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[villawagen]

when going out for a meze with your friends or relatives, keep an empty crisp packet in your pocket. when the waiters start bringing the food out, place one of each item in the crisp packet that you now have placed between your legs.

then when you leave the restaurant you just look like you are carrying a bag of crisps, rather than making you look like a scrounging, fat, greedy git who has helped himself to the left overs

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i have never done this before honest !!!!

[paliometoxo]

lol why would you do that/? just ask for something to take the food away they dont care.... when we go eat sea food there is always loads left over we ask for something to take the food and they dont care.. insteading hiding the food in crisps packet ;pLOLhow much food can u fit in a crissps packet?:S

[dinos]

It'd have to guess that it would be hard to disguise going into the restaurant empty handed and then leaving with a bunch of unusually heavy bags of crisps (er, if the food is good).

Isn't the reluctance to take food home from a restaurant a British cultural thing?

[villawagen]

It'd have to guess that it would be hard to disguise going into the restaurant empty handed and then leaving with a bunch of unusually heavy bags of crisps (er, if the food is good).

Isn't the reluctance to take food home from a restaurant a British cultural thing?

yes you have hit the nail on the head my friend, it is indeed a British thing !!
its a sort of taboo for some reason to ask for a doggy bag, coz that's what Americans do and as you know most of them are fat gits

as for the crisp packets yet there are restrictions, but its better than shoving the meat down your underpants

[karma]

when going out for a meze with your friends or relatives, keep an empty crisp packet in your pocket. when the waiters start bringing the food out, place one of each item in the crisp packet that you now have placed between your legs.

then when you leave the restaurant you just look like you are carrying a bag of crisps, rather than making you look like a scrounging, fat, greedy git who has helped himself to the left overs

ps
i have never done this before honest !!!!

R U sure this is not ur Auntie Margrets tip???

[dinos]

It'd have to guess that it would be hard to disguise going into the restaurant empty handed and then leaving with a bunch of unusually heavy bags of crisps (er, if the food is good).

Isn't the reluctance to take food home from a restaurant a British cultural thing?

yes you have hit the nail on the head my friend, it is indeed a British thing !!
its a sort of taboo for some reason to ask for a doggy bag, coz that's what Americans do and as you know most of them are fat gits

as for the crisp packets yet there are restrictions, but its better than shoving the meat down your underpants

Especially if it has lemon juice on it! I hope you're keeping your leftovers to yourself...

[villawagen]

It'd have to guess that it would be hard to disguise going into the restaurant empty handed and then leaving with a bunch of unusually heavy bags of crisps (er, if the food is good).

Isn't the reluctance to take food home from a restaurant a British cultural thing?

yes you have hit the nail on the head my friend, it is indeed a British thing !!
its a sort of taboo for some reason to ask for a doggy bag, coz that's what Americans do and as you know most of them are fat gits

as for the crisp packets yet there are restrictions, but its better than shoving the meat down your underpants

Especially if it has lemon juice on it! I hope you're keeping your leftovers to yourself...

of course dude, in fact i am nibbling on a peice of pork right now with lemon juice on it and a hint of cheese and onion crisps !!!!!

[paliometoxo]

well us greek cypriots we do it to.... you dont need to hide the food in crisps packets thats not good trying to hide food put it under table... i have no english blood in me all cypriot family and we do it when we go eat sea food ask for a tray to take it away... and none of us are fat.. we just liked the food so much and there is loads keft over for when we get hungry later.. nothing wrong

Nice way of thinking though British,, maybe in england its shame to ask but here its ok ;p

[kafenes]

In Cyprus a restaurateur would be honoured if you asked to take the rest of the food home. Unless he was planning to reheat it and serve it to another customer (which I have seen happen in a fish restaurant).

[paliometoxo]

exactly... id be more ashamed of trying to hide the food LOL and sneaking it under the table... thats not good filling your pockets yuk!

ive never seen it done but im sure they do it.. they wont say to your face damn you im tyrng to save food and serve to others re-heated. they will give you a bag and take it.. its what you payed for so he cant say no maybe they can say sorry i dont have anything but they never do to us they are always happy and say ok we fill 2 trays LOL we order so much.

Ive never done it in england but its no shame doing it here..