I think if someone's concerned about being considered starved and classless simply for eating their whole meal, something's really wrong. This is a problem of social constructs. It might be considered "classless" or something along those lines but what really even is class?
This is a moral issue on another level too. If we are supposed to dispose of food so that we don't appear "silly", or whatever; what does that say about how we've been trained to treat the rest of the world? There are so many hungry people out there and we're supposed to throw out our food? Even myself; I'm not in any "class", but I guess you could call me "financially poor as shit". Even so, it is common for me to be expected to throw out food. If you don't like something, you're supposed to throw it out. Not donate it- but throw it out. This is because society doesn't give you any sort of reward for doing good deeds- in fact, when it comes down to it, it usually actually costs you money to donate something.
It's very hard for me to throw out food because I'm constantly thinking about all the times I've been in such dire need for food and I watch people just waste it on the daily. We are all(ok not all) in bad situations sometimes and I think when we are not it's important to think of those who are.
I guess the reason I'm going on this rant is to say that if you have the money to go to a fine dining establishment and that's where you want to spend it- go for it. That's your choice and I got no problem with that because those employees gotta live too. But, eat your food! Eat every little scrap on the plate and lick it clean. If nothing else, it's a testament to the kitchen staff about how much you liked their food. Whether or not they want to admit it- cooks like to see that.
And don't be concerned about what other's think. The people that judge you for what you eat are hopeless, lost causes. If they give you a look, give them a goofy smile. Do something silly. Screw em!
I paid for my meal with my own money and whatever i do with my meal should be my personal business,,so if i finish the food inside my plate it means i want to finish it and that does not make me starved or
classless,besides
there are no rules that states that i must leave some food inside my plate whenever i go to a restaurant at least none that i am aware of.....
When you finish a plate clean in a fine-dining restaurant, does that make you look starved and classless? Should you leave at least some amount of it?
I eat with my customers at fairly “fine dining” places all the time. I’m talking maybe $35 ~ $50 per meal without drinks, but the presentation is outstanding.
The problem is that the amount of food served in order to make the beautiful presentation is also outstanding. This is fine if it is one night, but when we have to eat like this five or six nights in a row, it gets ay too much.
I always tell the customers that in Japan it is not rude to leave food in such places, in fact it shows that you were sufficiently filled up, and if everything is gone it means the host failed to provide enough. I say this mostly to lessen the guilt of the customers because I know they can not eat it all. I NEVER finish my meals. If I had to eat that much for 20 days month I would die.They know I will not finish, and they know why, and they serve it anyway. I just make sure to always tell them it was delicious, but I just can’t eat that much today. Also, they know that the reason I bring my people there has a lot to do with the food, so I do not feel rude when something goes uneaten. Sometimes too the food is strange for foreigners - especially the kids, and they understand that so are not offended.
I used to try to tell the hosts to serve less, but it makes their meal look too plain or simple, and they already have set menus an procedures, and it messes up their workflow, so there is always waste.
I used to keep chickens, and the host knew that once we had left the table, he or she is to throw all the scraps into one big plastic bag which I would take home for the most pampered chickens in the world - unless it was untouched, then it went home to my wife and daughter.
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Restaurant dining is different from dining as a guest with a friend or on some other more personal occasion. It was the etiquette thing in those personal dining occasions to not eat everything on your plate. That was to provide the Host/Hostess the satisfaction of having fed you properly and not left you hungry.
Restaurant dining is a business. :-) The Chefs and Restaurant owners are enticing you into the restaurant for you to pay to eat. They entice you with atmosphere, musicians sometmes, and most especially the food and the proportions thereof.
You do NOT owe the restaurant the luxury of a host/hostess, though of course courtesy, politeness, and other forms of dining etiquette still make everything go smoother and more pleasant. As other answers demonstrate, the Owner and Chefs want to know ‘what works’ that provide food and portions that the customers relish and will likely come back to eat. If you clean your plate, maybe they’ll slightly increase the portions. If you leave something behind like some side dish offering the taste of which you didn’t like, then the management wants to know that information.
Well this is trickish, however I do believe that leaving remnant of food on a plate or eating everything on a plate in a restaurant makes one either starved or classy.
It all depends on mentality, you see some men rich men in a restaurant hardly finishes their meal it's not because they feel classy but because they hardly even eat too much, meanwhile others finish their meals in a restaurant and get done with it, it's a matter of mentality and doesn't have to do with either being rich or being poor or being classy or being mundane.
