I don't know about the last bit but yes order more with confidence if you want more. She already thinks you're fay by eating a large meal alone so you may as well enjoy yourself.
@@lenkagamine6121 Dunno, invade an Italian's house. To explain the joke basically if you're Italian your grandma fills you out of good food. Also you have good taste.
@@lenkagamine6121 You don't find the Italian grandma, they find you. Wherever a poor soul on this planet isn't in a food coma from ragu alla Bolognese tossed with tagliatelle and served with red wine and a fresh loaf with herb butter, the Italian grandma will be there. (And might also get you tiramisu with espresso, if you've been a good bambino/bambina/bambini.)
I had something similar happen to me, but it was a portion for 3-4 American people. I swear, the waiters probably bid their salaries on whether I could finish it or not. And purely out of spite, I did! And then when they had the audacity to ask for desert, I said YES! I never left people in such awe as I did then. I was really sick afterwards, lol. My friend who saw me do all that sent me Ron Swanson eating clips for like a week.
I had Ron Swanson moment when I was supping at a diner and the waiter asked which of five side dishes I wanted. It was a long day and I blurted out "Yes." Realising my flub I locked eyes and cut off his reiteration with a second "Yes." Had a good chuckle at that.
Sometimes as someone living in Europe I wish we had American Sized options, that or the family sizes should be the price of medium ones. Seriously, a medium sized pizza at Pizza Hut to me might as well be for 1 person instead of 2. I eat it all by myself and am still hungry.
@@MW_Asura I dunno bro, I'm not the one born in a country who's average citizen eats Taco Bell or Indian and immediately runs to the bathroom to shit their intestines out. Hi-metabolism, low-fat.
its important to remember that, Garnt Is tall. He probably eats more calories than normal people do and on top of being from the west, the portion that he orders makes sense.
American sizes can be a bit much, but cmon, you're like over 6'0ft and probably have 30lbs over the typical Japanese person. Of course you can eat more than their tiny portions.
@@vt_hikaru According to my pops, who flew to italy and at a restaurant there, italians legit treat pizza like an appetizer, they expect you to order something else to eat after. Considering a medium pizza still leaves me hungry maybe I'm built for italian diet.
@@OfficialDJSoru nah thats old people talk Appetizer is like a small Pizza baguette (usually 2) or some antipasta/ Mozzarella Tomato / garlic bread / soup / salat The main course is Pizza or pasta Then its desert Its the regular menu you expect but Pizza is no appetizer unles its rly small
@@ForumcoldiArchon my pops clearly didn't have that experience going to Italy then when he ate at a restaurant there. He didn't mention the pizza he ate being the way you described. Wanna bet he screwed up reading the menu cause his Italian skills are downright horrendous?
You're worried for us because you think we ordered for 3-4 people. I'm worried for us because we ordered the size of an appetiser. We are not the same.
Oh man, if younger me went to Japan I'd probably have had seconds and dessert. Heck, even in the US there's people who will be like this poor waitress in Japan. I remember one time me and my friends went to a game shop that sold cards and we got hungry after a couple of hours there. There was a Quiznos across the street and we all head over. So I order two sandwiches, foot longs, and I'm telling him what I want on them. When I finish, he puts everything on the first sub and turns to my Friend behind me and ask what he wanted on my second sub. That's right, he assumed 1 was for me and the other was my friends. I corrected him and said, "Excuse me, the second sub will be the same and both are mine." **Insert loading wheel here** **Press X to Doubt** So he's like, "Are you going to eat both of them here?" I was like, "Yeah, is that an issue?" I guess this poor guy have never seen anyone completely eat a single foot long, let alone two. All I can assume is everyone that visits this location has a normal appetite. Also, this place is dead, like no one else, but us. So we get our food and I sit down and start munching away and this guy is just watching me devour my first sub. Like this was already impressive to this Quizno employee, but I then begin on the second and after a little bit, done. I swear if anime sparkles and stuff could appear on his expression it would've been priceless. Guy starts asking if I'm some sort of professional food competition person and I was like, "No. Just hungry." He's just like, "You should, you do really do at it." Dude, like even I have my limits and this was my max. I watch those people put down far more then a couple of foot longs sandwiches, I'm a light weight compared to them. I had no idea if I should be taking this as a complement and an insult? Anyway, funny story that this reminded me of when I was younger. I can't eat as much as I use too.
I hear ya. Back then, when I was hungry, I'll ask for seconds and THIRDS! Including dessert! Nowadays, I'm trying to slim down a bit and adjust my diet better. 😆
The only time I ate that amount of food and more is that if I'm both tired and hungry, I ate an entire like what 4 big scoops of rice mixed with raw egg, oyster sauce and some fucking noodles, I had a food coma after eating that much.
Japanese people, or Asians in the east are generally smaller in stature (it's slowly changing), so most of them (not all of them) don't need to eat as much to get full. In the same vein it's also why majority of Japan isn't overweight because they seldom over eat. People tend to over eat because they eat too fast and don't give themselves enough time to realize they're full.
@Framed listen I'm twice the size of a Japanese person which means I eat twice the food, if that makes someone an American than more people must salute the flag.
There are times when I end up just asking the wait staff to show me the plate that will be used. Sometimes it is what 3-4 people can eat and sometimes it is what 3-4 people should eat.
