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Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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P…Pa… Pasta with fries?? Mama mia
I guess the Olive Garden is trying to combat childhood obesity one kids’ meal at a time
Why would you come here and go to Olive Garden?
To go box you leftovers and you get a whole nother meal or two.
You guys only get 1 meal when you go out?
I get supper, lunch and sometimes supper again
Once again:
TAKING LEFTOVERS HOME IS OK, FREQUENT AND NORMAL HERE!
don’t be embarrassed to ask for some to-go containers!
The problem with ordering from the kid’s menu is it’s not just about portion size. It’ll also be a lot plainer because kids tend to be picky eaters. That meal looks like it’s just pasta with marinara and plain fries. That’s easy to replicate at home and not worth going to a restaurant for.
Agreed on the quantity, but how is that a meal? That’s a dish, a meal has fibre, vegetables and flavours other than salt, fat and starch.
There, I feel better having typed that into the void. Be well.
UK travelers be like, ‘One kids’ meal, please. I’m trying to stay alive. haha
Nice, the old carb on carb combo.
In Italy, the dinner came in many courses. Not much in each course, but if one were to put it all on one plate it would be huge.
Antipasto, pasta, primo, secundi, etc. Usually 5 courses.
So great. The fish and meat courses, cheese, etc.
IbxToycat is goated ngl
That looks like mac n cheese with some fries and ketchup on top. Peak American cuisine.
Only at chain restaurants. Go to a good restaurant and their portion sizes are normal.
And it’s all yellow, all starch and full of carbs and fat. Olive Garden out here attempting to kill as all slowly.
I will never understand people being angry about getting a bigger plate than they expected. You have to be one privileged person to complain about that
Can’t relate. Not a big meal if you ask me (European)
EU kids SHOCKED when kids get fed a normal amount of food. They are used to starving their kids with a single slice of bread
The english will post shit like this but then eat 4000 calories for breakfast.
You’ll be shocked to know we have other tastier, healthier restaurants.
I mean kids can eat a decent portion too. Also, Americans in general also just save their food for later so portion size reflects that. Also UK is fat as fuck dunno where they come off acting haughty. Lose some weight first yourselfÂ
Leftover culture in America is big. It’s incredibly rare that someone will go to Olive Garden and eat the entire meal, most people from what I’ve seen go fully intending to take home lunch for the next day
Leave it to the British to travel across the Atlantic to order the most bland food possible.
Clearly the spice trade was for profit, not consumption.
Ah. Carbs.
I never actually thought that kids meals were meant to be less food. Just options that kids normally enjoy.
You have to order the kids meal in the US to get anything acceptable to the British palate.
This is an olive garden thing, not an American thing
American Meals are meant to be big enough you have food to last the way home. Big meals are a sign of being welcoming
Jokes on you, no leftovers for lunch and dinner the next day.
You’re not supposed to eat the whole thing dude.
At Olive Garden and similar restaurants you’re typically expected to ask for a box to take leftovers home…
Unless you’re a teen or very hungry it’s usually at least 2 meals ordering from the main menu…
People from the UK are in no position to talk about anything related to food in other countries
Or do what I do: just order the regular meal, eat half, and take the other half home for another meal. Hell, they’ll even let you take your leftover breadsticks.
Another thing you gotta take into account is that a decent amount of the time, the kids menu isn’t necessarily about portion size but more a kid focused menu with dishes children who are gonna be much more picky will enjoy. That’s why you’ll find things like chicken tenders and Mac n cheese on a kids menu at a seafood restaurant.
Um…..leftovers duh.
I honestly love the oversized portions because I then have leftovers for 2 more meals. More people need to think this way rather than thinking it’s some sort of challenge if you can eat it all.
when you realize you don’t need to eat it all; you just have a second meal already delivered and not boxed
I’ve never seen kids’ meals that big here in the U.S. And I have 2 little ones.
America has a huge takeout and leftover culture here, most people don’t really finish their meals. Bro just got a whole bunch of starch at an Olive Garden and is acting like he proved a good point here..