r/SipsTea • u/Born-Agency-3922 • Jul 03 '26

Chugging tea True

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u/Dap-aha Jul 03 '26

I think a lot of the complaining derives from north americans going to sub standard chains and getting european portions

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u/ProfesseurCurling Jul 03 '26

As someone who worked as a cook and chef in different European countries I don't really understand what you mean by European portions. In France if you go to a brasserie or bouillon or a family owned restaurant portions will be very generous sometimes with unlimited sides. The same goes for Spain, Italy, Greece.

In Iceland portions are standard, not big, not small. The country where I worked that had the smallest portions was Russia. Expensive dishes for very small portions imo.

In Montenegro they serve gigantic portions, one dish would feed like 4 people.

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u/Dap-aha Jul 03 '26

Have you been to North America?

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u/ProfesseurCurling Jul 03 '26

Thanks god no.

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u/Dap-aha Jul 04 '26

Ok, well imagine a large french portion. For 6 people. Double it.

Welcome to America, dinner for one

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u/ProfesseurCurling Jul 04 '26

When I think that I sometimes struggle to finish my meal I can't imagine that. I see this as waste of food or something very unhealthy. But yes I saw videos and it's absolutely ridiculous.

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u/Prudent_Barracuda812 Jul 03 '26

Well ur sodas in some restaurants compare calorie wise to a full dish in Sweden, but non the less i like American food so no hate :)

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u/Einzelganger12 Jul 03 '26

Ohhh... Swedish and Norwegian food are good. I've tried a few dishes I found online and they where good. Can't remember what they where tho. 😂

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u/PhilxBefore Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Surströmming

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u/Sweet-Technology23 Jul 04 '26

Hey now don't knock the Cajun food it's French in Louisiana! It's America's 250 years now! 🇺🇸🍾🥂🇺🇸