A korean meal is only limited by the size of the table. I've visited resturants in korea where there were no less than 30 plates that came out of 1 set meal.

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rurban 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've visited Turkish breakfast restaurants, where the whole family sits around a table with 50-80 plates of various stuff, for about 15€. Eating needs 2 hours.

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mock-possum 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What do they do with all the food that doesn’t get eaten?

	▲	Flowsion 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There's not much leftover, as they are served in small little sauce-like plates. It's pretty frowned upon to ask for more banchan if you aren't going to finish it. But yes, the leftover dishes are thrown away.
	▲	wrp 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		A substantial restaurant meal in Korea is usually served with several standard side dishes. Due to the expense and effort of providing these to each table, restaurants often require a minimum party size of two. Also, I'm not sure if it's illegal or just gross, but if a dish looks untouched, sketchier places will sometimes just pass it along to the next customer.
	▲	kragen 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Usually there isn't much. The plates are tiny and mostly have vegetables.
	▲	coarise 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You eat them.

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fuzzer371 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As someone who works in food service, that sounds like a nightmare, not just to prepare but to bring all of that to the table.

	▲	n1b0m 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Nah it’s pretty easy https://youtube.com/shorts/OC0Bdc2Ks0o?si=xTioDi1DmyocrRVC
	▲	kijin 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Most restaurants of this style have the full set pre-arranged on trays, stacked on shelves, ready to serve. Most of the banchan are a combination of dry, fermented, and strongly seasoned, so they don't spoil easily. When it's time to clean up, all the plates stack neatly on top of one another. In terms of the total number of plates that the staff needs to serve and clean, it's probably not much different from a European meal that consists of several courses.