cville deac
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Small plates and portions are a good reason never to go to French restaurants in the US. Tapas bars, OTOH, are great, and we have a good 1 in Cville.
$10 entrees? lol. maybe i'm out of the loop not living in nc, but generally places i put on par with the small plates im looking at $30 entrees.
i said $10 for the small plates, not for a regular restaurant.
and i'd say that the typical restaurant that's on par with the place that hp mentioned would probably be in the $20-$25ish range for regular sized meals. which means $50 (max) for two people. we get 5 small plates at good food, so again, that puts us at about $50. but i leave still really hungry. as in, i have to eat an entire meal either before or after it or i'm starving. i'd much rather get a real quantity of food.
What are you splitting five plates of, crackers and cheese?
like one of the plates we always order are quail lettuce wraps. they come with two pieces of lettuce, and maybe 4 pieces of quail. each wrap ends up being two bites of food.
I think what you're ordering is your problem. Manifest and I stumbled into this place in Key West by accident:
http://www.santiagosbodega.com/
Ending up splitting beef tenderloin, bruschetta, stuffed dates and short ribs; along with the $3 endless bread and a huge pitcher of sangria. I think our bill was like $40 a piece and it may of been the best meal of my life.
i put the disclaimer up there that maybe other places just have bigger portions. it's possible (i've really only frequented 2 small plate places. the other one definitely has bigger servings than good food does. but i assumed good food was average. since my experience is rather limited, i don't have anything else to compare it to). maybe my problem is with the one particular restaurant and not those restaurants in general. since i agreed with the article, i assumed they were all like that.
DeacHoops, you should hook up with lbE for some tips on how to eat on a budget.
I think what you're ordering is your problem. Manifest and I stumbled into this place in Key West by accident:
http://www.santiagosbodega.com/
Ending up splitting beef tenderloin, bruschetta, stuffed dates and short ribs; along with the $3 endless bread and a huge pitcher of sangria. I think our bill was like $40 a piece with tip and it may of been the best meal of my life. I was in no way hungry after that, and as a former 285 pounder, I know hunger.