This weekend my husband and I had a classic “date night” our way–a late matinee movie followed by an early-ish dinner. Movies are expensive enough before 6:00 pm, and we’d rather be home with our dog after she eats her dinner, than try to get her to eat and go out before we leave for a few hours!
We saw Argo, which we both thought was good. I was surprised at how many memories it brought back. I vividly remember seeing yellow ribbons everywhere and watching “Day XXX” of the hostage crisis coverage.
After the movie we went to one of our favorite Mediterranean places for dinner. I was in the mood for pizza, and thought they would have a good veggie one. When I saw this on the menu, it sounded perfect.
(The whole menu spells “Kalamata” with a “C”–is that a variation or a typo?)
When the waiter brought my pizza, it looked great.
But after a few bites, I tasted something almost sweet, and then noticed a white sauce all over the pizza. Blech! I asked the waiter if there was “salad dressing” on the pizza, and he said that there was. 🙁
I debated trying to blot it off, but realized that it probably had permeated the crust. The waiter offered to bring me another pizza, but I decided to share my husband’s cheese pizza instead.
I grabbed a take-out menu on our way out, and saw that I had overlooked the offending ingredient–it must have been that garlic aioli sauce. 😛 The pizza would have been great otherwise, so I will go back and order it again–without the sauce!
Have you ever ordered something that had one surprise ingredient that ruined it for you?
Do you send food back if you can’t eat it?
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I worked in restaurants for 20 years. It's hard to send it back if it's written on the menu. But if you admit that it was your mistake and apologize usually it's cool. Restaurant people make mistakes too. The waiter was offering to bring you another one, b/c even if you know it's not his fault, you might tip more if you leave happy. Besides pizza has a really high markup. It's easier to replace than a steak.
Good points. I was a waitress way bsck when so I'm sensitive to waitstaff. We tipped him generously on what our full bill would have been.
you and your husband ARE me and mine.
I am matinee mcgee….
Yuck, that sounds really gross. I'm really picky at restaurants, I'm pretty sure I've never ordered something right off of the menu without any special instructions/substitution.
Gack!! salad dressing? that's just pure nastiness. I'd have demanded free food for me AND the entire restaurant. #overkill
salad dressing on a pizza? EW!!
That sounds pretty good to me!
As a vegetarian I scrutinize ingredient lists. I can't stand goat cheese and hate when it is added to an otherwise perfectly yummy sounding lacto-vegetarian dish! I still ordered something on the cruise last week that I knew had it, and found I still couldn't take it, so I scraped it off.