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I don't think i ever finished a whole meal in a restaurant. I was never able to eat a lot in one sitting. At home i eat so much, but i just spread it out over time.
One day i went to a restaurant for lunch. It was an american style restaurant, whatever that means and the owner (it just opened) was american. I ordered the menu and while ordering the guy next to me just got his food. The same thing i ordered. It was the biggest plate with the most obscene amount of food i have ever seen. I told the waiter that this is ridiculous and i'm not even gonna eat a quarter of it. If i can have a smal portion (for the same price, idc.) and he was very reluctant to do so, so he called the owner. They wouldn't serve me a small portion, because other people might see my plate and think they don't get enough food in his establishment. And i kid you not, a quarter of that plate is still enough to fill two normal plates to the brim. Absolutely wild, and i had to leave