When I was in the Philippines visiting family, we went to a pizza place and got a "party size" (bigger than their "large") pizza to share between like 4 or 5 people and it was like a western medium.
I went to a Chinese food place, and the waitress made fun of me for eating so much. To be fair, it was two big American size meals. BUT. This is the best Chinese food place I've ever been to in my life. So...I feel it was fair. Also, I'm fat. Edit: I thought it was hilarious, and awesome, that she felt so free to speak her mind. I joked along side her, and encouraged the behavior. THAT is the America I strive for.
Happened to me and my gf when we were in Tokyo pre-pandemic. I'm Filipino and my gf is Mexican and our families have no gauge on portions. However we're both in great shape but we also felt a lot of eyes tagging us as fatties. Some of the higher end joints we felt scammed for how little food we got for the price. Sure they were amazing just for the experience, quality, history and ambiance. It's just as shameless Americans on holiday, when we didn't get our fill at some of the hype places we went to, we just hit the konbini. And ong Japanese Yoshinoya is just built different.
Happened to me all the time during my bike trip across Japan. Anytime I’d go to a yakiniku who would unfortunately not do tabehoudai I’d end up ordering the 6 people set and some extras to the absolute horror of all the staff present.
Lmao this made me remember how I ate like a construction worker even though I'm a slim SEA women. I could imagine the look of horror and confusement the Japanese waiter went through if they ever see me gulfing 3-4 bowls of rice the portion size of an adult's.
Have a similar story from when I was in Malaysia. There was some sort of chicken dish you could order as quarter, half, or whole chicken. I ordered the whole chicken and the waiter got really surprised and questioned me if I was serious. Then he left, came back, and told me they didn't have any whole chickens.
@@anthonynelson6671 I didn't want to be a bother. I got half chicken instead and some of the pieces were cold inside. Overall not my best restaurant experience.
0:17 Reminds me of the time I was eating with my sister and her friend and I ordered a large pizza and the waiter explained that it wasn't really a one person meal. Like please, I will take the leftovers with me home and eat them for the next 1 or 2 meals.
@@ghouldrago360 no no it's very common, pretty much every time you go there you see someone take home leftovers. Actually they even ask you when you've finished the meal so it was probably a new employee or something.
I did this once at Cocos. It was my last day I'm Okinawa so we went to Coco's and ordered triple meats of Pork, Chicken and Beef with 300-400 grams of rice. The server had to keep coming over to me to ask if it was correct and then check with the kitchen
A German man and Italian woman joined our family for American steaks one night. The man had to unbuckle his belt and lay down on the floor but he managed to finish the steak. The rest of us had to hold on to something but we finished the wine she brought. Wonderful time lol
I think we can all agree America goes a bit overboard when it comes to food but like…..other countries can DEFINITELY go a bit….under..board? Is that a word? Probably not. Like….don’t feel bad for asking for a completely acceptable amount of food even if everyone around you is used to rice cakes and water.
its just simple. if your twice the size of a japanese person youll eat twice as much. if that dish serves four and 2 ate it than they ate something that could feed two non japanese.
Nah Japan has the healthiest people in the sense that they have a quality public healthcare but they do not spend too much on it cause people do not get ill that often so I think America goes wayyy overboard, Europe maybe a little overboard and Japan maybe a little under it.
I only had this experience when i went to Peru, portions there where bigger than i was used to and it was awesome, nothing better than going for another country's food and getting a lot of it =3
Nah. She was not judging you. She thought: "Oh, Kami. It's Goku!" When she asked if you wanted a desert she was trying to confirm it. You disappointed that young woman.
6 small pieces… of pizza, I’m guessing? That’s adorable. If I go in hungry, I can demolish a full large pizza by myself, with some appetizers, a couple beers, and maybe a dessert if I’m feeling it. I definitely feel where Sydney’s coming from on this.
I'd love to see someone like Brian Shaw go to Japan and eat there, for reference he is 6' 8", won world strongest man competition and had a daily calorie intake of 20000
"Give me all of your bacon and eggs. Wait, I feel like you misheard me. I worry, that what you heard, was that I want a lot of bacon and eggs. I want you to bring me ALL of your bacon and eggs."
I have similar experience when I traveled to Japan. Me and my friends enter the Yakiniku Meat Buffet and try to start order with 10 plates of meat. Waiter try to insist that we can't order more than 4 plate at once. So we ordered four plates then slide it down on the grilled at once then ordered another four plates instantly. So we devoured total of more than 100 plates in 2 hour by 4 people. Waiter were so shocked and panicked lol. I scout the other Japanese table they were eat like total of not more than 20 plates for 4 people. Maybe it just different in culture and stomach. Since we are from Thai we eat Buffet at least 2 times a week. Hahaha.
Nah its expected that you dont "overeat" and show good "manners". Aka, dont eat more than others at your table, and dont behave like a glutton. End result? Everyone eats less and the buffet makes a profit of social insecurities.
Hm, I only had this "problem" when going to italian or other western restaurants in Japan. The sizes of pizzas are ridiculus, even smaller than a general european mini pizza and way to few cheese (Okay, thats pricey in Japan, I get it). At the normal japanese restaurants the portions were fine, not stuffing but fine. And if you ever order dinner at an onsen hotel, they will stuff you with one course of delicious things after another, you can only roll through the onsen quickly and fall into a food coma until next morning when they serve a way too big breakfast considering last nights dinner.