Food in a restaurant is purchased with hard earned money and finishing the meal or leaving part of it signifies nothing
I think if someone's concerned about being considered starved and classless simply for eating their whole meal, something's really wrong. This is a problem of social constructs. It might be considered "classless" or something along those lines but what really even is class?
This is a moral issue on another level too. If we are supposed to dispose of food so that we don't appear "silly", or whatever; what does that say about how we've been trained to treat the rest of the world? There are so many hungry people out there and we're supposed to throw out our food? Even myself; I'm not in any "class", but I guess you could call me "financially poor as shit". Even so, it is common for me to be expected to throw out food. If you don't like something, you're supposed to throw it out. Not donate it- but throw it out. This is because society doesn't give you any sort of reward for doing good deeds- in fact, when it comes down to it, it usually actually costs you money to donate something.
It's very hard for me to throw out food because I'm constantly thinking about all the times I've been in such dire need for food and I watch people just waste it on the daily. We are all(ok not all) in bad situations sometimes and I think when we are not it's important to think of those who are.
I guess the reason I'm going on this rant is to say that if you have the money to go to a fine dining establishment and that's where you want to spend it- go for it. That's your choice and I got no problem with that because those employees gotta live too. But, eat your food! Eat every little scrap on the plate and lick it clean. If nothing else, it's a testament to the kitchen staff about how much you liked their food. Whether or not they want to admit it- cooks like to see that.
And don't be concerned about what other's think. The people that judge you for what you eat are hopeless, lost causes. If they give you a look, give them a goofy smile. Do something silly. Screw em!
Cheers :)
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I paid for my meal with my own money and whatever i do with my meal should be my personal business,,so if i finish the food inside my plate it means i want to finish it and that does not make me starved or
classless,besides
there are no rules that states that i must leave some food inside my plate whenever i go to a restaurant at least none that i am aware of.....
When you finish a plate clean in a fine-dining restaurant, does that make you look starved and classless? Should you leave at least some amount of it?
I eat with my customers at fairly “fine dining” places all the time. I’m talking maybe $35 ~ $50 per meal without drinks, but the presentation is outstanding.
The problem is that the amount of food served in order to make the beautiful presentation is also outstanding. This is fine if it is one night, but when we have to eat like this five or six nights in a row, it gets ay too much.
I always tell the customers that in Japan it is not rude to leave food in such places, in fact it shows that you were sufficiently filled up, and if everything is gone it means the host failed to provide enough. I say this mostly to lessen the guilt of the customers because I know they can not eat it all. I NEVER finish my meals. If I had to eat that much for 20 days month I would die.They know I will not finish, and they know why, and they serve it anyway. I just make sure to always tell them it was delicious, but I just can’t eat that much today. Also, they know that the reason I bring my people there has a lot to do with the food, so I do not feel rude when something goes uneaten. Sometimes too the food is strange for foreigners - especially the kids, and they understand that so are not offended.
I used to try to tell the hosts to serve less, but it makes their meal look too plain or simple, and they already have set menus an procedures, and it messes up their workflow, so there is always waste.
I used to keep chickens, and the host knew that once we had left the table, he or she is to throw all the scraps into one big plastic bag which I would take home for the most pampered chickens in the world - unless it was untouched, then it went home to my wife and daughter.
784 Views ·
Restaurant dining is different from dining as a guest with a friend or on some other more personal occasion. It was the etiquette thing in those personal dining occasions to not eat everything on your plate. That was to provide the Host/Hostess the satisfaction of having fed you properly and not left you hungry.
Restaurant dining is a business. :-) The Chefs and Restaurant owners are enticing you into the restaurant for you to pay to eat. They entice you with atmosphere, musicians sometmes, and most especially the food and the proportions thereof.
You do NOT owe the restaurant the luxury of a host/hostess, though of course courtesy, politeness, and other forms of dining etiquette still make everything go smoother and more pleasant. As other answers demonstrate, the Owner and Chefs want to know ‘what works’ that provide food and portions that the customers relish and will likely come back to eat. If you clean your plate, maybe they’ll slightly increase the portions. If you leave something behind like some side dish offering the taste of which you didn’t like, then the management wants to know that information.
Well this is trickish, however I do believe that leaving remnant of food on a plate or eating everything on a plate in a restaurant makes one either starved or classy.
It all depends on mentality, you see some men rich men in a restaurant hardly finishes their meal it's not because they feel classy but because they hardly even eat too much, meanwhile others finish their meals in a restaurant and get done with it, it's a matter of mentality and doesn't have to do with either being rich or being poor or being classy or being mundane.
Food in a restaurant is purchased with hard earned money and finishing the meal or leaving part of it signifies nothing