There isn't enough food to waste

It is time we stopped wasting food.

When I first came to Beijing several years ago, a colleague took me to dinner at a nearby restaurant. With an obvious intention to introduce me to the wide variety of Beijing cuisine, he ordered far too many dishes, some of which we didn't even touch. The bill, to my relief, was no more than 100 yuan.

I went back to the same restaurant a couple of weeks ago with another friend. We ordered just enough for two, and when the bill came, I was astounded to find that this simple meal cost us more than the elaborate one I had before in this same restaurant.