Waitress: I see you enjoyed the meal? Garnt: that was the best coming pasta I’ve ever had tell your chef I would marry them if I wasn’t already married! Waitress: ah I see, would u like dessert? G&S: No!
as a big boi, i spent a lot of money on food when i visited Japan. me and my buddy each ordered the largest portions everywhere we went, sometimes we ordered family portions(for each of us). it was expensive, but rarely did we get portions that were actually too big for us to eat in a single meal. the only time i remember i could only barely finish the portion was when i ordered a bowl of seafood tempura that im pretty sure was meant to be eaten by 4 people and i ate it myself, wanted to die afterwards but it was so frigin good. when the food is great- dont be ashamed to pig out.
It reminds me of how when you look at 'portion sizes' on food containers, and a box of crackers will just be like ~30 crackers, portion size for one person, 2 crackers. and obviously you're not going to eat just 2 crackers, you're going to go through like, an entire box.
Yeah, similar thing happened to me (I guess? Maybe I'm just outing myself as a phat fucking pig, but anyways) My friend and I used to frequently sleepover at my house and one of the traditions we would do would be to go to the nearby local all you can eat japanese restaurant, no biggie right? Just 2 happening chums hitting it up like twice per week for like 25 bucks Thing is, we would order EVERYTHING on those little paper checklist menu things, and that by itself isn't too crazy, like sushi and everything else wasn't that filling or had a large portion sizing (I guess, nowadays I can barely clear a couple platters of 12) The challenge was, was that we would eat everything they served to us before the next set of platters would arrive. As in approximately ~36 rolls of sushi, 2 bowls of miso (small), and like 4 portions of teriyaki which isn't too crazy between two people I think, but there was this one waitress that looked at us like we were human garbage every time we went and she would always be really pissy with us The fucking chef of all people loved us, he would smile, wave and have small conversations with us as we were being seated and stuff and a couple times he even went out of his way to pour us water to talk when things died down And yes, somehow we'd end up really full and waddle the 15 minute walk home every time like the fatasses we were
I used to have a killer sushi restaurant with a “3course” buffet/order-slip system and did something similar. Alas it was woefully ignored despite the food, prices, location and service all being well above the average. I was in there 1-2 times a week and brining in anyone I could get to look in my general direction for a work/social lunch for years before the owners finally gave up. Kept a copy of the menu next to my house keys for years after out of grief. It never even made it to the covid lockdowns and that’s a gods damned tragedy.
@@IRMentat Dude, I feel that As much as we move on and try to find new places that have similar vibes, and we hope that the owners find different things to pursue successfully, it always sucks when a place you frequent and really enjoy pass on
I had a place before the pandemic I used to love going to they had half off ramen days and 40% off house sushi days I'd eat like a king there at times then stupid Covid shut them down I miss you Odenyaki
In my experience if a server seems worried about the serving size I ordered I usually ask to look at the platter or container that it'll be served in, especially if it's something like pasta or soup. Usually assures them right away that you'll finish it all.
Damn, they would lose their mind if a competitive eater visited 😂. A friend of a friend had the same experience in italy for ordering 2 lasagnas because the portions are smaller
as an asian american currently living in japan, the portion sizes at any western restaurant are usually tiny. i just dont bother since its expensive to actually get full.
Even as someone that is a rather large person. I'm 6 foot tall, around 250 pounds. I do like smaller portion sizes, but I live in America. I don't mind large portions because I will just take home the left overs but I feel like I would at least order a medium portion size in Japan.
ESPECIALLY the pizza, I called an L size pizza the other day to share between me and another friend. Costs $20 and wasn't even close to enough to be full, feels like I got scammed sometimes 😂
If I was alone in any restaurant in japan and they looked at me like "what?" I'd just pat my belly and try to explain "I'm American. We are real fat." Lol
I think we're all in agreement here that we would also destroy those meals and then order dessert with zero shame right after. Eating food might as well just be a past time.
There's a lot of restaurants in Japan that serve huge portion sizes so I think it was just the waitress getting hung up on the fact they listed it as 3-4 portions on the menu
Pasta is one of those foods where your stomach is just bottomless for delicious carby goodness. Giant bowls of pasta is one of the great joys of life and deserves no shame.
I remember when I went to this Chinese restaurant with my folks. We ordered "ramen" thinking it was fairly priced. It came, and it is served in this huge bowl that looks like the ones Harry Potter uses to view memories. We've been duped. It's obviously meant for sharing, but these effin waiter didn't even warn us, and served it to us with a straight face. They must be laughing at us in the kitchen😂 Needless to say, we never came back.
@@duckblock same! Did they not provide extra cups with chopsticks? It's like an entire family sharing a giant bowl of food. You can look for references. It has appeared and shown itself in other restaurants I've known plus some anime shows from the 2012s.
Oh, I get it, happened similar thing in a Korean BBQ in Japan, accidentally ordered 3 sets for 2 people instead of 1.5 sets for 2 people (there were 3 of us); still managed to eat all of it, no problem, and while we felt full, we didn't actually need to force the few last slices
I heard a similar story but I think this kind of stuff is not applicable in ramen places since their large orders are really really huge. Idk if it's true but that's what I heard.
