Should takeaways display the quantity of each meal on their menus?
My favourite takeaway is Indian. However there is one Indian takeaway I have gone to whose portion sizes vary. I use this one because their lamb madras curry tastes phenomenal
When I first started going a few years ago the curry when poured on the rice would almost spill over the side of my plate.
I went recently and paid the same amount for the same meal and the amount of curry was less than half what it normally is when poured onto the rice it barely filled the centre of the plate. About the diameter of a tea mug. It was barely a child's portion. I was still hungry afterwards
The problem is that without stating the amount on the menu they can get away with giving you as little as possible, there's nothing to stop them just giving you a few spoon fulls in a container!
I mean when you buy a ready meal in the supermarket it says 350g or whatever so you can be sure how much you're getting.
Should trading standards require that takeaways display the quantity in grams on their menus to ensure people always get standard amounts and are not given short measures?
I know its difficult to get it accurate but a good chef should be able to judge a standard size portion weighing x amount. Maybe the requirement that its plus or minus 10 grams. Or maybe they could have scales to weight the filled container.
My favourite takeaway is Indian. However there is one Indian takeaway I have gone to whose portion sizes vary. I use this one because their lamb madras curry tastes phenomenal
When I first started going a few years ago the curry when poured on the rice would almost spill over the side of my plate. I went recently and paid the same amount for the same meal and the amount of curry was less than half what it normally is when poured onto the rice it barely filled the centre of the plate. About the diameter of a tea mug. It was barely a child's portion. I was still hungry afterwards

The problem is that without stating the amount on the menu they can get away with giving you as little as possible, there's nothing to stop them just giving you a few spoon fulls in a container!
I mean when you buy a ready meal in the supermarket it says 350g or whatever so you can be sure how much you're getting.
Should trading standards require that takeaways display the quantity in grams on their menus to ensure people always get standard amounts and are not given short measures?
I know its difficult to get it accurate but a good chef should be able to judge a standard size portion weighing x amount. Maybe the requirement that its plus or minus 10 grams. Or maybe they could have scales to weight the filled container.





