Ordering food how you like it
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Anonymous
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There is a restaurant near me. They have a delicious light soup with very fresh vegetables, some meat and a lot of noodles.
If I ate the whole bowl it would be very filling, but what I prefer is to order it and just eat the meat, veggies and broth and then get another dish that I also enjoy. But that means that I am leaving a whole bowl of noodles. I can do that, I am not allergic or celiac or something. But I feel bad about the waste. Would it be weird to order noodle soup without the noodles? |
Anonymous
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Here is what I learned waiting tables: when you ask to hold something, it’s either possible or it’s not (ie, with a soup, it might be fully batch made in the morning, not made to order - all our soups were like this), but if it is possible - it is absolutely NBD.
People ask for stuff held all the time. You click a button, the kitchen keeps it out. Done. I never asked for modifications before I waited tables because my parents thought it was rude/high maintenance and once I started waiting tables I started asking for stuff to be held all the time. I do limit myself to two modifications per order, as it is a bit annoying once you get to like 5 and your dish is totally different. What IS annoying: lying about allergies (this triggers a whole protocol! If you don’t like tomatoes just ask to hold the tomatoes!) and recreating something from scratch (“I see you have a chicken Caesar salad and you have a turkey wrap - could you possibly make the chicken Caesar salad into a wrap? Since you have all the ingredients?” - yes people do this and it sucks) Bottom line: ask to hold the noodles! |
Anonymous
| Yes, ask to hold the noddles. Lots of places add the cooked noodles to the broth after the order is placed because otherwise the noodles get soggy. Just don’t expect them to lower the price. |
Anonymous
| I didn’t realize there were others like me! I always order ramen without the noodles. If you get a takeout or delivery order, they are packaged separately, so I do a normal order, and my teen gets double noodles. |
Anonymous
| Chiming in to agree with all of this advice, ask for them noodles to be held but there won’t/shouldn’t be a price reduction (however for me half the fun of ramen is slurping the noodles 😂). |
Anonymous
| As an adult, you should never order anything special, unless you’re at Burger King. |
Anonymous
Ask for the noodles on the side if you can take them home to some one else |
Anonymous
This part is key.. my dad is always omitting ingredients due to a medical diet but then asks if the price will be lower. Always the answer is no and then he speaks to the manager (he is never rude and smiles the whole time but he Does Not Give Up) and after a lot of hassle he gets $2 off or whatever. So embarrassing. |
Anonymous
| What's weird is worrying about if a noodle place thinks you're weird. |
Anonymous
| I eat a lot of pho and they always have option to sub the noodles for extra veg or a diff type of noodle. I would 100% order the soup with no noodles rather than waste the noodles. |
Anonymous
| Will it be weird if ask just for the noodles and my friend asks for everything else and we pay for one dish? I don't like to waste and my friend doesn't either. |
Anonymous
| Hmmm. Just order the dish and ask for an extra bowl because you're sharing. Likely they don't really care how you're going about the share... and then tip well. |
Anonymous
| I dunno. The veggies and meat are both more expensive than the noodles. I would understand if they say no. |
Anonymous
| Where is this delicious soup? |
Anonymous
| It’s probably pho. I don’t like the noodles much either. I never realized you could order it without noodles. I might do it next time. I’d be happy with just extra broth. |