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He got it all wrong... this is where you assert dominance by ordering more food.
Exactly, you order the dessert with confidence and be like hell yeah I will destroy that.
100% correct.
@@simon01920 nah u order 2 desserts to let em know
@@nilsmuller5006 No, lets order the whole dessert menu.
ah, a man who understands in all situations, one must assert dominance; the ppl must know who the boss is
He shouldn't be worried that they thought he was a fat-ass, they were just stunned because they thought Goku was a fictional character.
Goku was just an American all along.
@@xdragoonzero0 He certainly eats like one, at least.
This puts those scenes where Saiyans annihilate massive amounts of food in a whole new light...
But can he beat goku?
I guess goku was American all along kekw
You need to be shameless in these situations, stare her in the eyes, order dessert and never break eye contact while eating.
Truly a sigma move
I don't know about the last bit but yes order more with confidence if you want more. She already thinks you're fay by eating a large meal alone so you may as well enjoy yourself.
It'll show your dominance.
While making predator clicking sounds
Damn
Yes Garnt. Embrace the American within you.
What Syd and Garnt do in their bedroom is none of our business
@@Hrbeck20204 wait, how... Nevermind.
@@PatLund omg, your comment made me understand lmao
Embrace the Italian-Japanese within you
@@Hrbeck20204 well done.
Waitress: "I see you guys enjoyed that meal, would you like dessert?"
Garnt: "No thank you"
Inner Garnt: "YES GIVE IT TO ME"
He is here... I sense it...
The lil gremlin that is inner Garnt
A Nathan doan reference I see
"I like you cause you got that something that i need in my life, so give it to me."
- Ricardo Milos
@@DigitallyRemoved In Garnt there exist two gremlins.
He's just summoned us, the Italians. If he goes to an Italian grandma he'll find the perfect portion.
Wait where do I find italian grandma
@@lenkagamine6121 Dunno, invade an Italian's house. To explain the joke basically if you're Italian your grandma fills you out of good food. Also you have good taste.
@@lenkagamine6121 You don't find the Italian grandma, they find you. Wherever a poor soul on this planet isn't in a food coma from ragu alla Bolognese tossed with tagliatelle and served with red wine and a fresh loaf with herb butter, the Italian grandma will be there. (And might also get you tiramisu with espresso, if you've been a good bambino/bambina/bambini.)
@@eddievhfan1984 I have Greek in-laws (my Uncle Jimmy's parents) and it is very similar. You never go hungry if they're feeding you.
@@Tennosan that's universally all grandmas
I had something similar happen to me, but it was a portion for 3-4 American people. I swear, the waiters probably bid their salaries on whether I could finish it or not. And purely out of spite, I did! And then when they had the audacity to ask for desert, I said YES! I never left people in such awe as I did then. I was really sick afterwards, lol.
My friend who saw me do all that sent me Ron Swanson eating clips for like a week.
"I worry what you heard was, ‘Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.’ What I said was, give me all the bacon and eggs you have. Do you understand?”
I had Ron Swanson moment when I was supping at a diner and the waiter asked which of five side dishes I wanted. It was a long day and I blurted out "Yes." Realising my flub I locked eyes and cut off his reiteration with a second "Yes." Had a good chuckle at that.
there's something about you having to specify "3-4 American people" that absurd, yet funny to me XD
@@thomas_roni_pero346 Lol. Just want people to know it was no Japanese portion.
Gigachad
As an American seeing other countries small portion sizes I am reminded of a Ron Swanson quote, "Why is everyone else so bad at eating?"
I know right, imagine spending most of your history learning how to cook only to not foking eat the food
Sometimes as someone living in Europe I wish we had American Sized options, that or the family sizes should be the price of medium ones.
Seriously, a medium sized pizza at Pizza Hut to me might as well be for 1 person instead of 2. I eat it all by myself and am still hungry.
@@OfficialDJSoru That sounds like a you problem, very honestly
@@MW_Asura I dunno bro, I'm not the one born in a country who's average citizen eats Taco Bell or Indian and immediately runs to the bathroom to shit their intestines out.
Hi-metabolism, low-fat.
@@MW_Asura nah that’s my problem too
Should have had Syd tell her in the most American accent “We’re American” and no more questions would be asked.
🤣😂
Glad to see that even 2 years ago,, someone had the same thought I did
Now that waitress tells everyone the story of the crazy gaijin who eat family sized meals all on their own.
the gaijin will eat their kids at night.
its important to remember that, Garnt Is tall. He probably eats more calories than normal people do and on top of being from the west, the portion that he orders makes sense.
What about sydney tho? XD
@@幽霊船-o4h She's American
@@VidiaReePhoenix lmaoooooffff
@@幽霊船-o4h bro she from the Midwest, they eat lard for lunch. This is her having a small meal.
@@chaos34d bro don’t do us dirty like that
I'll be honest this girl just did a nice thing by making sure they didn't overspend by ordering way to much.
American sizes can be a bit much, but cmon, you're like over 6'0ft and probably have 30lbs over the typical Japanese person. Of course you can eat more than their tiny portions.
Sydney also ate large amounts of food, and she's short.
