We are vacationing in Canada, and I was trying to explain Poutine to my wife. She doesn't get it, and won't try it. Then we found these. I couldn't quite pull the trigger to spend 3 Loonies to try them.
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We are vacationing in Canada, and I was trying to explain Poutine to my wife. She doesn't get it, and won't try it. Then we found these. I couldn't quite pull the trigger to spend 3 Loonies to try them.
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“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
I lived in Québec for my 2 year sabbatical. My first companion made poutine. Following my parents advice/commandment to try everything I dutifully ate the meal. I haven't had poutine since. Unfortunately for me, Jay from Modern Family, wasn't around.Originally Posted by chrisrenrut
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ekzaRINoe0I
"Don't apologize; it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."
When open The Annex in Salt Lake has delicious poutine
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I love Epics beers, but have never been to the annex.
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It's currently closed. Apparently the chef quit and took some of the staff so they're starting over.
I really was enjoying this last chefs food, it'll be interesting to see what they do. They've not gone the brew pub trend instead having much higher end food, not sure if they'll keep that or not.
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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
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--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Anyone here tried Blue Apron?
Experiences?
The recipes look a little complex, and neither of like to cook much....
So it looks a little daunting...
If you like bland food, blue apron is for you.
Tipping at restaurants is becoming too complex for my simple mind. In Italy its offensive to tip, because that fee was already included in the price of the meal. In Spain, it’s not required to tip and if you do, no more than 10%. France just 5%. In the U.S. I’ve always tipped on a sliding scale between 10-20% (10% for bad service, 20% for great service). My Father who has never given a penny more than 10% to anyone his entire life taught me my restaurant etiquette, and then my wife fixed me.
However, am I being a cheap bastard when I order take out, drive to pick it up myself and then don’t tip? I’ve always believed that if you are waiting on me, bringing me food/drink you deserve additional compensation. If I’m doing most of that myself, should I tip?
Someone who subscribes to Maxim or GQ help a brother out, what is the proper etiquette for picking up food (tip or no)?
I think you are fine not tipping on takeout, but i only subscribe to the Family Handyman.
I don't know proper etiquette, but I usually don't tip for carry out. Where they get you is when the credit card reader makes you select a tip amount before you sign. You can select 15%, 18%, 20% or "other". I have a hard time not picking 15% in that situation, even though I'd like to pick 0%.
For takeout, I'll usually tip around 10% if it is a locally owned, small restaurant. I won't tip if it is from a national chain.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
I've never worked in food services but my wife has and she has a different point of view on tipping on take out. Depending on the restaurant it is usually the bartender, hostess or an assigned waiter who manages all of the takeout. She hated those assignments because you were usually covering your job while also doing takeout orders, which meant that you weren't serving people or making money like you normally would. So, yes you aren't getting the same amount of service, but that person helping you also isn't earning tips otherwise, so it stinks for them.
Because of that we've always tipped on takeout (only on restaurants where they have servers, if the place is basically just a drive thru, then I usually don't tip). I've found too that when you do tip a full amount that often they'll brighten up and give you stuff like a free dessert or whatever. (That would also indicate that most people probably don't tip on takeout).
The other thing that my wife was good to point out to me is to watch and see if your server is slammed or if the restaurant is overbooked. Of course the service slips, which is not really the server's fault, but then coupled with working like crazy they also make less money. So I try not to ding them for that either. I usually tip 20+%, but I also don't usually go to expensive restaurants so the difference between 15% and 20% isn't much. the '+' is because I'm too lazy and round up.
Finally, and this one cracks me up, but the first time she was bussing tables at a restaurant she dropped a tub of plates in the middle of the restaurant and was mortified. After all the wait staff came up and congratulated her because they said people are usually sympathetic and will tip more when they see that sort of thing.
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