As an American, I cringed when I heard that Joey bought candy at the movie theatre. All true Americans stuff full meals into their pockets before watching a movie
In my country, ordering 5 pizza for 7 people is not enough because the pizzas are fucking tiny. I mean, I usually order 2 of 'em when I'm out celebrating something.
Angel ya, i’m used to having leftovers on south african portions for like 1 other meal but in america i ate 1 meal for a whole day and sometimes a half
I feel like it doesn't get mentioned enough that taking leftovers home from American restaurants is super common. Not everyone is eating ALL of that food, but... well, there are certainly a lot of people in the US who could stand to eat less, I will give you that...
Then again, they were surprised $20 was a whole cake. If a single slice costs the equivalent of $20 in another country, it better be fucking Ecuadorian Cocoa with quality Brazilian sugar and milk fresh from Irish hills! Jesus H.
With the leftover thing that's extremely common unless you are going and eating fast food or something, it's almost expected to take part of the food home
@@gabrielantos4144 That’s because someone put the idea in your mind it’s gross. There is so much more of an animal that healthy and delicious, but we’ve been all indoctrinated to only eat meat.
As an American: - I hate spray/fake cheese - I have never ever seen lard at any movie theater I've been to - Buttered Popcorn is delicious - Yes, American Serving sizes are big compared to the rest of the world.
I feel like the fake cheese is an acquired taste that most people here attained as kids. My family used Kraft singles on sandwiches, so that's fine with me, but I've never enjoyed spray cheese because it's fucking disgusting and I was thankfully never exposed to it as a child.
@@dbsz economies of scale, probably. Larger portions are cheaper to produce, and not having enough friends to share an appetizer is not the restaurants' problem. But then again, it never bothered me either.
I grew up in Chicago and no one needed to tell me that one pizza was good for 4-7 people. Plus every restaurant that serves the deep dish list the portions it's going to fulfill. Even with some familiarity with regular pizza, who orders one per themselves, they even give you the sizes. Oh wait we don't use metric scale for them sizes. That's where they went wrong.
@@jerryvelasco1474 Italian restaurants often have pizzas of perfect size for one person to eat (at least here in Europe, I don’t know about the Italo-American restaurants in the US). In other restaurants or even in fast food chains, if you order a pizza, it is not unusual to be eaten by one person. So it’s not at all uncommon here in Europe to order one pizza per person. Of course you can order a large or extra large pizza for more people. If I didn’t know what a deep dish pizza was (and frankly I didn’t know such a thing even existed before watching this video xD) I too could have ordered one just for myself.
also how big is pizza in other countries. Becuase in other countries imagines 5 is still a lot of F'ing pizza. Don't they tell you the size. Like with the desert he order, 20 dollars cake thing. Don't they show the picture of the thing. That a whole table thing for 20 dollars. Curious is the UK that expensive, where a single 20 dollar treat cost that much.
For the over-portioned Italian restaurant.... it sounds like you're describing Buca di Beppo and it's supposed to be like that. It's a restaurant that serves its food "family style" which means each dish is a very large portion meant to be shared among a bunch of people. So the idea is you go there with like 8 or 10 people, order like 3 things, and you're good to go. We don't actually eat one of those by ourselves. We're not actually an entire nation of Hutts.
@@CThyran Lets be real, there's only ONE significant country (Kuwait) that beats the US , the rest are just tiny islands with less than 1 million citizens combined.
When Deadpool came out, I bought two whole pizzas and brought it into the movie theater. Ticket girl let me in after I gave her a slice. And that's how I met my girlfriend.
Lol… for the Italian restaurant in Texas, it sounds like it was probably a “family style” place. Maybe thats an American thing. But some places have family style options where a family/group is meant to share a whole single dish. America absolutely has insane portions. But from the sound of it, Im assuming thats what it was.
Yeah dude he ordered a 20$ tiermassue* (definitely spelled wrong but auto correct failed me) that tepls me there was no single slice option. What i love is that because they live in Japan he didnt even consider that the prices for a single plate were insanely high.
The term 'pizza pie' comes from Italian immigrants to the US who, in an attempt to assimilate into the culture and language, adopted the term "pizzapaia" as part of Itanglish (Italian + English), They used the term paia (an Italianization of 'pie') because in an attempt to sell pizza, wanted to use terminology that Americans were familiar with to entice them into eating the then-unknown and exotic food. Also in fast-food restaurants, the reason the large exists even though you can get free refills is because drive-thru customers don't have access to the free refills.
@@Rohit-ne2el I'm pretty sure it's from" I love when you're looking at me with a disgusted face as I ask you to show me your panthies" Or something like that ( no I'm not making this up).
Pro-tip from an American: You're supposed to take leftovers home smh. When you get food from a sit-down restaurant you tend to pay for a meal there and a lunch at home.
@@raj4myo This doesn't apply to fast food and small diners, but yeah srs. The majority of sit-down restaurants give you that much, and they have plastic or styrofoam to-go boxes at the ready. I don't eat out very much(esp this year), but when I do, I'd say about 8 times out of 10 I take home a little lunch/dessert for later.
@@lemenipocketshadow personally that'd be kind of annoying for me. If i had pasta for lunch i don't need to take home any more pasta, let me eat something else. I hope you guys have options for normal portions?
8:20 Maybe he's referring to the coconut oil machines some places have? It's easy to confuse the consistency with lard if the oil cooled on a surface. Coconut oil is a good vegan alternative to butter on popcorn so many places stock it.
Dude, I'm not surprised because I met people who does put lard into popcorn. Also some fast food restaurants use lard. You just don't know what they put in their food.
Well I have and I also live in America. Mind u it was a larger cinema with several options to put on your popcorn. I think that’s why he saw it in Vegas but it was likely a bigger one
Worked at a movie theater chain for 2 years, here's some secrets: Screw fancy salts/powders, try nacho cheese, The "butter" is coconut oil You can make the stuff at home for a fraction of the price If you like OG dry popcorn, rummage through your spice cabinet and make a secret recipe to share with your friends. If you want something more exotic, try adding lime.
If I’m getting an extra large drink at a fast food restaurant it’s mostly because I want a large cup to take my drink home with me.. or if I’m sharing with my husband we don’t have to refill it so much lol
Yeah usually if I sit down somewhere for lunch, I drink the soda with my meal, and then fill it up again as I leave. Sometimes a medium/small is enough for that, sometimes I need a lot of caffeine and a large is great.
I've never gotten nauseous just thinking about a food before. But thinking of a lard dispenser made me so sick. I'm American and I've been to lots of states, and I've never seen that. If I did I would spend the rest of my life trying to put an end to it. I also don't know anyone who eats the canned cheese.
I've lived in the states 20 years and I've never seen lard dispensers, I've seen the butter ones though. My American step-dad always ruins popcorn at home by doing microwaveable popcorn, then melting butter and spraying it all over the microwave popcorn. So salty, so gross. 🤢
I was gonna say, I’ve never seen a lard dispenser on a movie theater before (I’m from CA). Granted it totally sounds like a Vegas thing tho, that or something you’d find in a number of Southern states.
I have never seen a lard dispenser in my life as an American, but that's gross... yeah. Spray cheese is a thing, but I've never met someone who actually ate it...
Literally in the states, yes the main menu item combos are expensive, but you could take the same amount of money for that one meal and feed 2-3 people from the dollar menu.
@@NewBlueTrue this is not normal elsewhere. You go out to eat out. If you need to take some home, it's clearly too big for one meal? Why such huge portions?
@@mollymay4846 coz when you go to a restaurant, you take one bite and then keep talking for a couple of minutes. you're not suppose to eat in one seating, not a mukbang thing. LOL
Molly May That is why the portions are huge. To take it home with you. Why does there have to be another reason? People here in the US don’t even eat that much food, a lot of it is unhealthy and they don’t get enough exercise. That’s why they are fat, not because they eat a lot. EDIT: Looked it up, but portion sizes are also huge because food is cheap so restaurants want to maximize profits so they serve a lot of food, but like I said, you’re not supposed to finish it in one sitting. And most people don’t.
As an American, we literally never buy candy at movie theaters. The true American way is having your children bring backpacks and stuff them with candy, so not as to raise suspicion. My parents literally made me stuff candy, water, and Gatorade into my Justice purse backpack to get it into the movie theater once. I’ve never been caught lmfao
That's what we do In the UK too, I have vivid memories of being a small child with bags of supermarket toffee popcorn and fanta cans stuffed up my coat sneaking them into the cinema
When it comes to cinemas in America, (coming from a manager of one) food at the cinema is expensive purely due to the fact that this is the only way we make money. Studios that rent us the movies that we play in theaters will take anywhere from 60%-80% of ticket sales for themselves, not counting the taxes that are added on top of that, so we come out with 5-10% usually. The only way for a theater to stay open and pay its employees while still making money is for them to increase concession prices. As for popcorn's high prices. Popcorn by itself is dirt cheap, though it is the highest demanded item, therefore the prices increase and allow for room for refills in larger portions because we still make money off of it. So in other words, yes theaters are expensive, but we have to make our money any way we can.
If you think you'd rather not pay that, that's fine, the most important part of our business is to get people to come to movies whether or not they buy concessions. So nothing wrong with not wanting to buy something
I used the concession thing to explain why AMC was stupid to stop showing Sony movies. If people stop going cause there’s no Sony movies then they’re basically losing money via having no one buying from the concession stand. I can get them being mad, that’s fair but they were stubborn idiots to stop showing Sony movies and I bet they only retracted on it when someone smart pointed out how they’ll go bankrupt by having no one show up anymore after the pandemic.
Unnecessary? Sure. Confusing? Not really. It's only one rule: If you're at a sit-down restaurant (ie: you ordered at your table) and that waiter's service wasn't shit, tip 15-20%. That's it.
@@AllUpOns Clearly you haven't been to one of those fast-casual places that ask how much you want to tip. Or order pizza. How the hell do you calculate that one? It should be based on how much pizza and how much the guy drove. Kinda hard to make a good formula for that.
@@bh4462 usually how generous you want to be with your tip; my family usually tips at the most required 20% since we know that they live off their tips (at sit in restaurants) and if it's crappy service again you get to decide if they deserve that tip 😀
@@bh4462 Take the total charge and move the decimal one place to the left. That’s your 10% target. (If you want to make things simpler and be generous, round up.) Double it, and you’ve got your 20% target. For most situations, that’s a pretty good high and low bracket. You can then fine-tune it as you see fit, based on the circumstances and experience.
About eating in cinemas: I love that here in Brazil, we don't even have to sneak snacks in. Here we have a law that basically says that if a stablishment offers "x" service, it cannot force you to also buy "y". So since the service cinemas offer is "to show movies" they cannot force you to buy their snacks, so we can just openly bring whatever we want. I often get some slices of pizza to eat there, others come with McD's and BK bags, even KFC's bucket of chicken.
