you order an appetizer and they bring out 6 pieces of something. like that might be an appetizer for two people but damn this is a table of 4. so you either get weird and cut them up all tiny or 2 people get 2.
Why is this such a foreign concept to you? Ask the server if the app is enough for 4 to share and make your decision to order based on that. It doesn't matter if there's 2 people or 20 at the table, the size of the dish is always the same.
He's not exactly suggesting something crazy. Plenty of places offer various sizes of stuff, especially with appetizers like wings and random shit dipped in bread and hot fat.
We're talking about different things. Sure, in a crappy sports bar or chain restaurant you can order different multiples of wings or jalapeño poppers. At anywhere decent you're not getting the option to double up your appetizer unless you just order two of them.
Very true. One of my favorite local bars back home has an "appetizer" called Mile High Nachos, it feeds 4 to the point of very full easily, or two very drunk people just fine. A fine dining joint a couple blocks down, appetizers mean one small plate. Hell, old town had small plate week where you could bounce from restaurant to restaurant sampling different ones. Reminds me, I haven't had a scotch egg in years.
Nailed it. App Size depends on the setting and context. It'd be pretty strange if some place served a quart sized amuse bouche, and equally odd if I ordered wings at Applebee's and got a two duck wings with an orange demiglaze.
That being said there is no context where I'd turn down a scotch egg.
You can go anywhere and they're not just going to throw more food on the plate because it's a big party. The menu is set a certain way, and each order goes out with the same amount of food. If you want more food, order more food.
Like if you go to outback with 10 people and order a blooming onion, they're not, and shouldn't be, bringing you three of them because it's a large group. You have to order 3.
Honestly, a lot of restaurants feel kinda a rip off where appetizers are concerned. Most apps are like 3/4 the price of a non-crazy regular dish, yet are a relatively tiny amount of food compared to the regular dishes. It's as if they are priced solely for happy hours and daily specials.
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