tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912629715405541739.post6736376830106787059..comments2024-02-22T00:27:57.641-08:00Comments on Epicuryan: Gary Danko - 04/10/2010Epicuryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18202402318969816036noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912629715405541739.post-38243603045225622182010-05-03T16:09:55.018-07:002010-05-03T16:09:55.018-07:00That's right, they gave us one complete plate ...That's right, they gave us one complete plate so make sure you and your guests are comfortable sharing food. It's rare that a restaurant will actually make the effort to split the dish into individual portions.Epicuryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18202402318969816036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912629715405541739.post-66697876690650723842010-05-03T13:16:16.063-07:002010-05-03T13:16:16.063-07:00Ryan, thanks for your explanations. So in this cas...Ryan, thanks for your explanations. So in this case, they did not plate each course 3 different times, right? They just gave a complete plate to the table and you guys passed the plate around?sygyzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681416792612410666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912629715405541739.post-22040238183710024272010-05-03T12:42:18.910-07:002010-05-03T12:42:18.910-07:00In my experience, most restaurants don't mind ...In my experience, most restaurants don't mind but they don't do any special plating though some will provide sharing plates. So with your duck breast example, I'll eat one third and pass it to one of the other diners who will eat his share and give it to the last guy. The hardest part is controlling the tempo, with so many courses restaurants will sometimes bring too many courses at once. Typically we ask that they bring one course per person. <br /><br />I absolutely think the server was unhappy having to stay extra late and that he was justified in his feeling, but he could have presented his case better. If he had just warned us that the meat courses were all entree portions we wouldn't have tried to order the whole menu anyway. I believe there were 30+ courses on the menu so we got a bit less than 2/3.Epicuryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18202402318969816036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912629715405541739.post-49592139741132461562010-05-03T10:16:42.609-07:002010-05-03T10:16:42.609-07:00One more thing and sorry for the double comment bu...One more thing and sorry for the double comment but don't you think the server was not happy with you ordering the entire menu because it was 10PM? They would have been there serving you til 2AM probably. Maybe later. If you settled for 20 dishes, how many were you missing? Was the entire menu just 5 more or a larger number? Great review, as always.sygyzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681416792612410666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912629715405541739.post-3046745244338816052010-05-03T10:14:35.285-07:002010-05-03T10:14:35.285-07:00In your experience, how do restaurants normally re...In your experience, how do restaurants normally react when you order a large number of dishes and have them split among a number of diners? I always want to dot his (order whole menu, but split amongst 3-4 people) but am worried they would be upset or wouldn't "know" how to split it. What do they do for a dish that (for example) is a duck breast? Do they each give you a 1/3rd of a breast?sygyzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681416792612410666noreply@blogger.com