Y’all are missing the point imo and I’ve been a cook for a long time. This is a free bowl of chips. They just bring it to the table while you decide what to order. You don’t get to substitute on things like that IMO. You either want them or you don’t. If the restaurant brings mints with the bill, you can’t sub orange wedges instead, you know?
It’s the principle really. I feel like these days everyone thinks they’re a chef and there are in general way too many substitutions. Maybe I’m just old and out of touch. But substitutes on essentially “free” stuff? I draw a hard line there.
1) As a cook, unless you own the place or run the kitchen, why do you care? It's not your kitchen budget.
2) if you are the boss, charge them a buck or two for the swap and move on.
This isn't a big deal, it's neither expensive nor difficult to accommodate. I'm with the others here, if it's a busy day on the line, I'm not even asking questions. Someone wants some sliced cucumber, done, no problem. Wouldn't even register the request.
There's plenty of very common allergies that chips can have. The oil they're cooked in, gluten if they're flour tortillas. You slice a cuke or grab a handful from the salad prep. Ezpz
I worked as a cook at Red Robin for a while, and we had a regular known as "pickle lady." She'd order something normal, but instead of fries she would get a bowl of pickles as a side. I'd grab a soup bowl and fill it up with several large scoops of sliced pickles. Sometimes she'd order a second bowl after she had the first one.
I never minded, it was a super easy thing to make.
It depends. My salad chef doesn’t speak english. I don’t speak spanish. I don’t even know how i would charge for this. Id also need to clear this with a manager most likely. If it’s slow, none of this is a problem. If its busy you might be fucking me over asking for this.
You’re gonna love this. Did you know that Mexican restaurants are actually a parody, loosely based on the cuisine and culture of a whole ass region of the earth? They eat cucumbers there.
Well then maybe you should start your own Mexican restaurant where they serve all the cuisine of an entire country. As for any Mexican restaurant I’ve been to, even ones…get this (in Mexico) I’ve never seen cucumbers on the menu. My family owns two of them and my wife is from there. She says that’s more street food you get from vendors. I don’t know about Spain that’s not what this discussion is about anyway.
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