She's also American lol. We can put away some food haha
@@nujevad28 You forget she is a woman so most of the food would go to the curvetures or her chest
@@EnhancedTrashBin That has nothing to do with her appetite and is honestly creepy to say about someone else's partner.
@@EnhancedTrashBin Yep and through her hole
If the portion was THAT medium size, as an American I would have said: "what is this a kids meal?"
Same I would've said " this the appetizer?? Where's the main meal?"
@@vt_hikaru According to my pops, who flew to italy and at a restaurant there, italians legit treat pizza like an appetizer, they expect you to order something else to eat after.
Considering a medium pizza still leaves me hungry maybe I'm built for italian diet.
@@OfficialDJSoru nah thats old people talk
Appetizer is like a small Pizza baguette (usually 2) or some antipasta/ Mozzarella Tomato / garlic bread / soup / salat
The main course is Pizza or pasta
Then its desert
Its the regular menu you expect but Pizza is no appetizer unles its rly small
@@ForumcoldiArchon my pops clearly didn't have that experience going to Italy then when he ate at a restaurant there. He didn't mention the pizza he ate being the way you described. Wanna bet he screwed up reading the menu cause his Italian skills are downright horrendous?
Tbf Americans are nearly 9 times more overweight than Japan. 3.6% in Japan and 32% in the US
You're worried for us because you think we ordered for 3-4 people.
I'm worried for us because we ordered the size of an appetiser.
We are not the same.
I feel ya
1:45 That's when you say "Yeah, double it up"
Ngl, I feel PROUD when I see their reaction to me just devouring everything in my way.
Oh man, if younger me went to Japan I'd probably have had seconds and dessert. Heck, even in the US there's people who will be like this poor waitress in Japan. I remember one time me and my friends went to a game shop that sold cards and we got hungry after a couple of hours there. There was a Quiznos across the street and we all head over. So I order two sandwiches, foot longs, and I'm telling him what I want on them.
When I finish, he puts everything on the first sub and turns to my Friend behind me and ask what he wanted on my second sub. That's right, he assumed 1 was for me and the other was my friends. I corrected him and said, "Excuse me, the second sub will be the same and both are mine." **Insert loading wheel here** **Press X to Doubt**
So he's like, "Are you going to eat both of them here?" I was like, "Yeah, is that an issue?" I guess this poor guy have never seen anyone completely eat a single foot long, let alone two. All I can assume is everyone that visits this location has a normal appetite. Also, this place is dead, like no one else, but us. So we get our food and I sit down and start munching away and this guy is just watching me devour my first sub. Like this was already impressive to this Quizno employee, but I then begin on the second and after a little bit, done.
I swear if anime sparkles and stuff could appear on his expression it would've been priceless. Guy starts asking if I'm some sort of professional food competition person and I was like, "No. Just hungry." He's just like, "You should, you do really do at it." Dude, like even I have my limits and this was my max. I watch those people put down far more then a couple of foot longs sandwiches, I'm a light weight compared to them. I had no idea if I should be taking this as a complement and an insult? Anyway, funny story that this reminded me of when I was younger.
I can't eat as much as I use too.
I hear ya. Back then, when I was hungry, I'll ask for seconds and THIRDS! Including dessert! Nowadays, I'm trying to slim down a bit and adjust my diet better. 😆
I can do this, but only during a 100km bike tour. :D
The only time I ate that amount of food and more is that if I'm both tired and hungry, I ate an entire like what 4 big scoops of rice mixed with raw egg, oyster sauce and some fucking noodles, I had a food coma after eating that much.
Reminds me of the restraunt scene from parks and rec.
Waiter: sir, that's s meant to feed 4-6 people.
Swanson: I know what I'm about son.
“This feeds 3-4 people”
Correction: “the 3-4 people splitting this food 3-4 ways are undernourished but think it’s normal”
Japanese people, or Asians in the east are generally smaller in stature (it's slowly changing), so most of them (not all of them) don't need to eat as much to get full.
In the same vein it's also why majority of Japan isn't overweight because they seldom over eat.
People tend to over eat because they eat too fast and don't give themselves enough time to realize they're full.
@Framed listen I'm twice the size of a Japanese person which means I eat twice the food, if that makes someone an American than more people must salute the flag.
@@christophercrafte Amen and Hallelujah brother, U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
by way giguk is talking it probably be one person in europe aswell japanese portions are way too small compared even europians let alone americans
At least we Asians aren't obese and greasy blob of fat, americans are really proud of their obesity rate. That's good keep it up
There are times when I end up just asking the wait staff to show me the plate that will be used. Sometimes it is what 3-4 people can eat and sometimes it is what 3-4 people should eat.
Should and could. 😂
When I was in the Philippines visiting family, we went to a pizza place and got a "party size" (bigger than their "large") pizza to share between like 4 or 5 people and it was like a western medium.
I went to a Chinese food place, and the waitress made fun of me for eating so much. To be fair, it was two big American size meals. BUT. This is the best Chinese food place I've ever been to in my life. So...I feel it was fair. Also, I'm fat.
Edit: I thought it was hilarious, and awesome, that she felt so free to speak her mind. I joked along side her, and encouraged the behavior. THAT is the America I strive for.
