Do you eat from the kids' menu sometimes?

OK GUYS SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH I SPEAK A LOT BETTER THAN I WRITE BUT I REALLY THOUGHT THAT YOU GUYS WERE GREEKS SORRY FOR JOINING WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOW

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by OTW

And the point is?

Many times, The New portions are throw aways and that is a shame and a crime.

Not everyone can or wants to eat that much.

Burger King: Example!

Jr. Cheese Burger and smal fries is more than enough!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ladyhawk

OK GUYS SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH I SPEAK A LOT BETTER THAN I WRITE BUT I REALLY THOUGHT THAT YOU GUYS WERE GREEKS SORRY FOR JOINING WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOW

Not a problem.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by ladyhawk

OK GUYS SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH I SPEAK A LOT BETTER THAN I WRITE BUT I REALLY THOUGHT THAT YOU GUYS WERE GREEKS SORRY FOR JOINING WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOW

Not a probelem from some!

I for one always like to meet new people!

[SoCalGirl]

But she's been a member nearly two years?!?!?

[christiangirl]

I do this all the time. I like the smaller portions; they are just the right amount of food. Regular sized meals are often too much for me and biggie sized is just plain gluttonous (unless I haven't eaten all day, in which case my stomach still isn't better equipped to handle all that food, but I'll feel better about eating it.) I just get a "boy" toy so that they have a harder time telling it's for me. I eat the food, give the toy to my nephew, and call it a day.

[Glitter650]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

Chinese food has kids meals??? Since when?

Panda express has an AWES kids meal which I often order since their portions are WAAYY huge, and it comes with Jello or a cookie !!

[honeychile]

I'll do the fast food kid's meal, but I'm usually too embarrassed to do so in a "real" restaurant. Except in Chicago, where the portions are too massive from the get-go!


ETA: Taking this a step further, a sister's father was the Chairman of the Communications Departement at Allegheny, and he was the one who turned me onto the Happy Meal. Costs less, and you get a toy (for his granddaughters, of course!).

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

Anyway, I seem to recall that fast food kid's meals are the size that adult meals were like fifty years ago...a regular portion. Now the adult meals are like 3 times too big. Has anyone else heard that?

Was that the commercial that claimed, a full meal and change back from your dollar?

[AlwaysSAI]

My SAI chapter had our province officer visit this past weekend. And, we took her to Ihop for breakfast.

Well, Caroline and I wanted to order from the kids menu because frankly, adult portions are just too much.

THE WAITRESS TOLD US NO! WE COULD NOT ORDER FROM THE KIDS MENU!!

I wanted to look at her and say, well, I am an adult and I can make that decision for myself. Thanks.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

THE WAITRESS TOLD US NO! WE COULD NOT ORDER FROM THE KIDS MENU!!

I wanted to look at her and say, well, I am an adult and I can make that decision for myself. Thanks.

Many restaurants specifically limit the kids' menu to ages 10 or 12 and under.

[Taualumna]

Kids' menus may have smaller portions, but it still has the fat and calories.

From the Globe and Mail:

Cheeseburgers, chicken fingers, pizza and mac 'n' cheese. They're staples on kids' menus at chain restaurants across the country. Oh, and did I mention fries? Most kids' menus offer little variety and plenty of calories, fat and sodium.

What's more, it's next to impossible for parents to make informed choices on feeding their children healthy meals in full-service restaurants. Nutrition labelling does not exist on menus for children (or adults).

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Many restaurants specifically limit the kids' menu to ages 10 or 12 and under.

Or to a Seniors Menu, for the older patron. You can get around a fattening kid's menu with some of the new options, but if you're over 12 and under 55, you're pretty much going to pay full price at a sitdown restaurant.

Which is why I try to get a mini-fridge in my room when I travel!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

Kids' menus may have smaller portions, but it still has the fat and calories.

From the Globe and Mail:

McDonalds 4 piece chicken nuggets w/apples and applejuice is what my 3 year old gets (and likes better than fries and soda). Yeah, so the nuggets still have some fat, but she's a good 5-8 lbs underweight and stops moving and squirming to take a nap and that's about it, so I'm not worried about it.

[aephi alum]

Cheeseburgers, chicken fingers, pizza and mac 'n' cheese. They're staples on kids' menus at chain restaurants across the country. Oh, and did I mention fries? Most kids' menus offer little variety and plenty of calories, fat and sodium.

... And that's the problem I have with most kids' menus. Starting when I was 8 or 9, I rejected the kids' menu and asked for a "real" menu. If my parents are taking me to (say) an Indian restaurant or a tapas bar, why the hell would I want chicken fingers??! If I'd wanted chicken fingers, my parents would have taken me to Mickey D's. I was a weird kid, though - my parents introduced me to a lot of different cuisines, so I appreciated foods that most kids wouldn't touch with a barge pole. I can see where some kids would turn up their noses at chicken tikka masala and want their cheeseburgers.

One of my favorite restaurants was an Italian restaurant where you could order full or half portions of any pasta item they offered - no matter how old or young you were. Their full portions were ginormous, so I'd get half portions all the time. Sadly, they've closed.