My parents and I were planning to eat dinner at Souplantation last night. I’ve been trying to track my food intake with both Fitbit and MyFitnessPal apps on my phone. Since Souplantation has extensive nutritional information on their menu online, it’s easy to track. However, my dad ended up eating too much junk food in the afternoon so only my mom and I went to dinner in the end. Instead of Souplantation, we ate at a Japanese izakaya next door.
We ended up sitting at the sushi bar since there were no more tables, but neither one of us ate raw fish. It was weird sitting right in front of the sushi chefs and not ordering anything from them. My mom got a chicken teriyaki bento 照り焼きチキン, and I got some hot soba with shrimp tempura 天麩羅蕎麦 plus some fried tofu 揚げ出し豆腐. The food was pretty good; my mom wants to go back to eat already. However, there’s no nutritional information on their menu so I have to guess at my food intake. The soba didn’t taste that salty but I’m sure there’s quite a bit of sodium in the broth. Likewise, how much fat and phosphorus is there in the fried tofu? Do people who need to track their food intake closely just not eat out at small restaurants?
My friend and I are planning to meet for lunch today near my work. Usually we go to a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese place. Obviously, they don’t post any nutritional information anywhere. I usually get their pho or egg noodles. The only nutritional information is salty.
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