Sentence examples for dish portion from inspiring English sources

1. Order an appetizer portion of pasta instead of a main dish portion.

In addition to more pierogies (there are 12 in a main-dish portion, 8 in an appetizer), I would go right now for another serving of the breaded pork tenderloin schnitzel topped with a crisp-bottomed fried egg, sunnyside up.

The other day, the salads were better than the main-dish portions of cooked chicken and seafood, which were on the dry side.

Figure on two small plates per person for each course, and count on sharing, though main-dish portions are available as well.

The Sayville restaurant offers an economical family-style menu at dinner, with dishes portioned for two or more people; half portions can be ordered at 60 percent of an entree's listed price.

This isn't true, mostly because when I review meat dishes some portion of them is often shared with my hungry colleagues, lowering my intake.

The waitstaff presents each dish, then portions out and serves the larger items to the table.

Many main dish pasta portions contain at least three cups which translates to an entire days worth of grains.

Other dishes, "share plates," are modestly portioned and seldom more than $12.

I Porchettoni serves a few pasta dishes – hearty portions in massive plastic bowls – and carnivorous second courses like meatballs or sausage.

At Thanksgiving in 2003, he flew to Baghdad, where he spent a couple of hours posing for photographs as he dished out portions of festive turkey to the troops who were fighting his war.