Happened to me and my gf when we were in Tokyo pre-pandemic. I'm Filipino and my gf is Mexican and our families have no gauge on portions. However we're both in great shape but we also felt a lot of eyes tagging us as fatties. Some of the higher end joints we felt scammed for how little food we got for the price. Sure they were amazing just for the experience, quality, history and ambiance. It's just as shameless Americans on holiday, when we didn't get our fill at some of the hype places we went to, we just hit the konbini. And ong Japanese Yoshinoya is just built different.
That is crazy cause fillipino bbq's are fat as fuck with so much food.
Happened to me all the time during my bike trip across Japan. Anytime I’d go to a yakiniku who would unfortunately not do tabehoudai I’d end up ordering the 6 people set and some extras to the absolute horror of all the staff present.
Lmao this made me remember how I ate like a construction worker even though I'm a slim SEA women. I could imagine the look of horror and confusement the Japanese waiter went through if they ever see me gulfing 3-4 bowls of rice the portion size of an adult's.
What can you expect from disgusting SEA tourists lol. Crude and loud.
Sea woman? A mermaid?
@@GastNdorf LMAOOO (SEA - south east asian)
@@thenightcorereaper DEFINATELY a mermaid.
@@mainzer45 mb indeed a mermaid
Have a similar story from when I was in Malaysia. There was some sort of chicken dish you could order as quarter, half, or whole chicken. I ordered the whole chicken and the waiter got really surprised and questioned me if I was serious. Then he left, came back, and told me they didn't have any whole chickens.
not a wholesome story
Did you ask if you could have enough halves or quarters to add up to a whole one?
@@ezra1791 Indeed, it's very partial.
@@anthonynelson6671 I didn't want to be a bother. I got half chicken instead and some of the pieces were cold inside. Overall not my best restaurant experience.
@@skolkor Ahhh, that's understandable. I've never tried any dish like that so I don't know what it's like.
0:17 Reminds me of the time I was eating with my sister and her friend and I ordered a large pizza and the waiter explained that it wasn't really a one person meal. Like please, I will take the leftovers with me home and eat them for the next 1 or 2 meals.
Maybe they didn't offer to take leftovers/it's not common in the area?
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@@ghouldrago360 no no it's very common, pretty much every time you go there you see someone take home leftovers. Actually they even ask you when you've finished the meal so it was probably a new employee or something.
I did this once at Cocos. It was my last day I'm Okinawa so we went to Coco's and ordered triple meats of Pork, Chicken and Beef with 300-400 grams of rice. The server had to keep coming over to me to ask if it was correct and then check with the kitchen
"Feeds 3-4 people" yeah maybe during a famine. 🤣
A German man and Italian woman joined our family for American steaks one night.
The man had to unbuckle his belt and lay down on the floor but he managed to finish the steak. The rest of us had to hold on to something but we finished the wine she brought. Wonderful time lol
Did he finish the entire steak or just his share?
@@abysswatcher4907 Man finished everything. His steak, potatoes, veg, got it all like a champion.
He could have doubling down and assert dominance by ordering dessert.
I think we can all agree America goes a bit overboard when it comes to food but like…..other countries can DEFINITELY go a bit….under..board? Is that a word? Probably not. Like….don’t feel bad for asking for a completely acceptable amount of food even if everyone around you is used to rice cakes and water.
you only live once baby might as well enjoy some excess every now and then. Plus taking home leftovers is literally just part of american culture now
@@mookiestewart3776 keyword every now and then.
its just simple. if your twice the size of a japanese person youll eat twice as much. if that dish serves four and 2 ate it than they ate something that could feed two non japanese.
to be fair japan portions look small to europians even so
Nah Japan has the healthiest people in the sense that they have a quality public healthcare but they do not spend too much on it cause people do not get ill that often so I think America goes wayyy overboard, Europe maybe a little overboard and Japan maybe a little under it.
I only had this experience when i went to Peru, portions there where bigger than i was used to and it was awesome, nothing better than going for another country's food and getting a lot of it =3
What did u get lol
@@jayzee832 honestly i don't remember, but every meal was really satisfying
=3 the chef kawasaki face lmao xD
@@danielmilcent9654 maybe it was a hog-sized guinea pig
Didn't eat one of those, now wondering how they taste =/
Nah. She was not judging you.
She thought:
"Oh, Kami. It's Goku!"
When she asked if you wanted a desert she was trying to confirm it. You disappointed that young woman.
6 small pieces… of pizza, I’m guessing?
That’s adorable.
If I go in hungry, I can demolish a full large pizza by myself, with some appetizers, a couple beers, and maybe a dessert if I’m feeling it.
I definitely feel where Sydney’s coming from on this.
i can do the same but then im out of commission for a day or 2
I usually only eat 1-2 meals a day, and that 1 meal could very well be an entire pizza.. 🙄
I can eat an entire pizza but i probably wouldn't eat anything alse for a couple of day.
I'd love to see someone like Brian Shaw go to Japan and eat there, for reference he is 6' 8", won world strongest man competition and had a daily calorie intake of 20000
Ever heard of sumo wrestlers?
"Give me all of your bacon and eggs. Wait, I feel like you misheard me. I worry, that what you heard, was that I want a lot of bacon and eggs. I want you to bring me ALL of your bacon and eggs."