I remember I went to go to the movies once, but I knew I couldn’t bring food in, so I hid a burger and some fries in my purse. I have also snuck in a huge cinnamon pretzel. And multiple drinks with straws, hot dogs, popcorn, candy, and water.
In my experience appetizers in America are for large groups with big orders, like 10 people big. A lot of restaurants will try to make sure all the meals come out around the same time and while you wait, you order an appetizer, everyone doesnt order their own, the group orders 2 or 3 and everyone shares. I remember this one restaurant,dont remember the name, the appetizers were larger and more expensive than the meals
It’s not as big as it used to be, McDonald’s had a Super Size option, which was bigger than large. Super-Size me, was a film exposing that and McDonald’s remover the Super Size option
a lot of American restaurants i've been to, you look at the price and it's like mad expensive, but when they bring the food out it's like 3 full meals for me lol
No, fundamentally American Italian restaurants don't serve in Italian style. It's been adapted to the American preferences. Appetizers to split yes, but then the entrees are a big plate of pasta, presented to the individual, not placed to share, and the portion is often 2 meals worth. IE: spaghetti and meatballs is not Italian, it's American Italian. Some might be different in actually expecting to share, but that's not the majority.
@@Zraknul the example they provided still sounded like a family style. You don't compare an entree from olive garden to something big enough to feed an ethiopian family for a year lmao
Theres a Mexican restaurant in Chicago (can't remember it on the top of my head) but the food serving, bruh. That shit is meant for a giant, i couldn't even finish 1/4 of that shit 🤣
I heard "Italian restaurant" and I'm wondering if they went to a family style Italian restaurant where you order a plate of pasta for the whole table. Also, the large soda is so you can take more with you.
@@aido6460 In many places with different sized drinks that are free refill you could take things out. Even a lot of places that don’t have differing sizes for drinks you can take out the food and drink. You might be thinking of buffets.
To add onto the refill thing: a lot of american restaurants and theaters only let you get refills on the largest size. So for the popcorn, it's super rare to find a place where they'll refill a small but a lot of places will refill the large.
Me in Mexico: Dude in Cinemex Cinema's you can go to refill your popcorn. You can also refill your drink in many restaurants, mainly in fast food places.
Pasta place he was talking about was probably Buca di Beppo's. They serve everything family style with big portions, and they have the worst decor on the inside. Imagine a 90's Applebee's interior but worse.
Restaurant portions: The thing is, we usually take home leftovers. Our portion sizes are still pretty large compared to others, but what you get at a restaurant isn’t usually finished at the restaurant. I usually take home more than half of my meal. Even when I order Chinese food, I get four separate meals out of that. About the popcorn: I have never heard of putting lard on it. Actually, I’ve never even heard of putting lard on anything. Where I live we can’t even get refills or control how much butter goes on it. The cheese: Most of us think spray cheese is absolutely disgusting. It’s not as popular as it seems. Real cheese is usually super expensive for whatever reason. I travel a lot and my least favorite part is always coming back to our terrible “cheese”. The drink refills: the only time I’d consider getting something bigger than a small is if I’m taking it to go. Even then I have drinks at home so I usually don’t even get one. Maybe if it’s from a food court and I’m taking it with me to go around the mall or something then it would make sense. Still, I don’t think I’ll ever really be able to understand it.
As an American who lives in the same state as Las Vegas, I've never seen lard on tap being offered. I've seen butter on tap. But I think he hallucinated the lard bit.
Pretty much this. And the only actual reason to use american cheese, imo, is for grill cheese because of how it melts evenly. OTHER THAN THAT, yeah i agree with this post.
American cheese is a joke, real cheese that’s been handmade on a farm is as close as you’ll get to “good” cheese in America. But even then France,Ireland,ETC. most countries do cheese better. But I will say... we have developed a culture of cheese in America. Can’t get away from it
Cheese is extremely cheap where I live in Pennsylvania. I can get a whole pound of pepper jack cheese for $4. That's a week and a half's worth of cheese for me and my wife. Delicatessens are quite abundant where I live, perhaps other places may be harder to get sliced cheese at a deli.
Frl💀 If you live in America it’s all about self control If you don’t have that you’re gonna be a fatty and it’s sooo I mean so hard having self control when you’re surrounded by food
It's true we have big portions but not everyone eats that much. I went to a restaurant that serves big portions the other day that had a deal if you ordered a certain meal you could pay $5 extra and get a second meal wrapped to go home. I legit split it up into four meals. Lunch, dinner, lunch the next day, dinner next day.
@@mullaoslo No the $5 extra was for a second meal to take home. So you eat the first meal in restaurant and can take the leftovers with you like usual but if you paid extra they’d wrap a whole second meal for you to take home too. So get two meals at a discount.
I'm careful about what I order because of this. If I know the portion is large and it doesn't taste good re-heated or cold the next day then I usually don't get it.
2:16 *Yes, the type of restaurant you went to is called a “family style” Italian restaurant. That means when you order something, it’s sized to feed your family. You pick the items, and share everything and anything.*
@GihKaL i·ro·ny1 /ˈīrənē/ noun the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Yeah, had a guy eat a can of spray cheese for 10 bucks, almost throw up, and say it was the best thing he had ever eaten. Pretty sure it fits
As an American, never in my whole entire life have I heard of Lard, or ever seen Lard being put on Popcorn in the Movies. Just Butter on popcorn or very extra salty popcorn, those are the two kinds I’ve seen at the Movies from my Experience.
We have the Butter Flavored oil and there is a tub of butter flavored popcorn salt (the strange orange salt) sep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-60941604558443/butter-flavored-popcorn-salt-reduced-sodium-10-pound-bulk-bag-11.gif
I've NEVER seen a lard dispenser at a movie theater before. That sounds horrific. And I've NEVER heard of a single order of Tiramisu being as large as that dude described. That's insane.
Mine is to wash food down. Drainage in the back of the throat can make it hard to swallow food regardless of how well u chew. I need a lot of liquid when I eat or Ill choke.
Step 1: Order large drink Step 2: drink with mean Step 3: refill half way through the meal Step 4: Finish mean and Drink the rest Step 5: refill for the trip i know i'm fat but i'm happy
Ok, so there’s one thing regarding “fake” cheese that Europeans seem not to understand. And that’s price. In Europe, it is both easy and relatively inexpensive to buy real dairy cheese and at quite a high level of quality for your money as well . In America, real cheese, even poor quality authentic dairy cheese is quite expensive. Some lower income American families can NOT afford to buy anything but cheap kraft singles or a block of plasticy velveta cheese. I’m not even kidding when I say that some portion of the country goes their whole lives never (or extremely rarely) having eaten real dairy cheese because of its prohibitively high cost, or at BEST they only eat the poor quality shredded/sliced real dairy cheese that you would only ever add to a dish, not snack on its own. In America, that plasticy American cheese also isn’t just seen as some gross knockoff of real cheese, it’s quite literally some people’s definition/concept of what cheese IS. Real, good quality, dairy cheese that you would eat on its own on a cheese board is considered a luxury here. You’ll get raised eyebrows and comments of “wow, how fancy!” If you put out a Europeans idea of average/bland/run-of-the-mill dairy cheese on a plate with crackers, and maybe even comments of “wow, this must have been expensive huh?” It’s just NOT a thing over here to routinely be able to consume good quality real dairy cheese for cheap. That’s why American cheese exists, to offer a cheap alternative that has its own unique flavor that some even prefer in many cases. And also, P.S. spray cheese is NOT as popular as you might think. It might be very similar to something like a kraft single but it’s not as popular. They still sell it in most stores but I can’t remember the last time I saw someone actually eating some or even having some in a fridge/pantry. It’s kind of a novelty item, and only eaten as a snack. There’s still a kind of mentality that spray cheese is even more gross than a slice of American cheese. Plenty of people who love the taste of Kraft singles would refuse to eat spray cheese.
I never knew this about the price of cheese in America. I went on the Wal-Mart website. It seems like proper cheese is about twice the price compared to the UK.
What's funny is that in many countries, people can't afford cars but have good cheese. In America, many poor people can afford cars but not afford real cheese!
As an American living in Asia for a few years I laughed in agreement with all of this. The differences are clear to me the way it is in America vs everywhere else:)
I've actually never seen bottomless fries as an american. I think a big reason that american portions sizes are so big (mostly at big chains, small restauruants tend to have pretty normal sized portions) is because we don't really eat much outside of dinner. I'm twenty and when me and my friends eat out all we've had up to then is like a sandwich or some cereal in the morning. Most young people only eat like twice a day with the large majority of the food being during dinner. Plus there's a big leftover for breakfast culture here.
I can't speak for other Americans, but when I go out to eat and receive those portions I almost all the time have take-home leftovers. In fact clearing out leftovers in the fridge is a frequent occurance if it's a time we went to eat out a lot. I don't think anyone really eats the entire served portion unless like they have the metabolism of a steam engine.
At olive garden, for like 10 bucks, I can make 3 meals out of one of their plates. And it makes sense, because the menu says a lot of the plates are upwards of 2000 calories each
Last I checked Cheesecake Factory’s most calorie intensive dish was one of their slices of cheesecake & it had somewhere in the ballpark of 3200-3600 calories in it! 😱
@@becca5161 Their slice is massive. Doubt they have 3k calories, but somewhere between 1500-2500 is reachable. If we assume that butter is pure fat (they don't but just for comparison sake), then you use 100 gr per slice, that's already 9*100=900 cal before even considering the carbs from flour and sugar. Let's say 100 gr flour, and 100 gr sugar, that's 200*4= 800 extra calories, so the total is 1700, then add the cheese, egg etc and they can blow to 2500 real quick. Ofc this is more like recipe for a whole cake, but their cake is big that I wouldn't be surprised that this is recipe for 1-2 slices. Cake is dense in calories y'all
I still remember the time when I and four of my friend went to America for the first time. We drove about 12 hours and ended up in San Antonio around 4 pm, all of us were hungry as Fk since neither of us ate much that day. So we walked into a random steakhouse and ordered 7 steaks and ribs, a couple appetizers, and some other random stuff, for 5 of us. years later I could still recall the feeling of everybody in that restaurant looking at us with surprised pikachu face
Yeah like even as an american, we know that butter on popcorn isnt healthy for our heart and stuff, but lard? I can see that happening at some local joint but you won’t see cardiovascular disease in a button in most cinemas
I think he meant that there was real butter and butter flavoring, which he confused for lard. Either way, I find the butter that comes out of those dispensers disgusting. It ruins the popcorn :|
4:18 Some places call them shareables instead because you're honestly supposed to share appetizers. I don't think you're supposed to be eating the whole thing yourself as well as eating a meal.
