To wonder if people actually can eat a full takeaway?

[Inthenick]

I just got a Chinese takeaway for myself as its been a long week and DH is out for dinner tonight and I'm stuffed. There's two thirds of the rice left and half the pork dish. It's an obscene amount of food for one person. Does anyone ever actually manage the full portion sent and if not, why don't they just send a real sized portion or at least indicate how many portions are in each tub. I feel designated at how much I've had to throw in the bin. I wish I liked it the next day but never can face eating it in the cold light of day.

Designated=disgusted

i can if I'm really hungry. Plus sides lol

You need to tell us how much this is - takeaway containers are not all the same.

YANBU and I'm a bit fat with a hearty appetite. This is why I don't bother ordering takeaways as often now, such a waste of money.

Nope, even DH has never finished one & we don't order lots. Just a main each , rice & naan, which we share & a few popadoms. It feels like such a waste!

I can never manage a full portion- I either split it with the dc or have it for lunch the next day!

But if I'm hungry I'll eat a whole large Domino's pizza.

Yes. I'm confident many people could eat one dish and one rice. My husband for one.

Dont throw it away

Eat it tomorrow reheated !

Curry, yes.
Pizza, yes.
Chinese, no. There's always some left for breakfast

I can eat a fair bit of Chinese but never a whole pizza

No, never.
A main plus one side and a quarter portion of rice does me for two meals 😋

When it's just me and DP we get a set meal for two, it has 10 battered chicken balls with sweet and sour sauce, a portion of beef and mushrooms, a portion of special fried lice, a portion of chicken with veggies and prawn crackers. We can never finish it, I actually make up a portion fir the freezer. Best of all it costs £15.00!!

I can't but DH can, and he often scoffs my leftovers.

I'm overweight, he's not.

Very fucking annoying.

I'll easily eat a whole portion of curry but I'll have salad with it, poppadums & maybe a spoon of rice.

Depends which takeaway - some round here will put a reasonable portion in the box even if it means the box doesn't look full, others stuff it.

Unfortunately I can never remember which is which!

Or indeed a meal in a restaurant.

Put the (not rice) remainder in the freezer.

I always reckon on getting at least two meals out of a normal takeway. Quite often the starter with salad is enough for one meal, and I save the whole main course for the next day.

There's an Indian near us that does a lovely thali-style mix-and-match meal - it's great cos you get a taste of loads of different things, it's a smaller meal so you can actually finish it, and it's only a fiver.

Maddie you need a new restaurant

I always stop half way through and go back for more about 10 :)

Pizza yes, Indian yes (because I'll eat Indian until I feel sick ), Chinese? Very very very rarely

I was going to cook, but now I really want a takeaway and am leaning towards pizza. I'll have a medium, DP will most likely have a large.

Plus sides ;)

Do you not just order a set menu for one and then you get a balanced meal and small portions ?

Or order two or three starters ?

I cannot comprehend deliberately buying food you will not be able to eat and then binning it.
I try never to bin food.

DH and I got Vietnamese tonight, ordered the right amount and ate every bite

yanbu
we have 4 portions for 6.
it's too much!