Restaurants that serve ‘unfinished dish’ trending in Japan
A new trend of serving customers unfinished food is trending in Japan – not because of understaffed restaurants, but because the restaurants want customers to enjoy the freedom of adjusting the doneness of meat dishes or the portion of their meals.
Originally aired on Feb. 12, 2026
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2 Comments
They got restaurants charging for leftovers now
IMO, "partially cooked" would be better words to use rather than "unfinished dish" because they sounded like foods that customers couldn't finished them and got sold to other customers.