Yes, Gentlemen of Culture: we Americans will *happily* pay 20 cents more to not have to refill the cup even once. I have agreed with almost everything said. I may be inviting the hordes, but I am with Connor on pizza: there is a balance that must be struck between crust, sauce, and toppings. I've never seen the lard thing, but the butter is mostly lard anyway. On the spray cheese and singles, yeah, it's mostly laziness. But, you *can* buy slices of real cheese in packets, so it's not too much of an excuse.
David Frost I agree on pizza as well, though “drinking your pizza sauce” is also pretty traditional. The classic pizza in Naples is supposed to have the sauce be fairly liquid, and the crust be so soft you can’t cut slices and have to eat it with fork and knife, and it’s awesome!
Usually the reason I pay the extra cents is be cause I drink soda with fast food that I get from the drive through soo I don’t have the chance to get refills
as an american: we have ridiculous portion sizes, they're really big. i dont usually order appetizers because they tend to suck, not because the main dish is big. and joey, i dont know where the hell you went to for that italian place, but thats... thats a lot of food. even for texas. (im a texan)
Italian restaurants usually have family size since it’s meant to be shared. The appetizers are meant to be shared. A lot of our food is meant to either be shared or have for when you go home unless you go to a fancy place. But at least in my neighborhood, we sneak food and candy in to the theater.
I’m in American and I never once considered the fact that you could buy a small drink and just refill it. Like I’m serious it just never occurred to me and I realize how much money I’ve wasted. I mean now that I really think about it I don’t really drink soda anyway but teenage me though. Man.
If it makes you feel any better, that epiphany will probably save you like 30 cents, and that's only if you don't want large fries as well. The real big-brain tip is to just not drink soda. That'll save you way more money and happiness.
When I traveled to America the portions were so huge, but the prices were so low and then there's the whole tipping culture they have there which just makes eating out slightly too stressful than it needs to be. Also apparently Americans get confused why food takes so long to arrive in restaurants in Europe, since eating out is more of a whole evening type of deal here
Sounds like you guys ordered family size portions for yourselves, like literally if they brought an entire cake. That or the server assumed if you guys were in a big group. Same goes with Appetizers, you usually get one or two for the table. Also w/ the drinks thing, if the place has refills its usually just one size in my experience. The Vegas Lard thing sounds like some weird shit that the theater in Vegas was doing. I havent seen anyone actually buy spray cheese ever.
In Europe you each get an appetiser, main meal and desert unless you get specifically a sharing appetiser. Tbh they are probably describing normal American portion sizes as usually you’d get a small slice like 2/3 inches in a European restaurant
Facts. Maybe I just don't go to those types of places but in Jersey restaurants, I haven't had any excessive size food portions they're all within normal eating conditions.
I feel like Joey is talking about Buca Di Beppo. He definitely ordered wrong - that place is very clear about having family portion sizes that you're supposed to share.
So something that's very common with Joey and the gang is that their knowledge of America tends to be from stereotypes from what they "heard" from others and their small amount of time visiting America (tho I don't blame them, everyone feels the same about other countries besides their own), I understand since when I went to Britain and Aruba for vacation I genuinely liked it and was also surprised of how different certain things where from both my homeland and America itself, living in any of em tho will change my mind in an instant since I'm only seeing the tourist section or at the very least the intended version for me to see (kinda like how brazil had walls for covering up the cities/villages from bypassing buses that were on their way to the olympics, so as to make them look better publicly).
Tbf the upgrades are pretty cheap at theaters. Also as someone who used to work at one I love that rule for popcorn because the large tub is a hundred times easier to fill up than the small bags.
Ngl, before learning Japanese in the 9th grade, I didn't know our portions were so large. I grew up thinking by the time you were in high school you were supposed to be able to eat large sized meals no problem.
@@AllUpOns Depends on what "Large Sized Meal" means. Unless you're in a sports team, a high school boy should not need more than 1000 calories in a single meal considering 3-5 meals a day is the average, and even that's hard pushing it.
I live in Texas, I don't think I've ever seen anyone eat the whole thing at the places that overserve, I'm almost positive that it's expected that you'll take some home with you and that's supposed to be part of the draw. That's why so many places have to-go boxes when they're dine-in restaurants. I've never been to a place that brought out a whole large cake (and definitely not one as cheap as $20) but that's definitely a "have some of our food now, have some for lunch tomorrow" kind of restaurant. I don't have a problem with it most of the time, I like not having to cook.... but if you're traveling i can see how that'd be a bit of a problem. also, I didn't know movie theaters did popcorn refills, I have never asked... I need to ask next time i go... If it does i won't sneak in skittles or a baggie of pretzels in my pocket anymore, I'll just buy a small popcorn. never had spray cheese, I wanted to try it when i was little, but I've never heard anything good about it from anyone. the American singles cheese is good on grilled cheese but real cheese is indeed better... singles are really only great for putting into cheap soup as far as I'm concerned.
Rigo Acosta cooking is different. Bacon grease/fat is delicious and I love it when used in cooking. Idk about lard but I’d imagine that’d be p good too
In regards to soda sizes, it depends on where you go. Pre-Covid, there are fast food restaurants where you go to get refills and end up waiting in line because of all the people. Now, if you have like kids with you and a spouse, somoenes gotta watch the kids while you refill 3-6 drinks (depending on family size) and balance carry them back. 20 cents is an easy price to eat for all that hassle. As for Lard on popcorn...that's cursed af and may God have mercy on their soul for even giving the option.
@@danielburgess7101 I don't think they are in cahoots, but I'd agree that they are both, individually, out to squeeze every last drop of money out off me. I also don't mind this fact, in and of itself. I tend to think the reason some people hate this fact is because they don't get what money is in the context of a free exchange. I'm constrained by hunger and sickness, like all living things, but those constraints aren't imposed by the medical and food industries. They'er imposed by nature. Why would I resent the people offering to alleviate those constraints? Especially when they are willing to accept, in exchange, the same thing that I ask for when I offer my services? (i.e. money) My understanding leads me to dislike the people who take my money from me forcefully, rather than the people who ask me to exchange it for a bacon cheeseburger, or some medical attention.
@@tylermassey5431 I can see why someone who is able to make the choice whether to live healthily or not would say this, as it is ultimately your choice how to spend your money and you may be comfortable living within the system in place for you. However often times the least healthy foods are the cheapest and have the longest shelf lives - causing the more financially constrained families to live off of less sustainable diets creating a number of health concerns in the present and future. This is where the medical industry thrives as the health risks force them into hospital care of which the family must pay for. This means further financial struggle and the cycle continues. Again you may be fine with this, America freedom etc etc, but privatised healthcare and drug companies exist primarily to make money, helping people comes next thus there will always be victims at the bottom of the financial ladder.
Generally appetizers in the US are meant to feed about 2 or 3 people lightly while you wait for your food. If everyone orders one you'll be filled before your food comes 😂
That's just stupid - not everyone like the same appetizers. When I go with friends to a restaurant - I take a small soup, a friend eats a small salad, another garlic bread and the last a pancake roll as an appetizer.
For the popcorn comment, it does completely have to do with laziness, but ask yourself this. Would you be willing to stop watching the movie you are currently viewing and walk 20 meters, stand in line for a refill, and go 20 meters back or stay there and enjoy the movie for 20 cents? However, to answer Joey's question....yes, we are indeed that lazy.
They were talking about the drinks at fast food chains where the walk to the drink dispenser is 10 seconds, but yes... id rather not get up for 10 seconds
for me I don't want to get the refil at the theater because i'm there for the movie. I don't want to miss out on a part of it, well i end up spending maybe 5 minutes away. Well a restaurant or what not, ya fuck that shit i'll just keep going.
The thing is about food places in America, whether it's fast food, take-out or take-away, diners, or even like actual restaurants (save for like upscale places that seem like you're paying more for the plate than the actual food), the servings are typically designed to get leftovers (a second serving you can take home in a to-go container) out of or just serve multiple people. Also, traditionally American food was developed during like the Great Depression and just to help deal with harsh winters (I feel like 60% of the states are just like winter is November to March, there's a good chance you'll get at least two blizzards or snow storms, and it just drops below freezing most days; Alaska is an outlier here because the lunatics that live there just decided to settle in a heavily forested, ice-age animal infested, tundra wasteland, and most of the population is just on the shore), just food that was meant to fill you up with like relatively inexpensive ingredients; lots of cheap meat (the US has lots of land for cattle, pigs, poultry, and just livestock in general; we like our meats and all the accompaniments that come with these animals), sometimes eggs, lots of cheese, lots of bread or carbs (wheat, potatoes, and corn are popular staple carbs; again lots of land and this just happens to be the continent where corn and potatoes came from), gravy or sauces for flavor, and just butter and fat (both for like flavor and literal fat). Casseroles and pot-pies, like you said with deep-dish pizzas, mayo-based salads that got popular with refrigeration, fried foods and soul food (a lot of fried foods and soul food were originally like the scraps of the beasts; fried chicken, chicken-fried steak, ribs, even bacon), lobster and a lot of shellfish used to be super-cheap (they used to use them as pig-feed and prison-food), dishes that could last longer periods of time without refrigeration (that's also why canning and jarring became such a booming industry), just an entire food history that learned as they went along but also kept discovering new things (both like techniques shared from other cultures with influxes of immigrants and technological innovations brought about by the industrial revolution).
I’m too lazy to read all this but I wanna know so I’ma just comment so When someone replies I can come back and read it later when I have the energy to.
@@joshuagross3151 it's not that food is expensive, it's just that we pay the waiters a decent wage (more that just the tips from the customers) and also, rent for commercial places can become quite expensive.
@@sportyeight7769 Europe is a very strange place. I'd rather a cake for a week that I can have a slice with ice cream after work every other day, or a full bushel of apples for $10 bucks that I can stew, bake in a pie or just straight up eat for the next 2 weeks.
As an American, in my 22 years of life, I've never heard of a lard dispenser at a movies. I even live in southeast America, where if you can think of it, it's probably deep-fried.
In America, cheese has no definition, “cheese” is an idea, a metaphysical concept, a style, a genre.
cheese? you mean white people culture?
Like bacon.
@@BB-eq7hb Oh yeah, cause queso just _screams_ "white people."
@@joshuagross3151 I mean just because you said it in spanish doesnt change anything
@@joshuagross3151
Idk man spanish people are kinda white to me
Connor talkig about Pizza: "the synergy between the bread, the cheese, the sauce"
Connor talking about music: "the noise sounds good"
Fair enough
Mood
Connor spent none of his skill points on listening to music.
@@knightmare9160 as an Italian, I agree with both
Which made little sense anyways cause the word he was looking for was "proportions" not "synergy".
