Go high-class place and dunno how to pronounce chim words
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I always paiseh....quite noob when it comes to weird french or italian words...
sometimes point...
when cannot point like in marche then cannot order
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sometimes the servers themselves oso dunno.
stay away from french and italian eateries if u dun want to sia suay urself
or, maybe the jipoonese restaurants too -
try ordering a mille feuille
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just say, I want this want (point), this want, this want,.......and this want (point).
sure works. -
Order set lunch or dinner loh.. I always do that. Btw,nothing to feel paiseh. Sometimes,I just point to them the dish I want. Nothing wrong!Originally posted by crimson soldier:I always paiseh....quite noob when it comes to weird french or italian words...
sometimes point...
when cannot point like in marche then cannot order -
Just point... food is meant to be eaten
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point also can but i try to ask the servers how it's pronounced so the next time i know....
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I waited tables at snotty establishments before ... don't sweat it lah ... you think the average part time student server or hokkien beng really knows meh ? ...
you point, you say "pthpthpthpthpth, ... we look, we write down, end of story ...
you want to act class or kek seh just leave a $100 note behind as tip, we'll be more impressed than anyone knowing how to pronounce "foie gras" .... -
It's not a great confidence-builder when the waiter says, "Would you like some mine stroan, sir?".Originally posted by FireIce:sometimes the servers themselves oso dunno.
If I don't know how to pronounce something, I'll just come right out with it and ask the waiter how it's pronounced. After all, what have you got to lose? -
there may be a problem ....Originally posted by FireIce:sometimes the servers themselves oso dunno.
stay away from french and italian eateries if u dun want to sia suay urself
or, maybe the jipoonese restaurants too
the average half baked potato singaporean's chinese may not be powerful enough to read chinese menus .... just something I've noticed ... -
yah..Originally posted by Fatum:there may be a problem ....
the average half baked potato singaporean's chinese may not be powerful enough to read chinese menus .... just something I've noticed ...
esp when the items usually have more bombastics "beautified" names
daogay is yin ya
chicken feet is feng zhua
then got those jin yu man tang, dai dai ping an, jin zhi yu ye...... -
i remember MTV boiling point, there was one episode where the waiter laughed at the peoples' mispronounciation