I just discovered that the chocolate cake I had at Macaroni Grill tonight has 1180 calories and 68 g of fat. Holy. Shit.
I knew it was huge, but ... man, I wouldn't have guessed that it was possible to make something so saturated with useless calories. I'm not having that again. I ate most of it, too - my chocolate allotment for the next 6 months or so.
Obviously, I did not think chocolate cake would be healthy or diet food, but this is yet another example of how everything in a restaurant turns out to be even more scary and evil nutrition-wise than it seems.
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Was it so absolutely delicious that it was sort of worth it - even if you aren't going to eat it again?
Wow. We've been baking more cookies recently than we probably should... but I'm pretty sure we aren't eating that many calories in one sitting (I hope!)
Restaurant deserts are truly gargantuan, both in size and in energy content. And what with diminishing marginal returns, they're probably not really worth it. On the other hand, who wants to live a life that doesn't include the occasional giant piece of chocolate cake?
I would say that it was not worth it relative to what else I could buy for 1200 calories. For example, it is not the pleasure equivalent of the 3 and a half macademia nut or oatmeal cookies (of a good size) that I could eat at Jason's Deli, just to name another insanely calorie dense treat.
Alternatively, I could eat 6.7 POUNDS of baby carrots, but I think even Leo would balk at that. :)
Only 1180 calories? This "piece" of cake was 12"x12"x6" and slathered with various sticky things. The waitress staggered a bit under the load. Even with some help, Sally couldn't finish it off.
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