It's actually nice to see the perspective of people outside the U.S on the American diet
Just Some Guy without a Mustache we meet again
Just Some Guy without a Mustache
It’s so cool
american food is so big and cheap ahsiwhksjwksj
Stfu
If you upload vids we'll watch them you have a following now
I cringed when Joey said he ordered seven Chicago deep-dish pizzas. One can feed a family of 4 for a day.
In Joey's defence, he most likely did not know what a deep dish pizza was.
Care to explain why for the rest of the world? Saw nothing wrong with that personally, looked like typical American obesity food to me.
Shit I demolish 2 by myself
I was looking for this comment. My jaw just dropped hearing that...
I would go out on a date and order a small deep dish and we can never finish it together
As an American, I cringed when I heard that Joey bought candy at the movie theatre. All true Americans stuff full meals into their pockets before watching a movie
Well he's not American so he can't be a "real American" 😂
I wear cargo shorts for movie days so I can easily bring in a chipotle burrito
True story
I usually just bring in a pack of Maltesers
Bruh, my mom would stuff like 4 burrito bowls from Chipotle and it was just normal.
My jaw dropped when they said they ordered 5 deep dish pizzas for 7 people
Right? Like why would you order 5 of any type of pizzas for 7 people to begin with anyways? Lmfao
@@LittleDP05 It depends on the size of pizza you're used to :D
In my country, ordering 5 pizza for 7 people is not enough because the pizzas are fucking tiny. I mean, I usually order 2 of 'em when I'm out celebrating something.
ginger kash tbh i thought the standard was two slices per person, unless u have a bigger appetite or ur more active then like 3 maybe 4 slices
Imagine the leftovers
American sizing are insane. that's why a lot of people have a left overs night
Angel ya, i’m used to having leftovers on south african portions for like 1 other meal but in america i ate 1 meal for a whole day and sometimes a half
that may actually just happen in the U.S... most American countries don't do such big food servings :)
Fun fact according to normal Americans I just don't eat cause compared to them I eat so little
absolutely true lol. this is what stops me constantly from the "i swear ill start my diet tomorrow"
Leftovers is one word
As an American with a petite frame: eating out is almost always an “I’m gonna need a take home box “ experience.
One day I'll learn to never get the large size of anything.
leftovers are the best
As a fellow petite American: This is the story of my life...
Same. Pretty much 9 times out of 10 I have to ask for some sort of to-go box so I can take my leftovers home our portions are so friggin big lol
Yup. Its just normal for me to order with the intent of boxing half of it.
as an American i enjoy watching other people talk about us
Yes
In a bad way?
@@masterham3120 nah
I love when Europeans and Aussies get baffled by things in America. I'm just glad Vegemite or Marmite is not a thing where I live
it's great :) right
I feel like it doesn't get mentioned enough that taking leftovers home from American restaurants is super common. Not everyone is eating ALL of that food, but... well, there are certainly a lot of people in the US who could stand to eat less, I will give you that...
Then again, they were surprised $20 was a whole cake. If a single slice costs the equivalent of $20 in another country, it better be fucking Ecuadorian Cocoa with quality Brazilian sugar and milk fresh from Irish hills! Jesus H.
Most people go to a restaurant for the experience, I’d leave the food there I cba to take it home
With the leftover thing that's extremely common unless you are going and eating fast food or something, it's almost expected to take part of the food home
@@joshuagross3151 yea that sounds a like a rip off for a slice. Tho usually it is made with ingredients that's way too expensive if it's 20 bucks
Aden Maulana i will usually spend equivalent to $25-30 for a main and like $10 for a dessert and I don’t go to expensive places.
For those that put lard on their popcorn, we do not claim them.
I've got to start using "we do not claim them"
Lard is better for you than butter.
@@gabrielantos4144 That’s because someone put the idea in your mind it’s gross. There is so much more of an animal that healthy and delicious, but we’ve been all indoctrinated to only eat meat.
I know Mexican food uses lard sometimes
you can use lard in cooking its fine BUT DAMN NOT ON THE POPCORN THATS JUST GROSS
"What is American spray cheese?"
"Disgusting" -an American
I tried that stuff when visiting family in laws over there. It was so gross I gagged and almost brought it back up.
@@Kewlausgirl weak
@@Kewlausgirl TREASON!!!
Spray cheese is for goblin people and like to smell their own shit.
Disgusting garbage, but I keep coming back
As an American:
- I hate spray/fake cheese
- I have never ever seen lard at any movie theater I've been to
- Buttered Popcorn is delicious
- Yes, American Serving sizes are big compared to the rest of the world.
I agree with most of this, except that fake spray cheese is nostalgic and a guilty pleasure for every once and a while lol.
I agree on the the spray cheese it taste like shit
“Big” is a MASSIVE understatement!
I feel like the fake cheese is an acquired taste that most people here attained as kids. My family used Kraft singles on sandwiches, so that's fine with me, but I've never enjoyed spray cheese because it's fucking disgusting and I was thankfully never exposed to it as a child.
@@tacocatt6808 "MASSIVE" is a massive overstatement
To be fair appetizers in American restaurants are meant for the whole table.
of 2.
hellfire131 no?
I identify as 3 or 4 people
But why... not everyone goes to the restaurant in groups divisible by 3 or 4. It makes no sense
@@dbsz economies of scale, probably. Larger portions are cheaper to produce, and not having enough friends to share an appetizer is not the restaurants' problem. But then again, it never bothered me either.
"We ordered _five_ deep dish pizzas" so you have chosen death
XD ikr, only one deep dish for a group of 4. Even that there might be an extra slice to split.
I don’t get 5 pizzas for a group of 7. 2 at most but judging from how they’re talking about portions one sounds good.
I grew up in Chicago and no one needed to tell me that one pizza was good for 4-7 people. Plus every restaurant that serves the deep dish list the portions it's going to fulfill. Even with some familiarity with regular pizza, who orders one per themselves, they even give you the sizes. Oh wait we don't use metric scale for them sizes. That's where they went wrong.
@@jerryvelasco1474 Italian restaurants often have pizzas of perfect size for one person to eat (at least here in Europe, I don’t know about the Italo-American restaurants in the US). In other restaurants or even in fast food chains, if you order a pizza, it is not unusual to be eaten by one person. So it’s not at all uncommon here in Europe to order one pizza per person. Of course you can order a large or extra large pizza for more people.
If I didn’t know what a deep dish pizza was (and frankly I didn’t know such a thing even existed before watching this video xD) I too could have ordered one just for myself.
also how big is pizza in other countries. Becuase in other countries imagines 5 is still a lot of F'ing pizza. Don't they tell you the size. Like with the desert he order, 20 dollars cake thing. Don't they show the picture of the thing. That a whole table thing for 20 dollars. Curious is the UK that expensive, where a single 20 dollar treat cost that much.
For the over-portioned Italian restaurant.... it sounds like you're describing Buca di Beppo and it's supposed to be like that. It's a restaurant that serves its food "family style" which means each dish is a very large portion meant to be shared among a bunch of people. So the idea is you go there with like 8 or 10 people, order like 3 things, and you're good to go.
We don't actually eat one of those by ourselves. We're not actually an entire nation of Hutts.
Considering that America has the highest percentage of obesity compared to pretty much every other country, I think that makes it that by default.
@@jasonkeith2832 *14th, far from the best but it ain't the 1st in it bucko.
@@CThyran Lets be real, there's only ONE significant country (Kuwait) that beats the US , the rest are just tiny islands with less than 1 million citizens combined.
@@CThyran *12th, with 10 of the fatter countries being tiny ass island nations bucko.
@@CThyran the percentage is still 41% in 2017 that has not fallen obese for the us, and a small correction, 12 and not 14th
Don't be fooled "butter" in American cinemas is not usually butter. The one I work at we use a combination of mostly soy and vegetable oil.
Wow thats fucked
REEE THE FUCKING VEGANS TAKEN OVER
i think i threw up in my mouth
SOY SOY SOY SOY SOY SOY BOY
Damn...they don't even go for olive oil...
When Deadpool came out, I bought two whole pizzas and brought it into the movie theater. Ticket girl let me in after I gave her a slice. And that's how I met my girlfriend.
Well of course who wouldn't date a man willing to sneak 2 whole pizzas into the movies???
Sounds like a cool girl
Who wouldn’t date a man with so much big dick energy he’d take two full pizzas into a cinema
W
You're a legend.
I snuck Five-Guys into the theater once. it was a religious experience.
How did you manage that holy shit
If it was hot asf I can only imagine the smell 😩
It took me like a minute to remember that was an american fast food restaurant
Amateur, try two full burrito bows from chipotle (and chips)
@@incog0956 😂😂😂😂
Lol… for the Italian restaurant in Texas, it sounds like it was probably a “family style” place. Maybe thats an American thing. But some places have family style options where a family/group is meant to share a whole single dish. America absolutely has insane portions. But from the sound of it, Im assuming thats what it was.
If had to be a buca di beppo
Yeah dude he ordered a 20$ tiermassue* (definitely spelled wrong but auto correct failed me) that tepls me there was no single slice option. What i love is that because they live in Japan he didnt even consider that the prices for a single plate were insanely high.
The term 'pizza pie' comes from Italian immigrants to the US who, in an attempt to assimilate into the culture and language, adopted the term "pizzapaia" as part of Itanglish (Italian + English), They used the term paia (an Italianization of 'pie') because in an attempt to sell pizza, wanted to use terminology that Americans were familiar with to entice them into eating the then-unknown and exotic food.
Also in fast-food restaurants, the reason the large exists even though you can get free refills is because drive-thru customers don't have access to the free refills.
Cool
Which anime is your youtube profile from??
@@Rohit-ne2el I'm pretty sure it's from" I love when you're looking at me with a disgusted face as I ask you to show me your panthies"
Or something like that ( no I'm not making this up).
I absolutely hate it when theyre called pies. Its like calling chicken wings nuggets
ousou78 yep the mc has some weird fettish
Connor seems like the type of British person that refers to America as "the colonies" and I love it
He is Welsh but overtime got the more *London*/Posh accent due to him living in England and his classes
Our ancestors didn’t fend off the worlds largest empire so you could call us colony’s , but free speech I guess
@@blakedavis596 Don't take it so personally.
@@fatpotato190 it’s pretty rude though , if he said that about India I don’t think you would be as amused
@@blakedavis596 I sure as hell would. It wouldn't change a damn thing
Pro-tip from an American: You're supposed to take leftovers home smh. When you get food from a sit-down restaurant you tend to pay for a meal there and a lunch at home.
taking home restaurant food seems like a whole new concept to me I swear
Are you trolling or is this seriously a thing?!
@@raj4myo This doesn't apply to fast food and small diners, but yeah srs. The majority of sit-down restaurants give you that much, and they have plastic or styrofoam to-go boxes at the ready. I don't eat out very much(esp this year), but when I do, I'd say about 8 times out of 10 I take home a little lunch/dessert for later.
@@lemenipocketshadow Damn that's wild!
