Ever ordered a “paneer butter masala” only to be served a glorified starter portion floating in oil with exactly 4 paneer cubes? And last year, that same dish had 6 cubes! Portion sizes in Indian restaurants are like stock prices; unpredictable, volatile, and going downhill.
There are no standards. Every restaurant decides its own “portion logic” and most are silently shrinking them year after year. With no way to gauge quantity, diners end up over-ordering, under-eating, or just playing food-roulette. And asking the staff? Good luck decoding answers like “medium hai, sir... two people ho jaayega.” With over 20 million people dining out daily, is it too much to ask for basic portion size norms? Something uniform. Something honest. Something that doesn’t make us guess whether "full" means full or "full of regret."
If restaurants won’t fix this, courts might and then the inspectors will come knocking, menu in one hand, gratuity book in the other.