@@zackwyvern2582 they have specially prepared diets. Rice and beer basically
@@saphironkindris I know what I'm about son.
Good God, I've never been to Japan and I can still relate. Now I'm feeling like a fat f*ck too.
I have similar experience when I traveled to Japan.
Me and my friends enter the Yakiniku Meat Buffet and try to start order with 10 plates of meat. Waiter try to insist that we can't order more than 4 plate at once.
So we ordered four plates then slide it down on the grilled at once then ordered another four plates instantly. So we devoured total of more than 100 plates in 2 hour by 4 people.
Waiter were so shocked and panicked lol.
I scout the other Japanese table they were eat like total of not more than 20 plates for 4 people.
Maybe it just different in culture and stomach.
Since we are from Thai we eat Buffet at least 2 times a week. Hahaha.
Nah its expected that you dont "overeat" and show good "manners". Aka, dont eat more than others at your table, and dont behave like a glutton. End result? Everyone eats less and the buffet makes a profit of social insecurities.
Certain places in the world it's an insult to not eat until you're full.
SEA tourists are crude and disgusting. What can you expect lol.
Meanwhile going to a family dinner in a southern state in the US you'd be given a massive portion and be encouraged to get seconds
Hm, I only had this "problem" when going to italian or other western restaurants in Japan. The sizes of pizzas are ridiculus, even smaller than a general european mini pizza and way to few cheese (Okay, thats pricey in Japan, I get it). At the normal japanese restaurants the portions were fine, not stuffing but fine. And if you ever order dinner at an onsen hotel, they will stuff you with one course of delicious things after another, you can only roll through the onsen quickly and fall into a food coma until next morning when they serve a way too big breakfast considering last nights dinner.
Waitress: I see you enjoyed the meal?
Garnt: that was the best coming pasta I’ve ever had tell your chef I would marry them if I wasn’t already married!
Waitress: ah I see, would u like dessert?
G&S: No!
as a big boi, i spent a lot of money on food when i visited Japan. me and my buddy each ordered the largest portions everywhere we went, sometimes we ordered family portions(for each of us).
it was expensive, but rarely did we get portions that were actually too big for us to eat in a single meal. the only time i remember i could only barely finish the portion was when i ordered a bowl of seafood tempura that im pretty sure was meant to be eaten by 4 people and i ate it myself, wanted to die afterwards but it was so frigin good. when the food is great- dont be ashamed to pig out.
"I expected a *_cartoonishly_* large severing size amount, not the amount that would make Lady and the Tramp *starve* that week."
It reminds me of how when you look at 'portion sizes' on food containers, and a box of crackers will just be like ~30 crackers, portion size for one person, 2 crackers.
and obviously you're not going to eat just 2 crackers, you're going to go through like, an entire box.
Feeds a family of 3? FEEDS A FAMILY OF ME!
Yeah, similar thing happened to me (I guess? Maybe I'm just outing myself as a phat fucking pig, but anyways)
My friend and I used to frequently sleepover at my house and one of the traditions we would do would be to go to the nearby local all you can eat japanese restaurant, no biggie right? Just 2 happening chums hitting it up like twice per week for like 25 bucks
Thing is, we would order EVERYTHING on those little paper checklist menu things, and that by itself isn't too crazy, like sushi and everything else wasn't that filling or had a large portion sizing (I guess, nowadays I can barely clear a couple platters of 12)
The challenge was, was that we would eat everything they served to us before the next set of platters would arrive. As in approximately ~36 rolls of sushi, 2 bowls of miso (small), and like 4 portions of teriyaki which isn't too crazy between two people I think, but there was this one waitress that looked at us like we were human garbage every time we went and she would always be really pissy with us
The fucking chef of all people loved us, he would smile, wave and have small conversations with us as we were being seated and stuff and a couple times he even went out of his way to pour us water to talk when things died down
And yes, somehow we'd end up really full and waddle the 15 minute walk home every time like the fatasses we were
Thats pretty epic. I used to be the same way lol.
I used to have a killer sushi restaurant with a “3course” buffet/order-slip system and did something similar.
Alas it was woefully ignored despite the food, prices, location and service all being well above the average. I was in there 1-2 times a week and brining in anyone I could get to look in my general direction for a work/social lunch for years before the owners finally gave up.
Kept a copy of the menu next to my house keys for years after out of grief. It never even made it to the covid lockdowns and that’s a gods damned tragedy.
@@IRMentat Dude, I feel that
As much as we move on and try to find new places that have similar vibes, and we hope that the owners find different things to pursue successfully, it always sucks when a place you frequent and really enjoy pass on
I can imagine John Pinette telling this story
I had a place before the pandemic I used to love going to they had half off ramen days and 40% off house sushi days I'd eat like a king there at times then stupid Covid shut them down I miss you Odenyaki
Italian restaurant in Japan?
....WAS THE CHEF A STAND USER?
Now I can't stop imagining BeardMeatsFood going to that restaurant.
Two exomorphs go out to dinner in japan, "Let's scare the citizens of the orient."
Looks at chips pack "serving size 5 chips"...
“Ma’am with all due respect, you understand estimates my metabolism rate.”
Bro you're supposed to assert dominance by going "why yes we'd like desert, do you have anything that serves 3 to 4 people?"
in a situation like this i usually say "i am 3-4 people"
"Oh I'm a fat boy."
