/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Restaurants aren’t churches. When you go into a restaurant, you, the consumer, are in charge. You should be able to order off the menu. You should be able to order anything off the menu.

Me and my wife were in North Carolina, at a seaside restaurant that had recently revamped its menu such that it no longer included hush puppies, and my baby wanted hush puppies, so I ordered some.

“I’m sorry, sir; those aren’t on the menu,” said the server.

”They are so on the menu,” I said. “Your catfish, here, is rolled in cornmeal. Your fried chicken is soaked in buttermilk. Your french fries are made in a deep-fat fryer. Combine the cornmeal and the buttermilk, make them in to balls, fry them, and serve them to my wife.”

“I’ll have to go speak to the manager,” said the waiter.

I didn’t get what I wanted until I scrawled “I’m comin’ back there!” on a coaster and had it delivered to the cook. Everyone should try this.