but you might pay the price in cramps later that evening :)
It being a sushi restaurant, it is probably reasonable to think that patrons can actually order only what they can eat.
In what appears to be the original story, it turns out that HER posted policy begins by requesting patrons "to share meals, to thank the earth while eating and to be mindful of the amount they order". And the article states that you can take food home, but bring your own container.
You are of course correct that you should have the right to order whatever you like, and do whatever you like with it. And, equally, she should have the right to refuse you service for wasting or for any other reason that she considers sufficient. Only time will tell whether hers is a viable business model.
Here is a link to the restaurant website. The full eat in and take out policies seem to be online there.
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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...
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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.
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My wife and I tried a new sushi place a couple weeks back (free plug: Amura in Lake Mary, for Central Floridians. Best sushi we've had yet.). As usual, we kept it simple and ordered a sushi and sashimi platter. Their platter had less sashimi then we're used to getting, but more rolls, and heavy rolls at that. Absolutely delicious, like to the point that we ate past the point of discomfort, and yet there were still a couple pieces of a tuna roll left. Fortunately nobody decided to shit on such a great meal by giving us crap about not eating those last two pieces that we didn't psychically determine beforehand would be too much.
This reminds me of a thread on another site that was about a sushi chef kicking people out for not eating sushi the way that he wanted them to. Is this sort of crap common with sushi places?
And even that's enough: how am I supposed to know exactly how much food will satiate me, before I eat it? I can often guess how much I need to feel full, but fairly often I end up grossly overestimating how much food I need.
It's a very Japanese thing. It's probably based on the concept of Mottainai, where wasting something (such as food) is seen as wrong/immoral.
The meaning is more nuanced than "wasting" but it is as close I can describe it without copying the entire Wikipedia page.
I've heard both sides.
One friend told me that in Japan he left 3 pieces of rice on his plate and the chef came out and yelled at him. Of course he's very much the bullshitting type so I have no idea how true that is.
I've also heard that it's good manners to leave a little to show that you're full.
Also bear in mind that 'Asian Cultures' is a bit of an overly broad term. There are a lot of countries in Asia, with vastly different cultures.
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It is common in many businesses. If a person feels that they are better than you, or even if they just feel they have the upper hand, many will chose to be an ass to you.
Just look at how many Dr. offices have no cell phone signs and have no problem being 20 minutes late to an appointment, but will throw a hissy if you are 5 minutes late, even though they were not going to see you anyway. They expect you to sit quitely and non-productively in their lobby until they decide it is time to honor you with their presence.
Look at how punctual the phone company and cable companies are when you call for an install.
I'm sure if you thought about it, you could think of a couple of dozen industries where they treat their customers like garbage.
In trendy restaurants it often even increases their business.
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