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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What restaurants are you guys going to that offer buttered noodles on the menu? I see a lot of mac n cheese but I don't think I've ever seen buttered noodles.[/quote]

Restaurants will use butter rather than sauce if you ask.   I like chicken ziti and broccoli but hate Alfredo sauce. I’ll ask for butter instead, no problem.  [/quote]

Why would someone ask for that lol. I’m not going to a restaurant to spend money to be served a poverty meal.

Op has never come back to this has she?[/quote]

That was me.  I like basic food with no sauces or condiments or anything on the food.  The butter keeps it moist.  I wouldn’t think it was odd at all that she gave everyone a bowl of pasta and nothing else.   [/quote]

I don't think it's odd for a restaurant to honor a request for very plain food.  Some people do prefer their food plain, and some people prefer their food with more flavor and texture.

I think it's less than ideal to assume that certain guests would automatically like plain food, and to not offer them the same sauce you offer other guests. [/quote]

DP it makes most sense to me to start by offering guests something as plain as possible. I'd say "I'm making pasta, I usually make it with butter for the kids, but I was thinking vodka sauce for the adults?" And that's when guest can say "actually, little Larlo loves vodka sauce." I'm an adult and don't like either option so would take it plain, with cheese if they have it.

The idea that the host would decide that the adults must have vodka sauce and serve it and the guest must eat it not to be rude seems weirdly American to me. It's so rigid.[/quote]

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