Like mama said, you better eat your food when you dine at this restaurant. Sydney chef Yukako Ichikawa will throw you out of her restaurant for not finishing all of your food:
''They are picky eaters. I do not want to make food for these people,'' said Ichikawa, 42, who turns away customers not in tune with her homespun philosophy of eating, which partly derives from her horror about a world where people die from hunger.
Six weeks ago, at Wafu, her 30-seat restaurant in Surry Hills, she began offering a 30 per cent discount to patrons who ate all the food they had ordered.
She and her staff tell diners that if they do not leave clean plates, they will not be welcome back. ''Finishing your meal requires that everything is eaten except lemon slices, gari (sushi ginger) and wasabi,'' says the menu, which is tagged ''guilty-free Japanese food''.
''Please also note that vegetables and salad on the side are NOT decorations; they are part of the meal too,'' it says.
No sushi for you! Link (Photo: Marco Del Grande)
I doubt it; if you live in North America that might be true, but only about 6 % of the world lives here. (Not counting Mexico)
Cathy from http://www.mailboxandpostshop.com/security-mailboxes-c4.html
Note: serving sizes tend to be smaller in Orstraya.
So what if you want a to-go box?
I usually end up finishing everything I order, but there are times when I can't for whatever reason.
I like the idea though. People do tend to waste A LOT of food at restraunts. My husband's uncle and aunt are one of them. They waste so much food it's actually embarassing to go out to eat with them.
If I eat all the food served to me or only a portion of food served to me, starving people are still starving. So why should I eat more than my fill?
Maybe the better answer would be for the restaurant owner to take a portion of the money she makes and donate it to groups who are helping solve hunger, not to scold her customers.
There is an AYCE sushi place called Ye's Sushi in Kitchener, Ontario that charges you a dollar for each piece of sushi left on the plate. So you don't order a hundred of each kind and put them out of business.
Downside (for them) is that it helped us realize how much sushi we actually want to eat without stuffing ourselves silly, and found that we can buy that amount a la carte via takout, for cheaper than sitting down and paying for the All You Can Eat.
It has also resulted in the occasional piece of sushi squished between two plates so they won't notice.
You can order no matter how many servings of Sushi, sashimi, whatever. Same price per person.
But you MUST eat what you ordered