The New, Improved Dining Party From Hell(tm)

[figmo]

I was sitting in a Chinese restaurant yesterday and overheard the following conversation between the three people at the table next to me:

Person 1: "They have really good Hunan Pork. Oh wait, you don't do pork. Well, the house tofu is excellent."

Person 2: "Is tofu that nasty soybean curd stuff? If so, forget it. I won't eat that stuff."

Person 1 [to Person 3]: "Let's see....you're a vegetarian, right?"

I was choking from laughing and thinking "I wish Fred and Robin were here to see this."

Comments

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Salad bars. The low-carb person doesn't get much protein, but they can at least avoid massive amounts of carbs if they stick to veggies.

[ashi.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I've never tried to drag cheeseboy to a salad bar. They often have cheese sprinkles. If it's American cheese, and they have pasta and ketchup, he might survive there.

A low-carb person could at least add some tofu, though I don't think the one in my group likes it.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

But then you don't get the carnivores (and if salad means the cold green stuff only then not me either -- I will happily eat cooked veggie food but dislike most salad items).

But then I just wouldn't eat much there, and would get a burger or something somewhere else later (or earlier if I knew about it). I agree that picky eaters shouldn't expect to be catered for in a group, either they find something they can eat or they don't eat with that group. I don't do Thai (coconut) or Indian (a certain spice that's used in all UK Indian restaurants) food, for instance, that simply means that I will eat elsewhere if that is where the group is going, or I'll go along and not eat there.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

The salad bar where I ate just a few minutes ago had, amongst its entrees, "Chicken Pot Pie Stew," "Chili," "Chicken Noodle Soup" (with big chunks of chicken), and "Boston Clam Chowder."

In California we have all-you-can-eat salad bars that also have soups, chili, pastas, pizza, garlic bread, baked potatoes, muffins, and desserts -- all in addition to the salad making stuff and prepared salads.