How do I eat that?

[willsham45]

Have you ever gone to a restaurant, ordered your food and then when it comes to you, you cannot eat it because of how it is presented. Not it looking unappetizing more along the lines of imposable to eat.

I went to a new burger restaurant the burger that was presented to me was no joke something like a good 6 inches tall, not even my mouth was big enough to eat that and it was not really compressible with loads of sauce and other garnishes.

Anyone else had a similar experience

 

[Talshere]

First time I was given king prawns maybe?

Ive had a few retard moments when Ive tried to eat something like your aforementioned burger, after squashing it down just to see if I could, but after it gets to my mouth and proved to be far to big I just break out the knife and fork

 

[drbarno]

No. but if I saw a burger that size i'd see it as a challenge.

 

[Vampire cat]

Uhm... Knife and fork? Thats how I eat burgers >>. No problem =p.

I only struggle eating food if it's presented on the plate almost as a work of art. I don't want to ruin it so can't decide on where to start =/.

 

[Doctor What]

NEVER BECAUSE OF SIZE. Code of manliness and all that jazz. However, once because it was just utterly disgusting. The first time I went to France we ate at this authentic french restaurant, and they presented to us: Buckwheat crepes, with salted clove cured ham and an just the egg yolk. They told us that we had to break the egg open and then cut the crepe and smear it around in the yolk. One girl got sick-but we all wanted to.

 

[Crystalite]

Burgers are not that hard, since you can just press them down quite well. If you try to eat them without getting sauce everywhere, you may be in trouble if its diameter is to large.
I love the story of a friend going into an extremely posh restaurant and ordering a burger, because they had it on the menu. He did get it, but all the waiters gathered around to see him make a fool of himself. Great times.

The only real problem I once had with a lobster. There was on in the buffet, and noone dared to try to open it somehow, but it would have been a great shame to just let it go to waste. So I tried my luck, and after just looking stupid for 20 minutes, I went and asked the waiter, who did it for me.
Tastet great!

 

[Talshere]

Ah, one that really pisses me off is "Chinese restaurants" who place down chopsticks instead of a knife and fork but still use western rice and cook it in a western way. In china, the rice is like bloody glue, it sticks together in clumps and is really easy to pick up. In western countries, you end up trying to pick up each individual grain. Bloody dumb.

Infact this is applicable to many Asian style restaurants.

 

[Explosm]

When i first witnessed what an oyster/muscelle was. I was like... wtf ?

 

[wooty]

Japanese Hairy Prawns, they're huge and theres bits everywhere, also feels rude to try and gob it one try.

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

First time I got a rack of ribs. I got the half size and it came out and I was like 'Holy Shit'. It was huge and I did't know how to eat it until someone at my table told me how.

 

[Sonicron]

Reminds of when I recently visited an XXL restaurant and saw someone trying to take on the Burger Challenge - that is, trying to consume a 4-pound burger in one sitting. If he'd won the meal would have been for free, he'd have gotten his name engraved on the golden honors tablet of the restaurant and a free round of hard liquor.
Of course, he failed miserably in front of his girlfriend (why would you take your girl to watch you try something like that, by the way?!), and thus he had to pay for the meal (28 Euros, I think) and donate at least 5 Euros to the Red Cross. The latter part of that deal still makes me laugh when I think about the cleverness of it. ^^

OT: I remember being puzzled at the sight of a certain kind of cake recently. Apparently it has no English designation, but the literal translation would be 'tree cake'. Its exterior didn't really give hints as to its consistency, and I had no idea how best to cut and consume it.
Absolutely delicious, though.

 

[Lerxst]

Artichokes... still clueless.

 

[CitySquirrel]

Artichokes... still clueless.

Tear off a leaf and dip it in salted butter. Enter heaven. Repeat.


I saw a guy order a club sandwich, at a little cafe that, that was about the size of that burger, and packed so it couldn't be squished down for eating. He loved it.... I was happy with my dinky reuben.

 

[LemonMelon]

Ah, one that really pisses me off is "Chinese restaurants" who place down chopsticks instead of a knife and fork but still use western rice and cook it in a western way. In china, the rice is like bloody glue, it sticks together in clumps and is really easy to pick up. In western countries, you end up trying to pick up each individual grain. Bloody dumb.

Infact this is applicable to many Asian style restaurants.

I feel your pain. I make a lot of traditional japanese dishes that all call for sticky rice and NONE of the western "asian" rices will stick. I have to purchase all my rice on my annual trip to japan.

Just ridiculous, is what it is.

 

[omegaT]

That's why I learned to unhinge my jaw.

 

[freedomweasel]

Artichokes... still clueless.

Tear off a leaf and dip it in salted butter. Enter heaven. Repeat.


I saw a guy order a club sandwich, at a little cafe that, that was about the size of that burger, and packed so it couldn't be squished down for eating. He loved it.... I was happy with my dinky reuben.

My family always used mayonnaise with lemon. I always assumed this was the ONE TRUE WAY until my fiance made some artichokes and put olive oil with salt, pepper and garlic. Now you tell me butter?!?! Dear lord..

to the OP: Sometimes when you're at a fancier type place and you get something like french fries or something.. is it still cool to use my fingers? Or do I use a fork because they're fancy french fries?

 

[Skorpyo]

Red Robin Monster Burger.

I split the sides of my mouth trying to eat it. (I was 14 at the time)

Or Chipotle burritos. When I order mine, they barely fit in the foil wrapper. :/

 

[dfcrackhead]

You guys suck, I go out of my way to find the biggest, tastiest burgers. I exercise for it by opening my mouth as wide as I can till it hurts and I have yet to find a sammich that could best me. On Monday, I go to subway and get a feast(turkey, ham, roast beef, salami and pepperoni and I think theres one or two other meats, but I cannot remember) with DOUBLE MEAT, plus bacon, cheese and the veggies and shit of my choosing, I hope that I will either meet my match, or just really fucking enjoy it.

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

Have you ever gone to a restaurant, ordered your food and then when it comes to you, you cannot eat it because of how it is presented. Not it looking unappetizing more along the lines of imposable to eat.

I went to a new burger restaurant the burger that was presented to me was no joke something like a good 6 inches tall, not even my mouth was big enough to eat that and it was not really compressible with loads of sauce and other garnishes.

Anyone else had a similar experience

6 inch burgers are pussies....look up Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania....its one of the reasons why i love liveing in this state.