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Blogger: 'Providence is partly responsible for the food problem in World'

4:33 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 |
Sheila Lennon    Email

Providence, Rhode Island is partly responsible for the food problem in World.. So writes blogger "Raag," of Blacksburg, Va., after a trip to Providence for a conference.

Here's a bit of it:

...Any restaurant I went to served huge amount of food. At some places food was served in plates as big as counter top.

In one of the Indian fast food places, one of our professor went to eat something and server gave him 'half a kilogram' of rice. So, my professor politely said please do not give me that much food. The server quipped, "Throw what you don't end up eating."

In one of the other places, we were nine people and only seven people ordered food. Although all nine ate, the leftover was enough for at least 3-5 people. I was getting curious and so I asked the waitress about this monstrous serving size. The waitress however was pretty slim with nice figure. She said people in Providence do not like to be served little food. They get angry....

I left a comment saying we like having leftovers to take home. (I really don't like paying $10 for a beautiful three bites with an artful dribble of sauce around the rest of the largely empty plate.)

Are servings smaller in Virginia? I have no idea.

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4 Comments

M Wms said:

I left him a comment, too :-)

Link | July 24, 2008 6:47 PM
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Jim Rizzo said:

I agree with you. I can't stand going out and dropping $30-40 on a meal and leaving hungry. I don't care how good the food is. If I leave hungry, it wasn't worth it.

Link | July 24, 2008 8:22 PM
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Sheila Lennon said:

M, I'm with you, it can be economical to do this, especially for dishes it's expensive to make at home because you have to buy more than the recipe uses. And not having to cook tomorrow is a bonus.

Sometimes the appetizers on nightly specials are excellent, since they use fresh and seasonal ingredients that are in the market now.

Yes, Jim, I want to know where the plates as big as countertops are, too. We could stock up for the weekend there!

Link | July 24, 2008 9:32 PM
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Anurag said:

I wrote a follow up post to reply the comments

http://mishranurag.blogspot.com/2008/08/follow-up-post-to-ri-is-partly.html

Thanks a lot for commenting.

Link | August 14, 2008 2:32 AM
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