Are you too embarrassed to ask for a doggy bag for your left over food in a restaurant? A survey compiled by the Sustainable Restaurant Association revealed that at least 25% of us are to shy to ask for a doggy bag whereas our friends across the Atlantic regard doggy bags as a norm.
In a campaign launched by the association today called “Too Good To Waste”, 25000 biodegradable boxes will be issued to participating restaurants which in include Leon and Wahaca so that we can take home our leftovers. But will we eat them….?
I am so up for reducing the 21 tonnes of food waste generated by each restaurant a year, but eating leftover carbonara or soggy pie, mash and gravy the next day doesn’t appeal to me. I have been known to ask for a doggy bag but this is usually for food such as pizza, samosas, sushi etc..
Maybe there are some foods that lend themselves to doggy bags and others that don’t. I am not part of the British shy clan but I have my limits on what I will take home.
Bunty
