My wife VS. American food

[Armenia 18]

Claudeth always orders more than she can possibly eat, not sure what that is all about. We go to Goldilocks in Cerritos a lot and also a place in West Covina (can't remember the name.....little hole in the wall place by the seafood grocery store) and she always orders enough food for a week.

She will order a hamburger and eat two bites and is done. Of course she can go through 50 pounds if rice in about 2 months

That's what we would call "takaw tingin" - i.e., getting lots and lots of food because you WANT them without considering how much you can actually eat. You see that all the time when people go to eat-all-you-can restaurants. Have you ever been to eat-all-you can restaurants in the Philippines? There's a big difference in restaurant policy between the Philippines and the US. It's pretty common in the Philippines for an eat-all-you can restaurant to have a policy requiring customers to pay for food they've left on their plates. I guess it's their way of counteracting the takaw-tingin tendencies of people. I think that policy makes sense (even from the point of view of the client), when applied reasonably (well, there could be reasonable reasons why someone would not be able to eat all the food on his plate, say a medical emergency or something) since it also means that we don't unnecessarily waste food.

It's the inherent (food) greed in us all (very much more pronounced when we go to a buffet restaurant or go shopping when we're in a super-hungry state). We see all these different food and our eyes light up, our minds go - I want that, I like that, ooohh i like that, i want that and that and that..... The trick is, if you really want everything, to just get really tiny portions of everything. That way, you do satisfy your craving to taste everything without having to force yourself to eat so much.

[bowgirl 8]

I've been here for just more than 2 weeks and I'm already tired of American foods especially sandwiches and pizza. I cook Filipino foods but something is "wrong and different" and I don't know what. I agree with the "portion" comment. I can't finish my small size of softdrink, in Manila small size here is the biggie size in Wendy's.

[Dakine 26]

Dakine were moving to Hawaii on 2012 (Schofields Barracks) can you be my neighbor

Wrong island! LOL.

They do have fish farms here that raise both tilapia and bangus.

I catch my own by thrownet or set net. River tilapia are a bit muddy when you catch them. I have a LARGE pond I put them in and feed them. In a couple weeks they are masarap.

[Tahoma 2,292]

Before my wife got here to the USA, she told me that she will eat a lot of food when she gets here as she has a big appetite. I kept telling her that American food is 5 times more filling than food in the Philippines. Once she got here, we went to quite a few restaurants. One of which is Hu-Hot Mongolian Grill where you have a buffet of uncooked foods and they cook it up in front of you on the grill. She got her first place of noodles and meats and it dominated it her. She didn't even eat half the plate mean while I devoured most of my plate, though I didn't go up for 2nds. It's been like this at every restaurant...she comments on how full she gets from the food here unlike in the Philippines. And so I have to say:

American Food: 1

My Wife: 0

She will crave for Filipino food soon. I've been here for almost a year and I've been eating Filipino food most of the time. My husband loves Pinoy food as much as I do... except for bagoong and tuyo.

~Chinook

[JelloShotGirl 0]

My husband(the pinoy) doesnt really dig "western" food. He still eats rice 3x a day pretty much. Although we moved and burger king is down the block so he is getting dangerously obessed with their $1.00 double cheez burger. He also likes hero sandwiches that I bring home from work if we have a party. My husband still sticks to small servings but he really can eat 2 plates worth of rice here, he didnt in rp..........I guess he was conserving food. I was really shocked when we went to the asian buffet in which he inhaled 3 plates work of crab legs.......LOL

[Don José 2]

I have a LARGE pond I put them in and feed them. In a couple weeks they are masarap.

Haole, do you also feed your tilapia with manure fertilizer? This is what the Chinese who supply the fish markets here in California do to make the tilapia bigger and more masarap, they say.

[-B&T- 1]

Haole, do you also feed your tilapia with manure fertilizer? This is what the Chinese who supply the fish markets here in California do to make the tilapia bigger and more masarap, they say.

Oh, no! En realidad, Pepe señor? Mi esposo me traen frito tilapia casa a veces, desde el mercado chino! ¡Qué asco! (Tratando de hablar español hehehe)

[edp333 9]

Give her time Sage. Twenty pounds later she will be able to eat more!!

[Dakine 26]

Haole, do you also feed your tilapia with manure fertilizer? This is what the Chinese who supply the fish markets here in California do to make the tilapia bigger and more masarap, they say.

Tilapia raised in the Mohave desert in California feed on the poop of stripe bass raise also. Free fish food.

[Don José 2]

Oh, no! En realidad, Pepe señor? Mi esposo me traen frito tilapia casa a veces, desde el mercado chino! ¡Qué asco! (Tratando de hablar español hehehe)

Estrella, tu español esta bien. Mi comentario fue una broma, no lo crees.

Pero favor de leer este:

http://cleanerplateclub.wordpress.com/2007...at-poop-really/.

[-B&T- 1]

Estrella, tu español esta bien. Mi comentario fue una broma, no lo crees.

Pero favor de leer este:

http://cleanerplateclub.wordpress.com/2007...at-poop-really/.

Gracias, Pepe. Creo que voy a seguir con salmón a partir de ahora hehehe.