The post on my screen was cut off at "skinny white man arrives", and I think it was perfect.
> Be me
> American college kid by himself in Italy for a week
> Staying at hotel with Italian hottie at the front desk
> Hell yeah, love this country
> Eating all the pizza cause that's Italian food, right?
> The pizzas are so goddamn thin
> Like eating a sheet of paper
> Eat an entire pizza and still hungry
> This goes on for like three days
> Tired of being hungry
> New pizza place, order three entire pizzas
> "They'll just think I'm picking up for my friends"
> Get my pizzas, hell yes
> Walk back to hotel
> Walk past the front desk carrying three pizzas
> Front desk hottie knows I'm there alone
> Cover blown
> Go up to my room and eat all three pizzas in shame
> Finally fucking full
Worth it.
"I have extra if you want some"
I'm an Aussie, and had landed in America for a holiday. Was really hungry and figured I'd just get a Quarter Pounder meal from Maccas at the airport. Order a Large meal because that's what I'd normally get at home. They bring out like a litre of coke, a gigantic box of fries, and the burger. It was absolutely atrocious.
So you knew all the stories of American food portions and you still chose to order a meal that even we call "large"?
Not everything you read and hear is true, either way - I was not prepared for that much of a difference. This was like 10 years ago mind you, so the difference is either far less or much worse.
McD isn't even the worst offender either.
I always find it interesting that people outside the US think this is a complete joke when really it's just... only slightly exaggerated.
Many gas stations have 64oz cups by default. I haven't seen it in awhile, but the 128oz soda was real and used to be widely available.
What is atrocious here is your ungratefulness for the generosity of the American food industry.
Yeah I'm reading this Aussie orders a large meal, received a large meal, and was ungrateful. When you're in America, you accept your diabetes and say "thank you may I have another?"
I think the key is that a large in Australia and a large in America can be vastly different.
Honestly it all depends on where you're at when your ordering. For example, that "Large" shown there is what you get at a movie theater when ordering a Small.
Wait...the smallest size in US is larger than the largest size in Oz? That aligns perfectly with my world view for once.
this img is 1000% outdated, the sizes are not that big anymore
Don't Australians all hate America for having figured out how to make actually good beer?
Nah australians are too busy with other things to be hating. Surfing, smoking pot, hanging out with sasquaches, partying at the indigenous peoples sacred islands, and shooting the local wildlife. At least, thats what I learned from watching The Big Lez Show.
So it's just southern California?
Many many years ago. I did some work in Texas. We go into this sit down place. Now, having been caught by the huge portions a previous evening I'm cautious. I just order a chicken burger. The waitress is all like "Oh are you sure, just the chicken burger on its own?" I'm thinking, oh well maybe things are normal size at this place. I order some fries to go with it.
Some time later the chicken burger arrives completely filling the full size plate it came on, and the fries came on an entirely separate plate.
I'm not a small guy, but I could not eat all that.
I once got a burger at South of the Border or smth like that in New Jersey. It was fucking huge and everybody including the waitress commented on how I ate with a fork and knife because it was just impossible to eat otherwise. And I ended up only eating half of it, because I was absolutely full. Insane portion sizes.
smth like that in New Jersey.
Jersey knows how to sandwich. Cannot f with Hoagies.
We went into a Jersey Mike's chain there. Have the same chain at home (not New Jersey)
I ordered a whole sub, they just piled the meat on. More and more. The sub cost $26. It was amazing though.
I went to a location in my home state, it was the same sub but like normal portions of meat. "Wait, I just had one of these in Jersey and it was like massive, what do I have to do to get one like that?" "Ohh you want double meat?" "double, triple, whatever they do up there, that was amazing"
It's funny, because usually when the fries aren't included at a sit-down place it's because the restaurant is trying to squeeze a couple extra dollars out of you (maybe the sandwich is $2 cheaper than you'd expect but then you pay $5 for the fries because of course you want fries!). That stinginess mentality seems to go hand in hand with a smaller than average sandwich. But maybe my fat American ass can't scale portion sizes.
No, this is the thing. Compared to UK prices it was ridiculously cheap. In fact even when you add the higher expected tip it was cheap. And it was actually very nice. Just, so much food!
I was in some European city and there is one Chinese restaurant serving hot pot. So I wanted to try it. I ordered and selected the items I want for around 50€. The waitress asked me : "is that all? Do you want the menu?". So I was wondering if I didn't order enough. At the end, what I ordered was enough for at least 3 people. I was in a table for 4 people and it was full with all the dishes. The waitress then asked me if she need to bring a bowl of rice!
They brought the sauces and there was garlic on the plate. The odor ruined the whole meal for me. I couldn't eat most of it and I was disappointed as I don't like wasting food.
The smell of garlic ruined your appetite? Do you have some kind of disorder? The smell of garlic is amazing!
No I eat garlic but the one they put in the plate has a bizarre odor.
And you couldn't ask them to take it away for some reason?
Sure you do...
Too late to change your story now, Draccie.
I was in some European city
Yup, they were trying to cover for it being Transylvania and they just hadnt bothered to learn any of the city names around them.
Dracula confirmed.
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