Is this a meme? I thought it was a Vox thing.
Hello vox
@@altrivotzck6565 yes, he is referencing Vox
@@matthewwallace1143 I thought so, but I wasn't sure if it was a meme before Vox mentioned it.
The waitress does not know tzuyang exists
imagine that waitress seeing how much we eat when we visit nonna's place
this is like the greentext of someone witnessing a foreigner for the first time ordering like a hundred burgers at jollibee
They could always pull the "Don't worry, we're eating for three"
In my experience if a server seems worried about the serving size I ordered I usually ask to look at the platter or container that it'll be served in, especially if it's something like pasta or soup. Usually assures them right away that you'll finish it all.
How ironic when there are so many anime protagonists that can eat a truckload of food and that was just the starter..
This feels like the opposite of that one time they actually managed to order too much food and couldn't finish it in shame
Damn, they would lose their mind if a competitive eater visited 😂. A friend of a friend had the same experience in italy for ordering 2 lasagnas because the portions are smaller
Next time, make sure to order EXTRA-LARGE portions......
And BIG desert!!!
as an asian american currently living in japan, the portion sizes at any western restaurant are usually tiny. i just dont bother since its expensive to actually get full.
He should have just had the dessert, don't care about the judging eyes. Get your dessert King
Even as someone that is a rather large person. I'm 6 foot tall, around 250 pounds. I do like smaller portion sizes, but I live in America. I don't mind large portions because I will just take home the left overs but I feel like I would at least order a medium portion size in Japan.
I don't know if Japan has all you can eat buffets but I would suggest going to one on date night just to make the management nervous.
I could hear the "hai, wakarimasu. Hai, wakarimasu"
ESPECIALLY the pizza, I called an L size pizza the other day to share between me and another friend. Costs $20 and wasn't even close to enough to be full, feels like I got scammed sometimes 😂
Assert dominance and order ANOTHER large pasta.
so that was the appetizer, now on to the main course, and then a dessert on top
"We went to an Italian restaurant...We had italian"
If I was alone in any restaurant in japan and they looked at me like "what?" I'd just pat my belly and try to explain "I'm American. We are real fat." Lol
The easy way out is to mention casually that you need the extra energy to climb mount Fuji tomorrow.
"Only 3-4? Make mine a double portion, please."
I think we're all in agreement here that we would also destroy those meals and then order dessert with zero shame right after.
Eating food might as well just be a past time.
I feel like when I was in Japan, they thought I was eating for a family of 4
Gigguk is twice the size of average anime girl so the waitress should have figured it out
See I can do this because my body refuses to gain weight.
There's a lot of restaurants in Japan that serve huge portion sizes so I think it was just the waitress getting hung up on the fact they listed it as 3-4 portions on the menu
oh shit! is that Ouki from Kingdom poster in the background? pog
Especially when you compare it to non fast food portions in south Italy.
Here I thought it was going to be like when Connor ordered enough to feed a village.
This lowkey explains all the anime scenes where they have piles and piles of dishes stacked up, they just like us fr.
Garnt saying FATASS like an American. The conversion is happening
Pasta is one of those foods where your stomach is just bottomless for delicious carby goodness. Giant bowls of pasta is one of the great joys of life and deserves no shame.
I remember when I went to this Chinese restaurant with my folks. We ordered "ramen" thinking it was fairly priced. It came, and it is served in this huge bowl that looks like the ones Harry Potter uses to view memories. We've been duped. It's obviously meant for sharing, but these effin waiter didn't even warn us, and served it to us with a straight face. They must be laughing at us in the kitchen😂 Needless to say, we never came back.
Ramen at a Chinese restaurant?
@@tenki-no-ko chinese beef noodle soup...I just said ramen to have a shorter name for it, but you made me come out and say it anyway😂
@@duckblock why would you not go back though?
For real I'd be going back for sure
@@duckblock same! Did they not provide extra cups with chopsticks? It's like an entire family sharing a giant bowl of food. You can look for references. It has appeared and shown itself in other restaurants I've known plus some anime shows from the 2012s.
So what i am hearing is that, if i want to pass any "eat large amount of food" challenges, move to japan, got it!
They probably just thought they were saiyans
I would have said, "Of course, and dessert would be great. I need something to work off later."
When she comes for the dishes, say "It was delicious, can I have it AGAIN?".
I mean sure if you can finish it. You are not here to date the waitress so why the hell do you care about her so much?
Damn those emotes brought back a few memories. RIP TB.
YOOOO KINGDOM POSTER IN THE BACK????
Oh, I get it, happened similar thing in a Korean BBQ in Japan, accidentally ordered 3 sets for 2 people instead of 1.5 sets for 2 people (there were 3 of us); still managed to eat all of it, no problem, and while we felt full, we didn't actually need to force the few last slices
plot twist: anime character just have the stomachs of americans the entire time.
1:12 Gigguk life confirmed canon to fateverse.
It’s the judgmental eyes that make it more delicious 😂
I heard a similar story but I think this kind of stuff is not applicable in ramen places since their large orders are really really huge. Idk if it's true but that's what I heard.
shouldve guild tripped them instead by saying that wasnt anywhere close to a 3-4 person meal