How many calories are in your food when eating out? A breakdown of calories in Chinese, Western, and Japanese dishes.

2026-04-22

How many calories are in your takeout meal? A terrifying calorie reveal!

After get off work, eating, drinking, and gossiping with friends often leads to an unknowing accumulation of calories! Below are the calorie counts for common restaurant foods. Foods with excessively high calories should definitely be avoided. Add up the total calories of all your food intake for the day to check if you've been eating too much!

I. Chinese Cuisine

Food Name | Calories (kcal)

Braised pork rice 1 bowl 395

Chicken leg rice 1 serving 700

1 serving of pork rib rice: 625

Pork Rice (1 serving) 600

1 serving of risotto 700

Curry rice 1 serving 600

Fried rice 1 serving 550

500g fried noodles per serving

Fried rice noodles 1 serving 400

II. Chinese Pastries

Food Name | Calories (kcal)

120 yuan for one xiaolongbao

255 yuan for one char siu bao

75 yuan for one potsticker

50 dumplings

One shumai costs 45 yuan.

One meat-filled rice dumpling costs 450 yuan.

Pan-fried buns, 250 each

450 for one scallion pancake

Radish cake 1 piece 70

Spring roll 300

III. Western-style desserts

Food Name | Calories (kcal)

100g of Jujube and Walnut Pastry 216g

Cheesecake 55g 245

Chocolate cake 60g 260

55g custard cake 235

Coffee cake 60g 255

560 for one McFlurry

Potato cake 70g 250

French fries (large) 1 serving 340

5 small pastries, 300

300 for one fried chicken cutlet

One fried chicken leg costs 300

1 fried chicken wing 240

Hot dog 80g 280

Crispy Cream Soup 1 bowl 450

1 serving of lettuce salad 100

IV. Japanese Cuisine

Food Name | Calories (kcal)

Japanese cold noodles 1 bowl 300

Tempura 40g 100

Takoyaki 30g 60

Grilled saury 40g 120

80 for 1 bowl of chawanmushi

V. Soups

Food Name | Calories (kcal)

One bowl of Four Gods Soup costs 120.

Radish and fish ball soup 1 bowl 100

Hot and sour soup 1 bowl 110

1 bowl of corn chowder 130

1 bowl of miso soup 50

VI. Beverages

Food Name | Calories (kcal)

One can of Coca-Cola (355 ml) 150

Sprite 1 can (355 ml) 150

1 cup (500 ml) lemon juice 180

1 cup (500 ml) of orange juice 200

1 cup of milk tea (500 ml) 250

One latte (500 ml) 200

Black tea (with sugar) 1 cup (500 ml) 180

Green tea (unsweetened) 1 cup (500 ml) 0

VII. Snacks

Food Name | Calories (kcal)

100g of green fruit 575

100g of dried bean curd cubes cost 250g

100 grams of sunflower seeds cost 545

100g of pistachios 517

100g of almonds 644

Mixed Bean Paste 100g 400

100g of broad beans 460

100g cashews 565

100g of seaweed 150

100g of dried squid strips cost 380

100g of codfish floss 305

100g beef shank 380

100g of spiced beef jerky costs 475

100g of shredded pork 380

100g of vegetarian dried tofu costs 380 yuan.

100g of dried meat costs 388

50g olives x 5 pieces 70g

100g of charcoal-smoked dried plums cost 240g

100g dried pineapple 200

100g dried mango 240

Two small yokan (sweet bean jelly) cost 65.

Rice 1 112