On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 4:00:51 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 03:15:23 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 7:03:42 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2018-08-21 6:05 PM, Mike_Duffy wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:51:37 GMT, l not -l wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Perhaps I should [...] order something else "my way".
> >> >
> >> > I ordered a McD cheeseburger with no toppings. It came with no cheese.
> >> >
> >>
> >> It could be worse. We went to a Thai restaurant with some friends. They
> >> had been there before and she had ordered a vegetable curry dish with
> >> chicken, assuming they would take the same dish and add chicken to it.
> >> Nope. They did it with chicken instead of vegetables. So when she was
> >> there with us she tried to order the vegetable curry *with* chicken....
> >> and vegetables. Nope. They could not do that.
> >
> >I always find it ironic at ethnic restaurants how difficult it is to
> >get a dish with a lot of vegetables and a little meat. You just know
> >that's how they eat at home, but it's next to impossible to get that
> >in their restaurants.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> Chinese restaurant dishes are mostly veggies with little meat... in
> fact it's very easy to order an all veggie dish with no meat because
> most dishes are fully prepared and then bits of meat are added.

Clearly, you've been to every Chinese restaurant in the world, so
you're an authority.

Cindy Hamilton