Restaurant portions

[Alison]

OH and me went to Vagas 4 years since for his 40th the food was amazing, OH ordered a steak and I ordered the king crab one night, WOW unbelievable the sheer size of the portions, the steak alone must have been at least 36oz and my crab was massive.

You see that makes me feel bloated just reading it! Tend to prefer a sensible sized plateful and hate the feeling of being overfull.

We've just got back from holiday down in the New Forest and got talking to a couple who ran one of the local pubs. They did really lovely home cooked food with loads of choice of veg (I had a dish of brocolli, leeks, cauli, carrots and a few sprouts last night, all nice and properly cooked). We went there a few times as it was friendly and the food great, as a couple of people have said, too many places overface you with a massive amount of protein and hardly anything green (or orange etc!). It's pretty bad in this country but even worse in the US when I was there - I was dreaming of a nice salad / plate of veg! Surprised about what people are saying about Italy though as I was fed loads of fresh veg when I was staying in the southern part of the country.