Here in Canada, we have kids’ menus, but I haven’t been a kid in a while, and I don’t have kids, so I’m not sure what’s on those menus.
Sorry. I’ll do better.
Most major Japanese restaurants have kids menus. Click on links for pictures:
Family restaurants:
ROYAL HOST
http://www.royalhost.jp/kids/
Pancakes, hamburger steak, rice, french fries, ramen, etc.
DENNYS:
http://www.dennys.jp/dny/menu/dennys/kids/
Hamburger steak, rice omelet, fried chicken, etc.
Cake/Confectionary shop:
FUJIYA
http://www.fujiya-fs.com/menu/kidsfood.html
Soup, Japanese noodles, gratin, etc.
Coffee shop:
TULLYS
Ice cream, chocolate drinks, donuts, etc.
Fast Food:
LOTTERIA BURGERS
http://www.lotteria.jp/servicemenu/kidsmenu.html
Burgers, chicken nuggets, pancakes, etc.
Yakiniku (Korean BBQ):
GYUKAKU
Selected meats, corn, ramen, etc.
In Japan, many family restaurants have a specific item called okosama lunch (children’s lunch). As you can see, it generally includes some type of flavored rice, some fried foods and a hamburg steak (salisbury steak).
I haven’t seen one specifically for kids in the Dominican Republic, but many restaurants have options for kids. The good thing is that the DR is VERY kid-friendly. Most servers would do their best to accommodate a child’s taste.
I recently dined at a restaurant (sort of like TGI Fridays) in Denmark, where we summer nearly every year that had a menu for kids with games and stuff.
When I was on vacation in Israel, I remember schnitzel being on the kids’ menu at a lot of places. Schnitzel bore a very strong resemblance to the aforementioned chicken fingers.
In Aus, the top end food joints don’t but most of the rest have kids menus depending on their specialty.
Asian and Indian places usually don’t but you can sometimes get an entree size of something rather than a main.
Pubs and generic restaurants usually offer the standard kids menu of chicken nuggets and chips, Spag Bol or something similar. It’s not designed to give the kid a good eating experience, just something to shove in their mouth so they shut up while the parents are eating.
Not here (Italy). Kids are expected to eat what is on the menu, although it is perfectly permissible to ask for a smaller or plainer portion. The first time I came across kids’ menus was about 20 years ago in the UK, and the only options seemed to be frozen, mass-produced and then fried. My four-year old little food snob turned her nose up at all of them, and I think we finally ended up in Pizza Express where she could get a plate of pasta.
That is a laudable goal, which in my own parenting experience is not incompatible with taking advantage of the kids’ menu.
Following snowthx’s lead, I’ll now bow out of this hijack.
Sure, but “a small portion of Italian food” basically describes half of the typical US kids menu.
We have a local “family restaurant” establishment which does this to a limited extent. The kid’s menu turkey plate, for instance, comes with one slice of turkey breast, potatoes, vegetables and soup rather than two slices of turkey. And costs a fair bit less than the adult plate. They have fish, poultry, pork chops, chopped steak, etc. It’s not fine dining but it’s a nice departure from chicken strips and spaghetti.
Of course, they do have chicken strips and spaghetti as well.