@@lemenipocketshadow personally that'd be kind of annoying for me. If i had pasta for lunch i don't need to take home any more pasta, let me eat something else. I hope you guys have options for normal portions?
8:20 Maybe he's referring to the coconut oil machines some places have? It's easy to confuse the consistency with lard if the oil cooled on a surface. Coconut oil is a good vegan alternative to butter on popcorn so many places stock it.
Ewww
@@kinsta2949 better than lard..
Even in Florida we considered that weird
@@mhadekumultiverse4964 That's because it's more of a Cali thing.
Learn something new everyday
I have never left America once in my life and I have NEVER seen lard dispensers anywhere let alone in cinemas
Society runs on generalizations, and lack of facts.
I don’t even know what lard is so
Dude, I'm not surprised because I met people who does put lard into popcorn. Also some fast food restaurants use lard. You just don't know what they put in their food.
@@ashtongarcia6894 Pig fat. Imagine getting a cup of bacon grease and dumping it on popcorn.
Well I have and I also live in America. Mind u it was a larger cinema with several options to put on your popcorn. I think that’s why he saw it in Vegas but it was likely a bigger one
Joey: let's order 5 CHICAGO deep dish pizzas!
Me: So you have chosen... death
When that order came in the kitchen the workers must have been like "Get the ambulance on the line"
My mouth dropped and my eyes went big. Almost thought they were actually going to do that.
Sounds like a good time to me
More like they've chosen... obesity.
I bet they got Lou malnati’s too and were told it’s the best deep dish 😂😂
“everything’s bigger in texas!”
- a texan
rose zhang I should have been born in Texas.. 🍆😔
Sheriff K it’s okay man, it doesn’t always refer to everything
"right Ya'll"
@@countessofparadise6662 I feel attacked lol y'all don't know how useful y'all is
Y'all is such an underrated word
Worked at a movie theater chain for 2 years, here's some secrets:
Screw fancy salts/powders, try nacho cheese,
The "butter" is coconut oil
You can make the stuff at home for a fraction of the price
If you like OG dry popcorn, rummage through your spice cabinet and make a secret recipe to share with your friends.
If you want something more exotic, try adding lime.
"We don't understand American food."
Americans: "Neither do we"
Speak for yourself
Yeah.....
@@speedricer3553 Just ask his unhealthy fat ass lul
@@korvisus You ought to not eat for the rest of the month, fatty
american is like a mishmash of british, german and italian food.. except made worse. Legit grilled beef is good in the US though.
Me, an American watching this video: 'Never before have I been so offended by something that I 100% agree with!'
"Why don't you just buy real cheese?" Oh yeah, why don't I?
Same but $20 for 1 slice of cake? Unless is that rare ingredients cake why 20 bucks for it
@@ihatesoursoup6807 ikr. Normally I pay like 6 for a slice of really good dessert
I KNOW RIGHT
Cyka Blyatman 😭😭😭if i lived in america i would be 200 pounds and i’m 5’5
If I’m getting an extra large drink at a fast food restaurant it’s mostly because I want a large cup to take my drink home with me.. or if I’m sharing with my husband we don’t have to refill it so much lol
These are valid reasons lol.
Yeah usually if I sit down somewhere for lunch, I drink the soda with my meal, and then fill it up again as I leave. Sometimes a medium/small is enough for that, sometimes I need a lot of caffeine and a large is great.
How can you guys drink that much soda? I'm like sick after a small
Flower Dolphin we are conditioned. We are used to it
Im glad someone brought up this point
I've never gotten nauseous just thinking about a food before. But thinking of a lard dispenser made me so sick. I'm American and I've been to lots of states, and I've never seen that. If I did I would spend the rest of my life trying to put an end to it. I also don't know anyone who eats the canned cheese.
Same here and I used to go to the movies a lot in the before tines and usually it's just butter and seasoning for popcorn like what the heck.
I've lived in the states 20 years and I've never seen lard dispensers, I've seen the butter ones though. My American step-dad always ruins popcorn at home by doing microwaveable popcorn, then melting butter and spraying it all over the microwave popcorn. So salty, so gross. 🤢
I was gonna say, I’ve never seen a lard dispenser on a movie theater before (I’m from CA). Granted it totally sounds like a Vegas thing tho, that or something you’d find in a number of Southern states.
I have never seen a lard dispenser in my life as an American, but that's gross... yeah. Spray cheese is a thing, but I've never met someone who actually ate it...
I've eaten the spray cheese and its only some what good if its on something like a wheat cracker or something similar but its still not good or bad
As an American, I can't imagine a life where you spend upwards of 10 dollars on food and don't get at least two meals.
In the UK a meal out which costs around £10 ($13.86) a head is considered reasonably priced.
Ummm come to Hawaii my dude. Everything is shipped here shits EXPEINSIVE!!!!! $10 will get you one plate lunch and that’s usually just a small
Literally in the states, yes the main menu item combos are expensive, but you could take the same amount of money for that one meal and feed 2-3 people from the dollar menu.
Panerabread $20 for what ends up being two meals 😂 sandwich and chips then a decent chunk of bread and bowl of soup two meals for me anyway.
Ate a poke bowl for $14 that could’ve fed 4 people yesterday
Me when I first moved America: "Why is the food servings here so big?"
Me now: "Isn't this normal?"
You’re not supposed to finish the food in one sitting. You take what you can’t finish in a to go container
@@NewBlueTrue this is not normal elsewhere. You go out to eat out. If you need to take some home, it's clearly too big for one meal? Why such huge portions?
@@mollymay4846 coz when you go to a restaurant, you take one bite and then keep talking for a couple of minutes. you're not suppose to eat in one seating, not a mukbang thing. LOL
@@topnotch97 if thats not a joke, that makes no fucking sense lmao
Molly May That is why the portions are huge. To take it home with you. Why does there have to be another reason? People here in the US don’t even eat that much food, a lot of it is unhealthy and they don’t get enough exercise. That’s why they are fat, not because they eat a lot.
EDIT: Looked it up, but portion sizes are also huge because food is cheap so restaurants want to maximize profits so they serve a lot of food, but like I said, you’re not supposed to finish it in one sitting. And most people don’t.
As an American, we literally never buy candy at movie theaters. The true American way is having your children bring backpacks and stuff them with candy, so not as to raise suspicion. My parents literally made me stuff candy, water, and Gatorade into my Justice purse backpack to get it into the movie theater once. I’ve never been caught lmfao
this. tradition is to sneak in your favorite candy. all tactics are on the table.
@@snewsh we literally do anything to save money
Yup my parents made me sneak stuff into the movie theater, can relate
That's what we do In the UK too, I have vivid memories of being a small child with bags of supermarket toffee popcorn and fanta cans stuffed up my coat sneaking them into the cinema
Yeah we’d always go to the dollar store for candy before the movie lol
"The best part of the pizza is the synergy" - Conner, dialing into what makes pizza great (the synergy).
When it comes to cinemas in America, (coming from a manager of one) food at the cinema is expensive purely due to the fact that this is the only way we make money. Studios that rent us the movies that we play in theaters will take anywhere from 60%-80% of ticket sales for themselves, not counting the taxes that are added on top of that, so we come out with 5-10% usually. The only way for a theater to stay open and pay its employees while still making money is for them to increase concession prices. As for popcorn's high prices. Popcorn by itself is dirt cheap, though it is the highest demanded item, therefore the prices increase and allow for room for refills in larger portions because we still make money off of it. So in other words, yes theaters are expensive, but we have to make our money any way we can.
that's actually really interesting, still doesn't make me want to buy £5 bags of popcorn though
If you think you'd rather not pay that, that's fine, the most important part of our business is to get people to come to movies whether or not they buy concessions. So nothing wrong with not wanting to buy something
I used the concession thing to explain why AMC was stupid to stop showing Sony movies. If people stop going cause there’s no Sony movies then they’re basically losing money via having no one buying from the concession stand. I can get them being mad, that’s fair but they were stubborn idiots to stop showing Sony movies and I bet they only retracted on it when someone smart pointed out how they’ll go bankrupt by having no one show up anymore after the pandemic.
Rapeseed Oil Oh, thank you for explaining that. Now I’m less mad and will feel horrible for sneaking in snacks or not getting anything.
They weren't really saying that popcorn being expensive is exclusive to America. It's expensive in the countries they come from as well.
The pros and cons of eating in American restaurants summarized:
Pros: Free refills.
Cons: An incredibly confusing tip system.
Unnecessary? Sure. Confusing? Not really. It's only one rule:
If you're at a sit-down restaurant (ie: you ordered at your table) and that waiter's service wasn't shit, tip 15-20%. That's it.
@@AllUpOns Clearly you haven't been to one of those fast-casual places that ask how much you want to tip.
Or order pizza. How the hell do you calculate that one? It should be based on how much pizza and how much the guy drove. Kinda hard to make a good formula for that.
@@bh4462 usually how generous you want to be with your tip; my family usually tips at the most required 20% since we know that they live off their tips (at sit in restaurants) and if it's crappy service again you get to decide if they deserve that tip 😀
Anything outside my bill is a tip.
@@bh4462 Take the total charge and move the decimal one place to the left. That’s your 10% target. (If you want to make things simpler and be generous, round up.) Double it, and you’ve got your 20% target. For most situations, that’s a pretty good high and low bracket. You can then fine-tune it as you see fit, based on the circumstances and experience.
About eating in cinemas: I love that here in Brazil, we don't even have to sneak snacks in. Here we have a law that basically says that if a stablishment offers "x" service, it cannot force you to also buy "y". So since the service cinemas offer is "to show movies" they cannot force you to buy their snacks, so we can just openly bring whatever we want. I often get some slices of pizza to eat there, others come with McD's and BK bags, even KFC's bucket of chicken.
Brazilians living the dream. Damn
@@masterxk yeah, we may have a lot of problems, but consumer and worker laws here are pretty good overall
I remember I went to go to the movies once, but I knew I couldn’t bring food in, so I hid a burger and some fries in my purse. I have also snuck in a huge cinnamon pretzel. And multiple drinks with straws, hot dogs, popcorn, candy, and water.
aaaa que legal outros brasileiros que gostam de trash taste hahahah
@@naboclare gente com trash taste tem em todo lugar ne? kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
In my experience appetizers in America are for large groups with big orders, like 10 people big. A lot of restaurants will try to make sure all the meals come out around the same time and while you wait, you order an appetizer, everyone doesnt order their own, the group orders 2 or 3 and everyone shares.
I remember this one restaurant,dont remember the name, the appetizers were larger and more expensive than the meals
Tbh, I don't even notice how large the portions are anymore. Every time a foreigner mentions it I'm like, "This isn't normal?"
