The real crime is putting lettuce in a Greek salad

I dined with a group of Americans at a Greek restaurant in Athens once and every one of them ordered a Greek salad as their meal. They were all sitting with the enormous meant-to-be-communally-shared salad bowl in front of each of them. The Greek waiters never even blinked but I bet there was a bit of banter about it back in the kitchen.

I saw a funny take at "food sharing" a year ago or so in in a really posh restaurant in Venice, a couple of American tourists (clearly a couple, boy/girl) ordered a portion of pasta and then they passed the plate back and forth between them while the one not eating took pictures of the other one eating...

LOL. Backpackers, for sure!

doubt it, average meal price €400? when i was backpacking (admittedly, a few years back), i wish i had a tenth of that for spare for food
it was really funny, the missus still tells the story and gets itself in stitches

No wonder they shared one plate! And photographed it for posterity.

for posterity? I've seen another group of (American) tourists take picture of each other in front of McDonalds , they keep those piccies for posterity too?

I do find it odd that the Swiss go yucky about food sharing and eating with hands in Asia and yet they stick their utensils straight from their mouths into fondues, fondue chinois, have no problems taking a taste of your drink by putting their lips on your glass/straw, and eating little apero bits with their (unwashed) hands.

I think that even sharing must have its limits... and I think that the line should be drawn to the "double dipping"

average meal price €400...?!?! Hopefully not for just pasta and hopefully for primi, secondi and many more piatti!!

I don't want to sound rude but Venice and "Tourist Trap" spring to mind...!! You can find some stunning places to eat if you wander out towards Isola/Murano side and see where the locals are going

Nobody mentioned Lebanese. That's a classic many plates/many people sharing cuisine.

And the nicest Etheopian I've been to is just near Acton Town tube in Lahhhhdon.

I was at a wedding a few years ago here, where there were some nice dips and lots of dippy things to dip into them, and the woman next to me, would dip her carrot, suck the dip off the end and nibble it a bit, then re dip it again in the dip . So disgusting

I see your point, but I come from there, so I'd like to think that I can avoid the tourist traps. And the restaurant is near Fondamente Nuove (not going to mention the name in case someone sees it as improper advertisement ), which is the North side of Venice towards Murano et al. the €400 fr is approx for 2 starters, 2 (small) primi, 2 secondi, dessert, bottle of wine, bottle of water, coffee and grappa. best chef in all venice bar none though...

maybe this is one of those 'not so subtle' hints that women give?

Try the steamed jellyfish sometime...

Before or after the meal?

The Dessert Song
He: "Would you like dessert?"
She: "No, thanks...."
She: "...I'll just have some of yours."
He: "No. If you want dessert, we'll order you some."
She: "I just want a little of yours."
He: "No. You'll eat most of mine. You always do."
She: "You're so selfish."
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