mimartin Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Now it isn’t just your mother getting onto you cleaning your plate. FoxNews When diners don't finish everything on their plates, they are asked not to come back, and there are other policies customers must adhere to. "Please note that vegetables and salad on the side are NOT decorations, they are part of the meal too. Finishing your meal requires that everything is eaten except lemon slices, gari (sushi ginger) and wasabi."[/Quote] Would you eat in a restaurant that had you pay 30% more for not finishing your meal and then asked you not to return? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan7 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Now it isn’t just your mother getting onto you cleaning your plate. FoxNews Would you eat in a restaurant that had you pay 30% more for not finishing your meal and then asked you not to return? I wouldn't pay 30% more, its utter balls, if you go to a restraunt the food you buy is yours to do what you want with, if I choose not to eat anything they would still get there money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 If food is regularly left on the plates, i'd suggest they actually taste what they're giving people to eat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 So many places so serve veggies on the side that have been prepared with little effort, barely washed if at all, no dressing or seasoning. If people are regularly leaving it behind, they should wonder whether it's because their presentation is unappealing. I personally wouldn't go to a place that threatens to charge you extra for something that is entirely a personal decision. mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAthos Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 You're not actually paying 30% more if you don't clear your plate...you're paying the full menu price and people that do eat their entire meal get a 30% discount off menu price if I understand that article correctly. "Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC) reported that customers are offered a 30 percent discount to diners who eat all the food. If they do not finish it, they are not welcomed back." Honestly it's a private establishment and they can do as they wish. If you don't like it, don't eat there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I wouldn't pay 30% more, its utter balls, if you go to a restraunt the food you buy is yours to do what you want with, if I choose not to eat anything they would still get their money... I concur. You've paid for the food and probably left a tip as well. Though if they did try charging a 30% "cleaning fee", they wouldn't have to worry about me wanting to come back anyway. Sounds like a New York kind of place.....lots of attitude. Edit: You're not actually paying 30% more if you don't clear your plate...you're paying the full menu price and people that do eat their entire meal get a 30% discount off menu price if I understand that article correctly. "Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC) reported that customers are offered a 30 percent discount to diners who eat all the food. If they do not finish it, they are not welcomed back." Honestly it's a private establishment and they can do as they wish. If you don't like it, don't eat there. Well, in that case, the 30% discount would cover the tip....still, too many damn rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Either way you look at it, if you don't finish your food you pay 30% more than someone that does finish everything. This really does not upset me unless the food tastes like crap. Most of us need to be a lot less wasteful. I just do not like the arrogance of the “rules” when the customer is the one footing the bill. Whatever happened to the customer is always right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 lolz. Ive just read the article - that place is about 20 mins from me. "Japanese + Cuisine".... Coming from a culture that incorporates the cooking traditions of India, The Middle East, and The Southern Mediterranean, I find those two words hard to look at sitting together... eck mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Whatever happened to the customer is always right? Work in retail.. that rule dies quickly As far as the story is concerned, gotta go with JediAthos & Astro. I probably wouldn't even bother going to the place. NOW, if I found out about it after-the-fact, say 'lunch with a friend let's try the new place' kind of thing. I'd be royally miffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 lolz. Ive just read the article - that place is about 20 mins from me. We expect a full review within the next 10 days. Also only time I was in Australia (1990) they put sprouts on everything including hamburgers. No self-respecting Texans is going to eat sprouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 No self-respecting Texans is going to eat sprouts. lolz.. no self respecting (Southern) European would either. I live with an Aussie gal who is truly programmed to think THAT is exactly how you should dress food. I think its a remnant of their British Colonial conditioning? mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 This really does not upset me unless the food tastes like crap. Umm...yea...okay... if you say so. I wouldn't know what crap tastes like in the first place, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 cmon GTA, its a commonly used phrase, implying use of the word 'crap' as a simile. mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Well, I guess since I've had weight loss surgery, I'm screwed at that restaurant. I can eat maybe a third of the usual restaurant portion sizes at most. I take the rest of it home in a doggy bag and have it for lunches the next several days. How do they plan on handling people with allergies to certain foods? People on chemo or some other medications, or have had surgeries and who just can't eat a lot of foods? Wow, talk about an insensitive restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purifier Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm just wondering if the chef is kinda like this guy....... "THE SOUP NAZI" He's a character on Seinfeld. Check it out..... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Umm...yea...okay... if you say so. I wouldn't know what crap tastes like in the first place, though. I taste a little in my mouth everytime I reply to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Looking at the picture in the article makes it clear why people do not eat everything on their plate there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Not a chance. It should be a testament to how good their food is when people clear their plates...not a discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Avery Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 This is a culture thing. It is considered good manners in Japan to eat every piece of food down to the last grain of rice for respect towards the cook. If you leave food behind, it shows you do not like the cook's cooking and are disrespecting him/her. It is your job to determine how much food you are comfortable with eating, and getting more food than you can eat is considered in bad taste, wasting resources, disrespecting the cook and restaurant, and so on. It goes back to Japan being a island nation where resources were deemed precious, and even though time has passed the traditions have stayed. Sorry to say it, but if you go into a Japanese restaurant these are the mannerisms you should follow. It is a little overkill to charge more for not doing so, but its their restaurant and they can do what they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth333 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Since I eat in restaurants at least 5/7 days, I'd probably weight at least twice as much as I am now if I'd have to eat everything and that is regardless of the restaurants' cooking style/origin (note the "at least") ... I'll "force" eat everything only in exceptional circumstances such as when etiquette absolute demands it (i.e official state or the like dinner..and I had leftovers in a few of them but I was a kid who managed to convinced mom that the whole thing was dreadfully boring lol - ) or when it is simply "divinely" good (the latter usually coincides with being bloody hell expensive save for that "once in a while" blatantly decadent burger ). Sorry to say it, but if you go into a Japanese restaurant these are the mannerisms you should follow. Without having to eat the tremendous portions, in many restaurants there can be workarounds... at least in America and Europe: show elegance, respect and deference and many doors and meals... may suddenly "open", even before you sit down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 If food is regularly left on the plates, i'd suggest they actually taste what they're giving people to eat... This... That restaurant is suspect, if the house pays for it I'll follow their vaunted rules, but if I pay for it he can bugger off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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