It’s not as big as it used to be, McDonald’s had a Super Size option, which was bigger than large. Super-Size me, was a film exposing that and McDonald’s remover the Super Size option
@@zoroken2946
I can imagine people throwing up from trying to eat the whole supersized meal in one sitting.
@@zoroken2946 b
Im starting to think only Americans do left overs from going out
a lot of American restaurants i've been to, you look at the price and it's like mad expensive, but when they bring the food out it's like 3 full meals for me lol
The Italian restaurant you went to sounds like a "family style" you're only supposed to order a couple of thing and then share it lmao
yup seems like they didn't get the concept
No, fundamentally American Italian restaurants don't serve in Italian style. It's been adapted to the American preferences. Appetizers to split yes, but then the entrees are a big plate of pasta, presented to the individual, not placed to share, and the portion is often 2 meals worth.
IE: spaghetti and meatballs is not Italian, it's American Italian.
Some might be different in actually expecting to share, but that's not the majority.
@@Zraknul the example they provided still sounded like a family style. You don't compare an entree from olive garden to something big enough to feed an ethiopian family for a year lmao
@@Zraknul Some places are definitely family style. Usually the menu makes it kind of obvious though.
Yeah these dudes are kinda lost lol
Everyone: "Omg, your food sizes are so big! Wtf!?"
Americans: "...Yes. Your point?"
I just imagined that being said by Jordan Peele in that one sketch. Edit: Pizza Order
Hahahaha omg so true go to a Mexican restaurant the meal are so big
Theres a Mexican restaurant in Chicago (can't remember it on the top of my head) but the food serving, bruh. That shit is meant for a giant, i couldn't even finish 1/4 of that shit 🤣
phat
Not big enough
I heard "Italian restaurant" and I'm wondering if they went to a family style Italian restaurant where you order a plate of pasta for the whole table. Also, the large soda is so you can take more with you.
@Jhon Sierra No he means like if you're taking the food away from the restaurant, in which case you wouldn't have access to free refills
@@aido6460 In many places with different sized drinks that are free refill you could take things out. Even a lot of places that don’t have differing sizes for drinks you can take out the food and drink. You might be thinking of buffets.
But why? Whats the point of taking it with you. The fizz runs out like after half hour.
@@TheBakuganmaster99 how does it take you more than half an hour to finish a drink lmao
@@SnackeyEu Buddy, its a LARGE soda. And they're talking about american sizes. Thats like around 40 ounces
wait until they realize that every size drinks at Mcdonalds are 1$
Wait what?
Sometime fastfood places do deals where any sized fries are $1
Huh?? Why are there different sizes if they charge the same????
@@oohpier1117 illusion of choice
@@oohpier1117 So that you think “It’s the same price anyway, may as well get the large”
"Some people are just too lazy to get up to get a refill."
I feel really attacked right now.
The clock is always ticking my friend
But you're not gonna get up to do anything about it because you bought the large? lol
I'm American I'm entitled to be lazy. Also I'm gonna drive my giant suv across town to run on the treadmill. Our lives are so jacked.
if I'm sitting down to eat at the restaurant I go for a small soda.
With right
To add onto the refill thing: a lot of american restaurants and theaters only let you get refills on the largest size. So for the popcorn, it's super rare to find a place where they'll refill a small but a lot of places will refill the large.
or there are refill limits. Or like mcdonalds all drinks are a dollar so just get the large.
Me in Mexico: Dude in Cinemex Cinema's you can go to refill your popcorn. You can also refill your drink in many restaurants, mainly in fast food places.
Admin. Slayer Enryu oh shiiiit I’m Mexican American. Damn fool tho shit crazy.
As an American who goes to a movie theater that literally serves you full meals while you watch, this was hilarious
Alamo is fun
Pasta place he was talking about was probably Buca di Beppo's. They serve everything family style with big portions, and they have the worst decor on the inside. Imagine a 90's Applebee's interior but worse.
Exactly what I was thinking Buca di Beppo is crazy with there portions.
There’s not a chance it wasn’t Buca from the way he described it lol
Ryan F damn but it sounds cheep😳 is the food good?
@@inhle1688 I wouldn't call it super cheap but you definitely get your money's worth. A small feeds 2-3 people. It's good pasta.
Buca is so good
Restaurant portions: The thing is, we usually take home leftovers. Our portion sizes are still pretty large compared to others, but what you get at a restaurant isn’t usually finished at the restaurant. I usually take home more than half of my meal. Even when I order Chinese food, I get four separate meals out of that.
About the popcorn: I have never heard of putting lard on it. Actually, I’ve never even heard of putting lard on anything. Where I live we can’t even get refills or control how much butter goes on it.
The cheese: Most of us think spray cheese is absolutely disgusting. It’s not as popular as it seems. Real cheese is usually super expensive for whatever reason. I travel a lot and my least favorite part is always coming back to our terrible “cheese”.
The drink refills: the only time I’d consider getting something bigger than a small is if I’m taking it to go. Even then I have drinks at home so I usually don’t even get one. Maybe if it’s from a food court and I’m taking it with me to go around the mall or something then it would make sense. Still, I don’t think I’ll ever really be able to understand it.
As an American who lives in the same state as Las Vegas, I've never seen lard on tap being offered. I've seen butter on tap. But I think he hallucinated the lard bit.
Pretty much this.
And the only actual reason to use american cheese, imo, is for grill cheese because of how it melts evenly. OTHER THAN THAT, yeah i agree with this post.
American cheese is a joke, real cheese that’s been handmade on a farm is as close as you’ll get to “good” cheese in America. But even then France,Ireland,ETC. most countries do cheese better. But I will say... we have developed a culture of cheese in America. Can’t get away from it
Cheese is extremely cheap where I live in Pennsylvania. I can get a whole pound of pepper jack cheese for $4. That's a week and a half's worth of cheese for me and my wife. Delicatessens are quite abundant where I live, perhaps other places may be harder to get sliced cheese at a deli.
Hell I don't even know what lard is
Our food sizes are giant... and it’s amazing. Bad part is that the instant I stop working out I’m gonna look like Rod Reiss in his titan form
The minute you stop working out you're all going to be Violet in charlie and the chocolate factory
Lmao
well...you are the most obese nation in the world. Not sure about the amazing
Frl💀
If you live in America it’s all about self control
If you don’t have that you’re gonna be a fatty and it’s sooo I mean so hard having self control when you’re surrounded by food
@@myshiteu4934 As a fatty currently trying to loss weight, it's SO. GOD. DAMN. HARRRRDDDD!!!!
It's true we have big portions but not everyone eats that much. I went to a restaurant that serves big portions the other day that had a deal if you ordered a certain meal you could pay $5 extra and get a second meal wrapped to go home. I legit split it up into four meals. Lunch, dinner, lunch the next day, dinner next day.
You have to pay extra to bring it home??
@@mullaoslo No the $5 extra was for a second meal to take home. So you eat the first meal in restaurant and can take the leftovers with you like usual but if you paid extra they’d wrap a whole second meal for you to take home too. So get two meals at a discount.
“cOuLd yOu PuT a sTraw In it and dRinK it?”,,, this is such a chaotic question when talking about pizza ... and Connor literally is genuinely curious
Now people are gonna try that and ruin it.
I agree with connor on the pizza synergy
I am an American and can confirm that I have never ever seen Fat be used for Popcorn and sounds really disgusting
Yes.
That sounds like heart attack or diabetes 😂
I've never seen it but I can absolutely believe some places in the US would serve this.
don't they put butter on cinemas popcorn? pretty sure I saw some vegans complaining about it
lard on popcorn actually tastes good though
As an American, these are all accurate and valid points. Having enough left over for a meal the next day is common lol
NEXT DAY?!
@@bibonibo3840 yeah typically when you eat out you have food left over for lunch or dinner the next day.
I'm careful about what I order because of this. If I know the portion is large and it doesn't taste good re-heated or cold the next day then I usually don't get it.
@@rockinrootbeer1795 honestly yeah some foods just don’t taste as good reheated, especially in a microwave.
@@Ismael-kc3ry
I try not to heat up food in the microwave at all because of how aweful it can make the food taste. Instead I try to reheat in a pan.
2:16 *Yes, the type of restaurant you went to is called a “family style” Italian restaurant. That means when you order something, it’s sized to feed your family. You pick the items, and share everything and anything.*
I don't know a single person that has eaten spray cheese unironically, like literally ever
What? Delicious. On a rits cracker or in some black olives, nice little snack.
@GihKaL
i·ro·ny1
/ˈīrənē/
noun
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Yeah, had a guy eat a can of spray cheese for 10 bucks, almost throw up, and say it was the best thing he had ever eaten. Pretty sure it fits
@GihKaL woah haven’t heard the hipster term in years lol. Is “hipster”..... hipster now?? :0
@@faxd3448 yes
I consider it kids food tbh. Seems like it's mostly them consuming it.
Why would I want to leave the movie to go get more soda? Then Ill be missing the movie,
Movie theaters used to only refill large sodas
And it's expensive as fuck
@@FlutterSwag I've never been to one that refills the smaller sizes
yeah why do that when we sneak food in already lmao
@@matthewhaegele1735 i mean if they have the machines you can fill anysize if they even sell smaller sizes
As an American, never in my whole entire life have I heard of Lard, or ever seen Lard being put on Popcorn in the Movies. Just Butter on popcorn or very extra salty popcorn, those are the two kinds I’ve seen at the Movies from my Experience.
I'm thinking he saw flavocal (the stuff they put on the popcorn at target as well as the movies, that gives it that unique scent)
We have the Butter Flavored oil and there is a tub of butter flavored popcorn salt (the strange orange salt) sep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-60941604558443/butter-flavored-popcorn-salt-reduced-sodium-10-pound-bulk-bag-11.gif
Aileen M. Lard is just pig fat
yea lard is too pure and expensive for us to enjoy lmfao
Lol you actually think it’s butter
I've NEVER seen a lard dispenser at a movie theater before. That sounds horrific.
And I've NEVER heard of a single order of Tiramisu being as large as that dude described. That's insane.
Step 1: order large drink
Step 2: drink with meal
Step 3: refill for the trip home
I’m overweight but the concept makes sense
Mine is to wash food down. Drainage in the back of the throat can make it hard to swallow food regardless of how well u chew. I need a lot of liquid when I eat or Ill choke.
My dad does that. He always ask me to refill mine before we go home.
Fair point
brad k Drainage? I usually don’t drink any liquid with my meal.
