WHY do restaurants serve such big platefuls of food?

Several of us, when out for meals, ask for smaller portions, but the reply seems to be: "Just eat what you can and leave the rest."

I find it very off-putting to have such huge servings placed in front of me.

LAURA BAILEY, Hazel Grove, Clitheroe.

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