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Anna's avatar

I completely agree. I also somehow end up still hungry at the end, even if I’ve eaten a lot. I think it’s because I haven’t eaten a satisfying amount of any one thing.

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Pod's avatar

I 100% agree! One time I went to a shared-plate type restaurant and one of my friends ordered the octopus (which I don’t eat) and it arrived as just one long leg, suckers and all. Watching my friends negotiate the sharing of this poor cephalopod was unforgettable and unappetizing.

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Jen V.'s avatar

You expressed everything I’ve secretly felt for years about this style of dining. I hate it! Just happened to me in Palo Alto and the lovely waitress said “we suggest 5-6 items each to start” or some such and I nearly fainted since I was treating my friends.

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Catherine Soria's avatar

You need to see the movie “The Menu.”

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Vale Cervarich's avatar

Same!! ❤️ but u said it better

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Linda English's avatar

Yes! All of this. Enough with the tapas!

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Tatjana Versaggi's avatar

Delightful visuals. So true about eating tapas anywhere but North America (Canada is not much better, alas). We faked “tapas” when we were in our 20s by going to nice restaurants, ordering 3 entrees (for 6 people) and getting extra plates. It was perfect, but we hadn’t actually recognized the beautiful plating efforts yet. Really we were only slightly better than wild dogs let loose in a suburban mall. Was I raised by wolves?!? Now that you mention it…

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Beth Mulcahy's avatar

Went to one where the food was contrived, expensive and boring tasting with friends in portland and ended up going to burgerville afterwards with my eventual husband because we were still hungry.

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Catherine Soria's avatar

It's a darker take on a ridiculous restaurant experience

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Peri Elliott's avatar

OMG...same here! You gave me some giggles...Thank you!

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Snavely Family's avatar

Same! And laughing hard.

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Alix's avatar

100% agree. And trying to negotiate their 3 meatballs up to 4 so everyone can have one? Difficult. And in answer to "have you dined with us before?" I always feel like saying, "presumably I'll order food, you'll bring it to us, we'll eat it, then pay." How hard can it be?

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Nicolette's avatar

The last cookie thing. In my office there is always one donut left at the end of the day because no one wants to eat the last one (because they don't want to take it in fear someone else wants it more, or they don't want to have to deal with disposing of the box? We may never know) but then it gets thrown out and is a total waste.

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