Step 1: Order large drink
Step 2: drink with mean
Step 3: refill half way through the meal
Step 4: Finish mean and Drink the rest
Step 5: refill for the trip
i know i'm fat but i'm happy
Ok, so there’s one thing regarding “fake” cheese that Europeans seem not to understand. And that’s price. In Europe, it is both easy and relatively inexpensive to buy real dairy cheese and at quite a high level of quality for your money as well . In America, real cheese, even poor quality authentic dairy cheese is quite expensive. Some lower income American families can NOT afford to buy anything but cheap kraft singles or a block of plasticy velveta cheese. I’m not even kidding when I say that some portion of the country goes their whole lives never (or extremely rarely) having eaten real dairy cheese because of its prohibitively high cost, or at BEST they only eat the poor quality shredded/sliced real dairy cheese that you would only ever add to a dish, not snack on its own. In America, that plasticy American cheese also isn’t just seen as some gross knockoff of real cheese, it’s quite literally some people’s definition/concept of what cheese IS. Real, good quality, dairy cheese that you would eat on its own on a cheese board is considered a luxury here. You’ll get raised eyebrows and comments of “wow, how fancy!” If you put out a Europeans idea of average/bland/run-of-the-mill dairy cheese on a plate with crackers, and maybe even comments of “wow, this must have been expensive huh?” It’s just NOT a thing over here to routinely be able to consume good quality real dairy cheese for cheap. That’s why American cheese exists, to offer a cheap alternative that has its own unique flavor that some even prefer in many cases.
And also, P.S. spray cheese is NOT as popular as you might think. It might be very similar to something like a kraft single but it’s not as popular. They still sell it in most stores but I can’t remember the last time I saw someone actually eating some or even having some in a fridge/pantry. It’s kind of a novelty item, and only eaten as a snack. There’s still a kind of mentality that spray cheese is even more gross than a slice of American cheese. Plenty of people who love the taste of Kraft singles would refuse to eat spray cheese.
"American cheese" is actually awful and so is spray cheese
@@houseking9211 American cheese is separate from Kraft singles and spray cheese.
I never knew this about the price of cheese in America. I went on the Wal-Mart website. It seems like proper cheese is about twice the price compared to the UK.
What's funny is that in many countries, people can't afford cars but have good cheese. In America, many poor people can afford cars but not afford real cheese!
@@timothyswag3594
It's priorities man.
I actually agree with them 100% on the cheese-in-a-can. Yes I am American.
Yeah nobody with self respect eats that stuff. *Except people from Philly I guess
Same here bud. Isn't it just plastic with fake cheese flavoring?
Plastic cheese and American chocolate are 2 things I don’t understand
I'm American and I have never and will never eat that stuff
Nobody uses the spray on cheese.
As an American living in Asia for a few years I laughed in agreement with all of this. The differences are clear to me the way it is in America vs everywhere else:)
Joey: "What is bottomless fries?"
The waiter: "It means, you say more fries. I ask 'how high?'!" And starts pouring fries onto his plate
*a new mountain range is formed entirely from fries*
I've actually never seen bottomless fries as an american. I think a big reason that american portions sizes are so big (mostly at big chains, small restauruants tend to have pretty normal sized portions) is because we don't really eat much outside of dinner. I'm twenty and when me and my friends eat out all we've had up to then is like a sandwich or some cereal in the morning. Most young people only eat like twice a day with the large majority of the food being during dinner. Plus there's a big leftover for breakfast culture here.
It comes automatically when you go to Red Robin
@@jimmyringz2550 only place i know that does it, i saw johnny rockets doing the sane thing
I believe Freddy's Steakburgers also does Bottomless Fries if you eat in the restaraunt.
Who eats dinner leftovers for breakfast? That’s gross.
@Spikecoil I though being broke is called when you think a tiny pinch of cinnamon in your watery porragie is the most flavourful thing you've tasted.
I can't speak for other Americans, but when I go out to eat and receive those portions I almost all the time have take-home leftovers. In fact clearing out leftovers in the fridge is a frequent occurance if it's a time we went to eat out a lot. I don't think anyone really eats the entire served portion unless like they have the metabolism of a steam engine.
If data about overweight Americans is something to go by they don't have the metabolism but push food down the throat regardless...
Why do they serve big portions if people don't eat it?
@@helenemaja0912 that way you can take some home? Its pretty straight forward
@@biazacha
They're doing the Kirby move there
Pretty much this
Saturday's Lunch is usually Friday Night Leftoversl
At olive garden, for like 10 bucks, I can make 3 meals out of one of their plates. And it makes sense, because the menu says a lot of the plates are upwards of 2000 calories each
Last I checked Cheesecake Factory’s most calorie intensive dish was one of their slices of cheesecake & it had somewhere in the ballpark of 3200-3600 calories in it! 😱
@@TheVirtualObserver one slice? omg what do they put in that???
@@becca5161 Their slice is massive. Doubt they have 3k calories, but somewhere between 1500-2500 is reachable. If we assume that butter is pure fat (they don't but just for comparison sake), then you use 100 gr per slice, that's already 9*100=900 cal before even considering the carbs from flour and sugar. Let's say 100 gr flour, and 100 gr sugar, that's 200*4= 800 extra calories, so the total is 1700, then add the cheese, egg etc and they can blow to 2500 real quick. Ofc this is more like recipe for a whole cake, but their cake is big that I wouldn't be surprised that this is recipe for 1-2 slices.
Cake is dense in calories y'all
I still remember the time when I and four of my friend went to America for the first time. We drove about 12 hours and ended up in San Antonio around 4 pm, all of us were hungry as Fk since neither of us ate much that day. So we walked into a random steakhouse and ordered 7 steaks and ribs, a couple appetizers, and some other random stuff, for 5 of us.
years later I could still recall the feeling of everybody in that restaurant looking at us with surprised pikachu face
please tell me you asked for a box at the end
@@oneslickhero4276 I can only imagine the looks they got if they left that much food on the table
As a American I can tell you that Lard does not go on popcorn, and I’ve never seen that before
Yeah like even as an american, we know that butter on popcorn isnt healthy for our heart and stuff, but lard? I can see that happening at some local joint but you won’t see cardiovascular disease in a button in most cinemas
Same. I've never seen it. As Joey said, I guess it must be pretty rare?
@@starberri07 It's best for cooking breakfast, makes everything rich.
I think he meant that there was real butter and butter flavoring, which he confused for lard.
Either way, I find the butter that comes out of those dispensers disgusting. It ruins the popcorn :|
In Chicago amc we have sliced pickled papers next to the butter for the popcorn.
Connor, being the internet meme that he is: *aMeRiCa ExPlAiN*
You damn near lame as hell
@🙂
Exblain
@@aservant1284 Eggs plane*
4:18 Some places call them shareables instead because you're honestly supposed to share appetizers. I don't think you're supposed to be eating the whole thing yourself as well as eating a meal.
Yes, Gentlemen of Culture: we Americans will *happily* pay 20 cents more to not have to refill the cup even once. I have agreed with almost everything said. I may be inviting the hordes, but I am with Connor on pizza: there is a balance that must be struck between crust, sauce, and toppings. I've never seen the lard thing, but the butter is mostly lard anyway. On the spray cheese and singles, yeah, it's mostly laziness. But, you *can* buy slices of real cheese in packets, so it's not too much of an excuse.
David Frost I agree on pizza as well, though “drinking your pizza sauce” is also pretty traditional. The classic pizza in Naples is supposed to have the sauce be fairly liquid, and the crust be so soft you can’t cut slices and have to eat it with fork and knife, and it’s awesome!
Usually the reason I pay the extra cents is be cause I drink soda with fast food that I get from the drive through soo I don’t have the chance to get refills
Them: *nobody can eat everything on an American's plate!*
Giant food challenge youtubers: *peace was never an option*
mukbanger*
or mukbang youtubers
@@_eko_ill.1779 Yes, thank you 😂
@@np-cos4065 yr wlcm
Poor people go on Obama mode: Yes, we can.
as an american: we have ridiculous portion sizes, they're really big. i dont usually order appetizers because they tend to suck, not because the main dish is big. and joey, i dont know where the hell you went to for that italian place, but thats... thats a lot of food. even for texas. (im a texan)
probably went to Buca di bepo, its a family style italian restaurant where one dish is meant for the whole table.
Sounds normal to me lol but I eat at Mexican restaurants and those plates are huge af
The World : America has big portions
America : Texas has big portions
@@JoeKlenk Probably, I'm from Texas too, I know we have large portions, but not that much.
Can confirm. Am from Texas as well
The popcorn refill: When buying the initial bag, immediately empty into the box and get the refill. Split with like 5 friends.
Italian restaurants usually have family size since it’s meant to be shared. The appetizers are meant to be shared. A lot of our food is meant to either be shared or have for when you go home unless you go to a fancy place.
But at least in my neighborhood, we sneak food and candy in to the theater.
Lol listen to Connor, expecting us Americans to cut our cheese ourselves. Sounds preposterous.
10:18 only peasants cut their own cheese (lol)
If I have to cut cheese I have to wash a knife and a cutting board and Id just rather not
@@stanktofuu that is one of the most laziest things I have heard XD
@@pabloc.b.9837 we are Americans sir
We only ever cut it ourselves if we spend 30$ on it
I’m in American and I never once considered the fact that you could buy a small drink and just refill it. Like I’m serious it just never occurred to me and I realize how much money I’ve wasted. I mean now that I really think about it I don’t really drink soda anyway but teenage me though. Man.
Thats why u guys r the fattest in the world m8 😂
If it makes you feel any better, that epiphany will probably save you like 30 cents, and that's only if you don't want large fries as well. The real big-brain tip is to just not drink soda. That'll save you way more money and happiness.
Most fountain drinks are same price regardless of size though, and does it not occur that most people get takeout
@@mono8476 You say that like every american is fat.
@@maikeru5485 a large chunk of them are fat
8:15 been in the states my whole life and never heard of lard on popcorn Joey lol
When I traveled to America the portions were so huge, but the prices were so low and then there's the whole tipping culture they have there which just makes eating out slightly too stressful than it needs to be.
Also apparently Americans get confused why food takes so long to arrive in restaurants in Europe, since eating out is more of a whole evening type of deal here
Sounds like you guys ordered family size portions for yourselves, like literally if they brought an entire cake. That or the server assumed if you guys were in a big group. Same goes with Appetizers, you usually get one or two for the table. Also w/ the drinks thing, if the place has refills its usually just one size in my experience. The Vegas Lard thing sounds like some weird shit that the theater in Vegas was doing. I havent seen anyone actually buy spray cheese ever.
Well spray cheese is super popular here in the south I don’t really think it’s weird
In Europe you each get an appetiser, main meal and desert unless you get specifically a sharing appetiser. Tbh they are probably describing normal American portion sizes as usually you’d get a small slice like 2/3 inches in a European restaurant
Facts. Maybe I just don't go to those types of places but in Jersey restaurants, I haven't had any excessive size food portions they're all within normal eating conditions.
@@justapancrepe8455 Problem is that what's normal to you is not normal for them.
