I really wish by law all restaurants were required to post caloric info on the menu.. It would have saved me the disgust I felt tonight.. I went to Cold Stone Creamery for a late afternoon "snack", or so I thought. so I ordered a small milk and cookies shake. As I was sucking on it I thought to myself "Man this tastes like fat, this tastes like straight up creamy whipped fat" yet I continued to drink it thinking "Well it can't be too bad for me". Well I go home and read the nutrition info on the website - 1090 calories, 570 from fat. Man that oughta be illegal...
Soo.. Anyone else have any restaurant horror stories?
yikes! I don't even think I'd attempt to go to a place that only serves ice cream as a snack... I know it would just be a recipe fro disaster.. I think I would more so go somewhere like that after I have researched online the options. and only as a RARE indulgence and I 'd probably split it with some even at that..... places like that definitely need to be planned and researched ahead of time. It can't just be some place you walk into for a snack .after I began calorie counting though i looked up some of the desserts I used to get on a daily or every few day basis I used to get this oreo hot fudge sundae from dairy queen and OMG I found out it was like 900 calories! I can't believe I used to eat that all the time. if you want ice cream in the future as a treat I'd recommend McDonalds small vanilla cone the ice cream is fat free and I think it's only 150 cals- I allow my self one of these every now and then on a really hot summer day if it's me and my hubbys date night or something..
I try to avoid restaurants like the plague. The other day, I ordered gazpacho on a menu and thought it would be refreshing to eat. Instead, it was a cold, cream soup. With every spoonful, I got angry that they would ruin cold tomato soup with cream. Gazpacho should not be cream based, but my guess is that they weren't using the highest quality fresh produce.
I have come to dislike restaurants because they seem incapable of not loading everything with oil, butter, and salt.
Next time you are at Coldstone (if there is a next time) do their Sinless Sweet Cream ice cream, it's 140 cals for the like it size. Add some fresh fruit from their selections. I do the Sinless Sweet Cream, raspberries and blackberries and a dab of fudge - ends up being just shy of 300 cals. This is a rare treat and the fudge itself is 90 cals
I really wish by law all restaurants were required to post caloric info on the menu.. It would have saved me the disgust I felt tonight.. I went to Cold Stone Creamery for a late afternoon "snack", or so I thought. so I ordered a small milk and cookies shake. As I was sucking on it I thought to myself "Man this tastes like fat, this tastes like straight up creamy whipped fat" yet I continued to drink it thinking "Well it can't be too bad for me". Well I go home and read the nutrition info on the website - 1090 calories, 570 from fat. Man that oughta be illegal...
Soo.. Anyone else have any restaurant horror stories?
Sorry about that but I have to 100% totally disagree with you about requiring nutrition be posted by law. It's a businesses right to post or not post and if you don't like it use the free market to make your voice known, ie don't spend your money there.
Sorry about that but I have to 100% totally disagree with you about requiring nutrition be posted by law. It's a businesses right to post or not post.....
Not everywhere, it's not. There are many places where posting calorie count is now the law. They're not doing it here in my area, but last time I was in the Seattle area, I saw calorie counts clearly posted on a fast-food menu board.
If I go out with the intention of staying within my calorie range I always look up the calorie count online 1st, and if I can't find it I just don't eat there. I always figure it's not en EXACT measurement since the person making the food may be more liberal or stingy with the ingredients but I figure it's accurate within 100 calories or so, give or take. I wouldn't be brave enough to walk into an ice cream store though, I would most likely throw the plan out the window and get an extra large with all the toppings lol - and there would go my entire daily allowance of calories in 1 "snack".
Not everywhere, it's not. There are many places where posting calorie count is now the law. They're not doing it here in my area, but last time I was in the Seattle area, I saw calorie counts clearly posted on a fast-food menu board.
Yes, and I believe that should be 100% unconstitutional and if it were a more important matter should be over turned by the supreme court.
Don't misunderstand me I wish all restaurants would post their nutrition info but I don't believe they should be forced. I just usuallly avoid these restaurants and take my business else where.
Yes, and I believe that should be 100% unconstitutional and if it were a more important matter should be over turned by the supreme court.
Don't misunderstand me I wish all restaurants would post their nutrition info but I don't believe they should be forced. I just usuallly avoid these restaurants and take my business else where.
One, while it might--might--be unconstitutional for the Federal government to have such requirements, I really don't understand where you find a constitutional prohibition on local and state governments enacting such laws.
Do you have the same problem with FDA labeling requirements on packaged food? (i.e., ingredients lists and nutritional information).
I'm a pretty big fan of the free market, but government role in the regulation of the safety of the food supply has been commonly accepted for well over a hundred years. This is a pretty natural extension of that role.
Restaurant regrets. :(
