Almost two weeks ago we had a major family event that was celebrated in one of our favorite place and I wrote about it here. It wasn't a big event like a wedding or an engagement, but it was important and because we had guests from far as well, some previous planning was needed. The venue was almost instantly decided as everyone attending the event knew and liked it, but as we like to explore new options as well, a few other options also came into discussion.
There's a new restaurant near the venue we had the event organized at, ran by a well known and respected company, which should be an extra guarantee in itself, but my brother said he wouldn't choose it and I wanted to know why.
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In order to understand my post better, if you haven't already, please check out my post about the dishes we had, here. Judging by the portion size, you can probably guess that no one left the event hungry. At some point I felt like I could not finish what was on my plate, but made an effort and finished it at the end, but there were quite a few who took half of the serving home. This is absolutely fine in this area of the world, no one is going to judge you for it. You paid for it, it's yours, you do as you please.
This is not an isolated case, where portions are maybe a bit oversized, compared to one's needs. Even if maybe other restaurants have smaller portions, you won't leave hungry, they make sure of that.
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The other restaurant I mentioned above is very different in this regard. I was told you are served a very appetizing dish, very pleasant to the eye and your taste buds, but chances to leave hungry after finishing your meal(s) are extremely high. In simple terms, the dishes are more for tasting and not for getting full. The emphasis is on the art of serving the dishes and less on portion size.
This is not a new phenomenon, you meet such restaurants all over the world, where you get two small pieces of something, sprinkled with a little something else and decorated with a few drops of something different from the other two as flavor goes. I'm not particularly against it, it's a nice experience and you get to know new dishes and flavors this way, the problem is, it costs double or three times of what you pay for traditional dishes and you also leave hungry.
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Last year we had some guests from Germany and the lady shared a story about his brother's wedding. They were invited to a restaurant of a Michelin star chef, as part of the wedding. The funny thing was the invite was only for a handful of people, close family members only, because the menu was so expensive they could not afford to invite more people. They arrived hungry and curious as it was their first time in such a place, just to leave just as hungry and disappointed too. The amazing taste and the artistic servings could not compensate the extremely small position sizes and the high price.
The venue I was taking about as potential second option is far from Michelin level and I'm certain prices are way below those of such a restaurant, but still, you need to pay much more than the food itself worth.
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As I mentioned at the beginning of my post, this was not just for our close family members, there were others invited too, so in such cases you need to decide what is worth more for you: charming or showing off in front of your guests, with what you can pay for knowing they will leave hungry, or opting for the other restaurant, where you know they can leave satisfied and with their stomach full.
Times are changing, habits and customs are changing and I see more and more people are focusing on impressing, even shaming people with what they can or willing to pay for, rather than putting their ego aside and making sure their guests have a good time in every sense of the word.
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I'm not judging anyone, everyone is free to do what they want, but I'd like to know what would you do? What's more important for you? Let me know in a comment.
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