@@TheBenedictchan1 fair
I feel like Joey is talking about Buca Di Beppo. He definitely ordered wrong - that place is very clear about having family portion sizes that you're supposed to share.
he definitely is. Buca Di Beppo is awesome
definitely
In general, that's kind of the deal with appetizers at most other restaurants. It's to share with the table.
I’m thinking the exact same thing. That place so good tho
I came here to say the same thing
So something that's very common with Joey and the gang is that their knowledge of America tends to be from stereotypes from what they "heard" from others and their small amount of time visiting America (tho I don't blame them, everyone feels the same about other countries besides their own), I understand since when I went to Britain and Aruba for vacation I genuinely liked it and was also surprised of how different certain things where from both my homeland and America itself, living in any of em tho will change my mind in an instant since I'm only seeing the tourist section or at the very least the intended version for me to see (kinda like how brazil had walls for covering up the cities/villages from bypassing buses that were on their way to the olympics, so as to make them look better publicly).
The craziest concept for me at Cinema's here in America is most I've been to don't offer free refills on popcorn and soda UNLESS you get a large....
Well played Cinema. Well played...
Tbf the upgrades are pretty cheap at theaters. Also as someone who used to work at one I love that rule for popcorn because the large tub is a hundred times easier to fill up than the small bags.
"The only option of anything is a crate of it."
No-one tell them about Costco.
They would lose their minds if they went there
Maybe because costco is a warehouse supermarket which is why most of the stuff is sold in bulk
whyfi yes but the rest of the world don’t have an equivalent
King Hershybar costco in an international store, it just happens to be more common in America
The guys know very well what Costco is, Connor and Garnt are from UK
Ngl, before learning Japanese in the 9th grade, I didn't know our portions were so large. I grew up thinking by the time you were in high school you were supposed to be able to eat large sized meals no problem.
To be fair, high-school boys probably do need that much food. It's everyone else that needs to watch out.
@@AllUpOns Depends on what "Large Sized Meal" means. Unless you're in a sports team, a high school boy should not need more than 1000 calories in a single meal considering 3-5 meals a day is the average, and even that's hard pushing it.
I was a damn food vacuum in high school
@@AllUpOns that's a no... No they don't lol. Eating small amounts through the day is better than one huge portion in one go.
@@Kewlausgirl clearly you've never bulked before lmao
I live in Texas, I don't think I've ever seen anyone eat the whole thing at the places that overserve, I'm almost positive that it's expected that you'll take some home with you and that's supposed to be part of the draw. That's why so many places have to-go boxes when they're dine-in restaurants. I've never been to a place that brought out a whole large cake (and definitely not one as cheap as $20) but that's definitely a "have some of our food now, have some for lunch tomorrow" kind of restaurant. I don't have a problem with it most of the time, I like not having to cook.... but if you're traveling i can see how that'd be a bit of a problem.
also, I didn't know movie theaters did popcorn refills, I have never asked... I need to ask next time i go... If it does i won't sneak in skittles or a baggie of pretzels in my pocket anymore, I'll just buy a small popcorn.
never had spray cheese, I wanted to try it when i was little, but I've never heard anything good about it from anyone.
the American singles cheese is good on grilled cheese but real cheese is indeed better... singles are really only great for putting into cheap soup as far as I'm concerned.
I have never seen lard at the cinema, and I'm live in the Midwest.
Do you really say “cinema”?
I think most American say "the Movies" but I catch myself saying cinema sometimes. Maybe I watch too many British youtubers
@@codyhodson7321 no "the Movies" is the common vernacular round these parts, but I used "cinema" in context to the video's usage.
@@DanTheMan317
I say "pictures" and I'm from Illinois.
But I was also dropped on my head as a toddler. 🤗
We say pop here in Michigan, it's all about location
Never in the world have I seen lard as a popcorn topping- that’s disgusting. I’m American btw
>I'm American btw
OMG THANK U FOR YOUR CERVIX *tips*
Rigo Acosta cooking is different. Bacon grease/fat is delicious and I love it when used in cooking. Idk about lard but I’d imagine that’d be p good too
walnut_ raisin lard is also fat lmao
I've seen it in a couple of my american "Restuarants" (Fast Food)
Me too
I’m an American and I’ve never seen lard on anything ew
Friendly Potato pie crust, refried beans
@@MeanLaQueefa oof
you're so used to it you can't even see it anymore
@@Digitaaliklosetti Lol u might not be wrong. But still I don't see it in anything minus being added in some snacks which are discusting
Crisco is lard
In regards to soda sizes, it depends on where you go. Pre-Covid, there are fast food restaurants where you go to get refills and end up waiting in line because of all the people. Now, if you have like kids with you and a spouse, somoenes gotta watch the kids while you refill 3-6 drinks (depending on family size) and balance carry them back. 20 cents is an easy price to eat for all that hassle. As for Lard on popcorn...that's cursed af and may God have mercy on their soul for even giving the option.
The guys: AMERICA WHAT IS THIS!?
America: The taste of Freedom.
Yippee ki-yay
Yee-haw feller, don't you like burgers? KKonaW
The food industry and the medical industry are in coalition to squeeze every last drop of money out of you
@@danielburgess7101 I don't think they are in cahoots, but I'd agree that they are both, individually, out to squeeze every last drop of money out off me.
I also don't mind this fact, in and of itself.
I tend to think the reason some people hate this fact is because they don't get what money is in the context of a free exchange.
I'm constrained by hunger and sickness, like all living things, but those constraints aren't imposed by the medical and food industries. They'er imposed by nature. Why would I resent the people offering to alleviate those constraints? Especially when they are willing to accept, in exchange, the same thing that I ask for when I offer my services? (i.e. money)
My understanding leads me to dislike the people who take my money from me forcefully, rather than the people who ask me to exchange it for a bacon cheeseburger, or some medical attention.
@@tylermassey5431 I can see why someone who is able to make the choice whether to live healthily or not would say this, as it is ultimately your choice how to spend your money and you may be comfortable living within the system in place for you.
However often times the least healthy foods are the cheapest and have the longest shelf lives - causing the more financially constrained families to live off of less sustainable diets creating a number of health concerns in the present and future.
This is where the medical industry thrives as the health risks force them into hospital care of which the family must pay for. This means further financial struggle and the cycle continues.
Again you may be fine with this, America freedom etc etc, but privatised healthcare and drug companies exist primarily to make money, helping people comes next thus there will always be victims at the bottom of the financial ladder.
Generally appetizers in the US are meant to feed about 2 or 3 people lightly while you wait for your food. If everyone orders one you'll be filled before your food comes 😂
That's just stupid - not everyone like the same appetizers. When I go with friends to a restaurant - I take a small soup, a friend eats a small salad, another garlic bread and the last a pancake roll as an appetizer.
@@seanthiar whatever man. Everyone likes chips and queso, if you don't than you're the minority.
@@seanthiar then get your damn soup. We're getting fried Mac n' Cheese for the table and you cant have any. Enjoy your broth, bro.
@@seanthiar that's why samplers exist. Something for everybody.
Facts everyone can order a soup but crazy if you order 3 apps for a group of 4
For the popcorn comment, it does completely have to do with laziness, but ask yourself this. Would you be willing to stop watching the movie you are currently viewing and walk 20 meters, stand in line for a refill, and go 20 meters back or stay there and enjoy the movie for 20 cents? However, to answer Joey's question....yes, we are indeed that lazy.
They were talking about the drinks at fast food chains where the walk to the drink dispenser is 10 seconds, but yes... id rather not get up for 10 seconds
@@randyyoutube6448 that's cause of the drive thru
You can finish a large drink, refill it, then leave with it.
Oh shit is that a sniper kamen pfp I see
for me I don't want to get the refil at the theater because i'm there for the movie. I don't want to miss out on a part of it, well i end up spending maybe 5 minutes away. Well a restaurant or what not, ya fuck that shit i'll just keep going.
7:10 going down to the supermarket, if joey isnt visualising Warringah mall here ill eat my hat
All I’m hearing is weakness
Say it, King.
😂😂 welp
Definitely weakness, they will never beat the average American at Sumo wrestling.
The thing is about food places in America, whether it's fast food, take-out or take-away, diners, or even like actual restaurants (save for like upscale places that seem like you're paying more for the plate than the actual food), the servings are typically designed to get leftovers (a second serving you can take home in a to-go container) out of or just serve multiple people. Also, traditionally American food was developed during like the Great Depression and just to help deal with harsh winters (I feel like 60% of the states are just like winter is November to March, there's a good chance you'll get at least two blizzards or snow storms, and it just drops below freezing most days; Alaska is an outlier here because the lunatics that live there just decided to settle in a heavily forested, ice-age animal infested, tundra wasteland, and most of the population is just on the shore), just food that was meant to fill you up with like relatively inexpensive ingredients; lots of cheap meat (the US has lots of land for cattle, pigs, poultry, and just livestock in general; we like our meats and all the accompaniments that come with these animals), sometimes eggs, lots of cheese, lots of bread or carbs (wheat, potatoes, and corn are popular staple carbs; again lots of land and this just happens to be the continent where corn and potatoes came from), gravy or sauces for flavor, and just butter and fat (both for like flavor and literal fat). Casseroles and pot-pies, like you said with deep-dish pizzas, mayo-based salads that got popular with refrigeration, fried foods and soul food (a lot of fried foods and soul food were originally like the scraps of the beasts; fried chicken, chicken-fried steak, ribs, even bacon), lobster and a lot of shellfish used to be super-cheap (they used to use them as pig-feed and prison-food), dishes that could last longer periods of time without refrigeration (that's also why canning and jarring became such a booming industry), just an entire food history that learned as they went along but also kept discovering new things (both like techniques shared from other cultures with influxes of immigrants and technological innovations brought about by the industrial revolution).
Very informative! Thanks
I’m too lazy to read all this but I wanna know so I’ma just comment so When someone replies I can come back and read it later when I have the energy to.
Dude you know paragraphs exist right holy crap.
I have recipes/recipe books from before, during, and after the Great Depression. Things changed so much, it's crazy.
I really enjoyed your writing. I think it would reach more people if you added paragraphs, especially those with impairments.
$20 for a whole tiramisu sounds fair. $20 for only just a slice just sounds like a scam.
Sounds like Europe is a very strange place.
@@joshuagross3151 it's not that food is expensive, it's just that we pay the waiters a decent wage (more that just the tips from the customers) and also, rent for commercial places can become quite expensive.
@@sportyeight7769 Europe is a very strange place. I'd rather a cake for a week that I can have a slice with ice cream after work every other day, or a full bushel of apples for $10 bucks that I can stew, bake in a pie or just straight up eat for the next 2 weeks.
A slice of tiramisu should cost around $5.00 at a resturant.
I can feed myself for 5$ a day, they got 2$ burgers down here
As an American, in my 22 years of life, I've never heard of a lard dispenser at a movies. I even live in southeast America, where if you can think of it, it's probably deep-fried.