To mayo or not to mayo
On Jan 7, 12:33*pm, Wilson > wrote:
> sometime in the recent past John Doe posted this:
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> > On Jan 7, 9:33 am, Wilson > wrote:
> >> sometime in the recent past Nick Cramer posted this:
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> >>> John Doe > wrote:
> >>>> On Jan 3, 9:47=A0pm, wrote:
> >>>>> [ . . . ]
> >>>> Food is meant to be enjoyed, whatever your tastes.
> >>>> If you like Tabasco on your Ikura with a side of coleslaw, and it's
> >>>> available at the place you're eating, then eat it and enjoy it!
> >>>> This fanaticism about making sure someone else likes what you eat is
> >>>> crazy.
> >>>> As long as you're polite, do not make other diners unhappy because of
> >>>> your behavior and you enjoy the food as you like it prepared, go for
> >>>> it.
> >>> Agreed.
> >>>> If someone else makes a comment about how you like your food, then
> >>>> tell them to mind their own business and enjoy their food the way they
> >>>> like it and leave you alone.
> >>> Perhaps thanking them for their interest and then ignoring them would be
> >>> more polite (see above).
>
> > Sorry pal, polite went out the door as soon as someone is rude enough
> > to talk to me about how I should eat my food. As with your smart ass
> > comments later, I don't mince words either.
>
> >>>> Watching someone else eat their food at another table is considered
> >>>> rude. If someone does this to you, ignore them and enjoy what you've
> >>>> paid for.
> >>>> If you don't like mayo on anything, then instruct the chef to NOT put
> >>>> it on anything he serves you.
> >>> Requesting, rather than instructing, might pay higher dividends.
>
> > When I'm paying for it, the chef makes what I like. I'm not
> > requesting, I'm instructing. Since you seem to be worried more about
> > what someone thinks of you after you leave, I understand that you're
> > actually scared to tell the chef how to make your food. Hell, let him
> > make it the way HE likes it. That way, he won't laugh at you later.
>
> >>>> By this advice, I don't mean for you to pull out a jug of kimche and
> >>>> pour it over your meal. If kimche is offered and you like it on your
> >>>> rolls, then ask for it to be put into your rolls. It's your meal, not
> >>>> anyone else's.
> >>>> As for "Traditional" or not....who cares? I eat what I enjoy. I don't
> >>>> eat what I don't enjoy.
> >>>> Unless you're eating your sushi while standing at a cart in the
> >>>> street, then you're really NOT being truly "Traditional" if you want
> >>>> to go back far enough. Let's not be silly folks.
> >>>> I certainly don't mean to insult anyone, but if someone were to tell
> >>>> someone how to eat their food, then they better be paying for it and
> >>>> talking to their own children.
> >>>> Yes, there are limits. Polite. Not making a big scene. Common everyday
> >>>> politeness.
> >>>> I've been eating sushi for 30 years. Don't tell me how to eat my food..
> >>>> I'll eat it as I like to within reason.
> >>>> I don't care what scale the place is. Unless the chef is paying for my
> >>>> meal, I'll eat what I feel like eating and he'll make it the way I
> >>>> tell him to make it or I'll simply go elsewhere.
> >>> I'll tell the Itamae, "Onigaishimas'", 'whatever I want'. Regarding how I
> >>> want it, I'll say, "Kudasai." I'm aware that I'm an honored guest and
> >>> there's no need for me to wave my katana to get good service.
>
> > What a crock of bull. I'm no guest in a restrurant. I'm a paying
> > customer. When I speak to a chef in an American resruant, I'll speak
> > english, not Japanese. Big deal, you know a few words in Japanese. You
> > think that makes people respect you? Wrong.
>
> >>>> In those 30 years, not a single person has ever told me that I was
> >>>> eating my sushi wrong with the exception of a very impolite waitress
> >>>> who told me to use chops instead of using my fingers for pieces of a
> >>>> roll. I told her in short order to mind her own business and go away.
> >>>> The manager of the place agreed with me.
> >>> Perhaps she was just trying to be helpful. You might have thanked her,
> >>> continued as you were, and not put her job in jeapordy.
>
> > Some waitress comes to my table and tells me that the perfectly
> > respectful manner in which I eat isn't ok with her? Give me a break.
> > Maybe she'll actually be better at her new job flipping burgers.
>
> >> I'm gonna go out on a limb and take John Doe at face value and
> >> agree that his waitress was rude and not simply trying to be helpful.
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> > Her "helpful" was rude. I don't care if she was trying to be or not.
> > She can go practice on someone who isn't paying $50+ bucks for the
> > meal. I'm not an instructor, I'm a customer.
>
> >> Have to ask you, Nick, if you back doesn't hurt bending over
> >> backwards like that to defend someone you don't know in a
> >> situation you weren't involved in. Gaijin or nanban, you appear to
> >> have some of the lingo down, but what are they saying about you
> >> after you leave the restaurant?
>
> > Why should he worry about what someone says about him after he's left?
> > If they wish to talk badly about a customer and don't have enough
> > backbone to do so in front of the person they're speaking about, then
> > to hell with them. Again, they didn't pay for the meal.
>
> >>>> Good luck to all of you, but come on, lets not get all weird about
> >>>> what is ok for a person to eat when they are paying for it and being
> >>>> polite.
> >>> By your displayed attitude, I would say that you would be seen, not as 'gai
> >>> jin', but as 'nanban', and would be laughed at after you left.
>
> > I couldn't care less what some low life says about me behind my back.
> > You obviously do. As for the Japanese name calling, I'll keep mine in
> > English for you; You sound like an asshole. A conceited asshole. Clear
> > enough for you?
>
> >> I would not
> >>> care to be your companion at a sushiya or anywhere else for that matter.
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