Let's say you head out to a restaurant for lunch with your co-workers. Depending on the situation, you might not have a say in what restaurant you end up going to. And you don't really have a say in how the restaurants prepare the food. In fact, the only thing you do have control over is A) What you order, and B) how much of it you eat.

So let's say you end up going to a Asian restaurant like P.F. Chang's. Chinese food is notorious for being high in calories, sodium, carbs and fat, but surely there must be some healthy options. You browse the menu and come across one dish that that sticks out as healthy: The Citrus Soy Salmon Lunch Bowl. Heck, they even let you choose whether you want it with brown or white rice! So let's analyze this choice. Salmon is healthy. Citrus is healthy. Brown rice is healthy. Soy is high in sodium but low in calories and fat. Overall, for a restaurant meal, it sounds pretty good, right?

You tell me ...


Surprise! The calorie count in this 'healthy' meal is an astounding 1047 calories, with 63 grams of fat.

What. The. Heck.

I've never had this particular dish, so I can't tell you where they went wrong, but there's no way citrus Salmon with brown rice and soy should be this high. I suspect that either the portion size is ridiculously large or they add a lot of extra (and perhaps unnecessary?) fat. Actually, I bet both of these factors are at play.

Some better bets?

• The Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon steamed with ginger has 646 calories, 36 g of fat.
  
• The Oolong Marinated Sea Bass has 521 calories, 12 g of fat.
  
• Buddha's Feast Lunch Bowl has 541 calories, 8 g of fat
• The Shrimp with Lobster Sauce has 480 calories, 22 g of fat.
  

You can check out the calorie counts of your other favourite dishes by visiting P.F. Chang's official site.