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I was in a Chinese restaurant and asked for a Grouse and water... Got a glass of water.
When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
Jer_1974 said:
I was in a Chinese restaurant and asked for a Grouse and water... Got a glass of water.
When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
If they're pronouncing 'soup' as 'soap', they're retards, not Geordies. When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
Jer_1974 said:
I was in a Chinese restaurant and asked for a Grouse and water... Got a glass of water.
When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
Gordie?When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
shakotan said:
Jer_1974 said:
I was in a Chinese restaurant and asked for a Grouse and water... Got a glass of water.
When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
Gordie?When I was 15 I worked in a local cafe, Gordie couple came in asking for some Soap.. Me Soap, do you want to wash your hands? After much confusion it turns out they were asking for soup in a gordie accent.
GreenDog said:
A colleague who hails from Durham was away on business many years ago and went to the bar of the hotel he was staying at and asked for a coke. The barman gave him a quizical look then disappeared for a minute and returned with a cork 
Probably amazed that someone on expenses wasn't ordering booze?RicksAlfas said:
I asked for a Johnnie Walker and got... Tonic Water.
Now that's a blessing in disguise.
In a restaurant in China Town, Soho in the Seventies, my first wife and I were very young and trying oh so hard to be sophisticated. We looked at the menu and were, I seem to recall, aghast at what we read. We ordered timidly and waited. A waiter brought a dinky tea pot and cups and left us to it. I poured. We had very thin tea and a couple of dead moths each. The menu had mentioned birds nest this and shark fin that and as much as we didn't want to drink it, we didn't want to appear too provincial enquiring whether moth tea was a delicacy or a mistake.
After a lot of frantic whispering, I asked. They were very, very sorry and made sure we had a lovely time.
Apparently the restaurant was inexplicably busy and they had been going further and further back in the crockery cupboards until they were using things that hadn't been used for years and they hadn't thought to check for stowaways.
After a lot of frantic whispering, I asked. They were very, very sorry and made sure we had a lovely time.
Apparently the restaurant was inexplicably busy and they had been going further and further back in the crockery cupboards until they were using things that hadn't been used for years and they hadn't thought to check for stowaways.
Many years ago whilst in the Carribbean, my friend and I had a drunken end of night meal of "mountain chicken" from a roadside barby with a scorching chilly and garlic sauce. It was delicious. We were less enamoured about the experience when we saw the pre-cooked specimens the next day. Google it - they are not chickens and they don't live in the mountains...
Leptodactylus fallax, commonly known as the Giant Ditch Frog, is a species of frog that is native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat. The population has declined 80% in the last ten years and this species is now critically endangered.[1] The population is estimated to 8000 individuals. One of the main threats is human consumption. The fungal disease chytridiomycosis has also had a dramatic effect on the population.
Living in Asia, food ordering in the more off beat locations is always a bit of a lottery, hand gestures are part of the process of ordering (hence never any confusion when ordering beers) bit sometimes the food itself can be a mystery best left unsolved, or at least wait until you have finished.
plenty of occasions in vietnam, laos and cambodia especially doing farmyard impressions after a meal to identify what animal was just served ....
cluck cluck?? woof woof?? baah baah?? miaow miaow?? etc etc.
plenty of occasions in vietnam, laos and cambodia especially doing farmyard impressions after a meal to identify what animal was just served ....
cluck cluck?? woof woof?? baah baah?? miaow miaow?? etc etc.
SC7 said:
sneijder said:
Damn right, it's in the Geneva Convention that any nation serving British tourists must supply a laminated menu with photos. I had nothing to point at.
Someone who might be married to someone typing this post, once pointed at a pictorial menu and said, "I'd also like some onion rings please."
Calamari turned up... a common mistake it seemed.
Of course it was all MY fault!
Mobile Chicane said:
I'll never forget a business meeting at a large company in Birmingham where one of the secretaries was summoned to get the coffees in.
My colleague asked for a latté. Poor girl turned up with a 'large tea'.
Indeed, can't help with coffee, but should he genuinely want a cup of tea, to avoid confusion with the locals he should ask for a "kipper tie".My colleague asked for a latté. Poor girl turned up with a 'large tea'.
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Mobile Chicane said:
I'll never forget a business meeting at a large company in Birmingham where one of the secretaries was summoned to get the coffees in.
My colleague asked for a latté. Poor girl turned up with a 'large tea'.
A partner at my old firm was at a dinner in Italy with the client to celebrate a completed deal. The partner didn't speak Italian and hadn't made any effort during the deal to pick up the basics, but decided that evening to try it out. After a few buongiornos (in the evening), the end of the meal came and the waiter came to take coffee and grappa orders. They went around the table, people saying "caffe" (meaning espresso) and when his turn came, he said "latte".My colleague asked for a latté. Poor girl turned up with a 'large tea'.
The waiter brought him a glass of cold milk.
Many years ago I was up a French mountain and I wanted a rare steak from the restaurant. I couldn't remember the French for rare, so being a smart arse went with "steak bleu mais avec moins sang", which should be 'blue steak but with less blood'. Unfortunately for me, I can't actually pronounce French words properly and it turned out I asked for 'moins singe', which means 'less monkey'.
bigandclever said:
Many years ago I was up a French mountain and I wanted a rare steak from the restaurant. I couldn't remember the French for rare, so being a smart arse went with "steak bleu mais avec moins sang", which should be 'blue steak but with less blood'. Unfortunately for me, I can't actually pronounce French words properly and it turned out I asked for 'moins singe', which means 'less monkey'.
What did you get?Don't forget while travelling (and eating) in Tuscany that ordering your meat of choice from the menu will not bring any form of vegetables. It will however bring looks of amusement from the waiting staff as they place a plate containing precisely three slices of lamb and a dash of gravy. That is all.
Solution: make sure you can either read the language, or travel with a vegetarian whose meal you can plunder.
Dr Rick
Solution: make sure you can either read the language, or travel with a vegetarian whose meal you can plunder.
Dr Rick
Took me ages to order 3 footlong subways when I was in Helsinki. I was getting two for a lad back on the ship and one for myself and to keep things simple, I had the same as what he wanted... despite not being a fan. 7 Euro each, should have bought a pizza instead
Having a geordie accent abroad hasn't resulted in any wrong orders so far though, they Scandinavians seem to grasp it better than the southerners in England
Having a geordie accent abroad hasn't resulted in any wrong orders so far though, they Scandinavians seem to grasp it better than the southerners in England
ArtVandelay said:
Having a geordie accent abroad hasn't resulted in any wrong orders so far though, they Scandinavians seem to grasp it better than the southerners in England
When you dig into it a lot of slang terms up in the NE and Yorkshire have Scandinavian roots; all that rape and pillaging tha knows.Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff